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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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Maritime Disaster. the Tekapo Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 3

DURING a heavy fog which enveloped Sydney harbor and the coastal line on Tuesday morning, the Union Company's steamer Tokapo went ashoro when on her journey…

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Wreck of the Tekapo. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 2

The Union Company's fine steamer, Tekapo, one ofthe finest vessels of their fleet, has become a total wreck, She left Sydney on Tuesday night, and…

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The Tekapo Wreck. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

The Union Company's steamer To Kapo, which was wrecked at Maroubra Bay, was to-day sol to Mr. F. W. Jackson for £380…

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Tidings of a Lost Steamer. the Perthshire Sighted. Drifting Helpless on May 18 Her Shaft Broken

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 4

Word was brought to Sydney on Saturday by the schooner Whangaroa, from New Zealand, that would set at ease the minds of all who had interest…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Quarrel Between Survivors. Mitchell and M'millan at Issue. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 4

When M'Millan and Mitchell, the survivors from the wreck of the Loen Sloy, met at May's house, Kangaroo Island on Wednesday evening, the…

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Wreck of the Tomki. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 3

The Marine Board to-day suspended the certificate of Joseph Pench, for three months in connection with the recent standing of the steamer Tomki…

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The Steamer Paris. Badly Damaged. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 2

The Atlantic finer Paris belonging to the International Navigation Co., struck the outer ridge of the Manacle Rocks, off Falmouth, when bound from…

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The Tekapo Wreck. the Vessel Broken. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 2

A heavy sea has broken the wrecked steamer Tekapo, which went ashore at Maroubra Bay during a fog on the morning of May 16th, into three…

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The Steamer Perthshire. Sighted Last Week. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 6

THE tug Stormcock, of Newcastle, apoke the Northern Chief to-day, about 20 miles south-east of Newcastle, bound from Kaipara to Sydney. The captain of the Northern…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Friday. Supposed Wreck

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

A large quantity of wreckage belonging knocked about. There appear to be to a wooden vessel was sighted off Bird Inland thin morning by the coasting…

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Wreckage on the Coast. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 5

A quantity of wreckage has been picked up on the coast and is believed to belong to the schooner Countess of Errol, which is now considerably…

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The Tekapo Wreck Decision of the Marine Board. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

The Marine Board to-day delivered its decision in the inquiry regarding the wreck of the Tekapo, which occurred at Maroubra Bay, on the morning…

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Wreck at Newcastle. the Lindus Goes Down

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

Another addition—the third within the space of 12 months—to the long list of vessels which have been lost on the Oyster-bank at the entrance to the port of Newcastle…

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Telegrams a Steamer on Fire. Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1899 · page 2

The steamer Duke of Buckingham, which left Brisbane on May 24th, conveying a cargo of froz a meat to london, anchored off Goode…

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Latest News by Wire. the Events of the Hour. Sydney, Monday, 2 p.m. Shipwrecked

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

Two fishermen were wrecked on Broughton Island on June 14th. After subsisting for eleven days' on shellfish, they were re[?]ed on Saturday…

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More Wrecks

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 3

The wrecks are reported of the schooners Torea, Tutu and Tonga, at Raratonga…

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Steamer in Distress

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

The steamer Titus returned, to port this afternoon after having been have, to off Broken Day since Saturday. The second steward, Sydney Brauna, was…

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A Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 2

The ship Carlisle Castle, form Liver-pool to fremantle, was wrecked, lost night a Rakingham, seventeen miles from her destination…

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News of a Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

Judging from the papers washed ashore from the wreck of the Carlisle Castle, off Freemantle (W.A.), it is believed Mrs. Lindsay, the captain's…

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A Steamer on Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 2

A serious fire occurred this morning on board the island steamer Y[?]bol, while the vessel was in Mort's Dock. Several deck cabins were destroyed…

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