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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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Wreck of a Steamer. the Glenavon Strikes a Rock. Four Officers Missing. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 3

News has been received from Hongkong, of the wreck of the steamer Glenavon, bound to London. The vessel struck on a rock and foundered…

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The Wreck of the Maine. Enthusiasm of American Sailors. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 3

[?] wreck of the United States warship Maine, in Havana Harbor, the disaster to which caused the late war…

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A Woman Drowned. [?] Steamer. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 5

[?] pro[?] Manly to Sydney at [?] woman [?] to [?]…

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The Hereward Wreck. Sympathy with the Owner

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

A considerable amount of wall-deserved sympathy was expressed for the owner when it become known that the Hereward had become a total wreck a few hours of being…

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Fire on a Steamer. a State of Panic. Sydney, riday FNight

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 5

During the voyage of Howard Smith and Sons well-known and popular intercolonial passenger steamer Tyrian from Melbourne to Sydney a number of casks of sulphuric…

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Later Cables. a Steamer on Fire. Scuttled and Abandoned. 423 Passengers Safely Landed. London, Thursday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 2

The steamer Victoria, bound from Genoa to Buenos Ayres, was discovered shortly after leaving port to be ell ablaze. As a great part of her cargo was composed of…

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The Hereward Wreck. Sympathy with the Owner

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 6
Also in The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser

A CONSIDERATE amount of well-deserved, sympathy was expressed for the owner when it became known that the Hereward had become a total wreck a few hours after…

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Brisbane. Monday. Accident to a Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

The steamer Colac to-day struck a rock in the Brisbane River and made a quantity of water. She will have to be doeked for repairs…

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The Oceanic. Largest Steamer Afloat. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

The steamer Occeanic, which has been built for the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, better known as the White Star one of the Transailantic lines, was lanuched…

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The Hereward Wreck. Sympathy with the Owner

The Junee Democrat · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 4
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

A considerable amount of well-deserved sympathy was expressed for the owner when it became known that the Here word had become a total wreck a few…

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A Mail Steamer's Troubles. Machinery Deranged. London, Thursday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The R.M.S. Oruba, of the Orient line, has left Maples with her machinery deranged…

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The Latest. London, Jan. 19. Wreck of a Barque

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The barque Southesk, boundfrom Glasgow for Lytteton, New Zealand, has been wrecked off the coast of Galway. THE DREYFUS CASE…

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Wreck of a Ship. in the English Channel. London, Friday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

The ship Hawksdale has been wrecked on Longsands, off the coast of Essek, England. Her German pilot and two seamen were drowned. The lifeboat from Clacton rescued…

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An Albury Sensation. a Boiler Bursts. Much Damage Done. Loss of Life and Injury. Hayes' Flour Mill Wrecked. Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 3

Shortly before 9 o'clock this morning the bailer at Hayes Bros. floor mills, situated in the centre of the most populous portion of the town, exploded, with terrible results…

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An Unsinkable Life-boat

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 4

A lifeboat has been invented which it, seems impossible to sink. It has been put to severe tests in which a crew of twelve men capsized the boat, ran it on a…

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A Steamer Wrecked. 13 Lives Lost. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2

The steamer Ar[?] has been wrecked at Portsmouth and 13 lives lost…

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Cable News. the Atlantic an Overdue Steamer. London. Sunday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2

As a result of the recent terrific hurricane in the Atlantic the Cunard liner Pavonia is everdue. She has been reported as disabled near the…

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A Steamer Sinks. the Germanic. Goes Down at the Pier. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

So mere is the weather in New Yerk harbor that the White Star liner, Germanic, 5066 tone, one of the crack liners running between Liverpool and New York, sank at…

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