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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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Wreck of the Futami Maru. Ashore in the Phillipines. Passengers and Crew Saved. London, Sunday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 3

The mail steamer Futams Maru, of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japanese mail line), has gone ashore on Mindoro Island, the most southerly of the Philppine…

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Plague on a French Steamer. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 3

Three cases of plague reported on a French steamer passing Constantinople homeward bound…

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Wreck of a Mail Stemaer. the Futami Maru. London, Aug. 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 2

DETAILS have been received respecting the wreck of the Japanese steamer Futami Mam, 3800 tons, owned by the Japan Mail Steamship Co., which left Sydnoy on the…

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The Wreck of the Futami Maru

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 August 1900 · page 3

A cable was received in Sydney to-day to the effect that the Futami Maru, the Japanese mail boat, had become a total wreck, and had been abandoned. The…

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WRECK. London

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 2

The Egyptian mail steamer Charkieh has been wrecked at Rosetta. One hundred of the people on board perished…

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Lord Roseberry Declines. A Terrible Wreck

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 2

Lord Roseberry declines to resume the leadership of the Liberal party. The Egyplau mail steamer Charkich has been wrecked. One hundred people…

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New Zealand. a Barquentine Ashore. Becomes a Total Wreck. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 October 1900 · page 3

Last night the barquentine Lord of the Isles, from Sydney, went ashore north of the North Sand Spit at Kaipara Heads. A big sea was running, and the…

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[?] Essayist. Wreck Ok the Semillante

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1900 · page 1

As the violent storm of the other night has thrown us on the Corrican coast. let me tell you a terrible story of the sea, of which the fishermen of the place often speak at…

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New Zealand. Wreckage Washed Ashore. Wellington

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 November 1900 · page 2

Several electric incandescent lamps and a large quantity of timber have been washed ashore at Wanganu Bluff, on the Auckland coast. One of the…

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A 13,200-ton Mail Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 4

THE North German Lloyd line will be represented at Sydney during the Commonwealth celebrations by the Grosser Kurfurst, the largest, handsomest, and best equipped…

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Kruger Ashore. "British Barbarians."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 November 1900 · page 7

Kruger was acorded an enthusiastic reception at MArseilles. There were, however, no anti-British cries. Kruger declared, on landing, that the…

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A Twenty Thousand Ton Steamer

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 24 November 1900 · page 3

Of three huge liners at present being built at Belfast for the White Star line by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, one will, it is understood, have a ton…

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The Commonwealth. Lord Hopetoun Unable to Walk. Carried Aboard the Steamer. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 November 1900 · page 7

Lord Hopetoun has sailed from Bombay for Colombo. He was so week that he had to be carried aboard the vessel in a dhooly…

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A Twenty Thousand Ton Steamer

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 4

Of three huge liners at present being built At Belfast for the white star line by Messrs. Hailand and Wolff, one will, is in understood, have a tonnage of no less than 20,000. or…

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Ketch R Friends of the House

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 1

Finding that I did not appreciate Ranolagh, my thought that something serious would be more to my taste, so they gave me a ticket for the my Annual…

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A Twenty Thousand Ton Steamer

The Temora Star · Wednesday 5 December 1900 · page 2

OF three huge liners at present being built at Belfast for the white star line by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, one will it is understood have a tonnage…

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Wreck of a German Frigate

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 2

The German training frights Geneiseman parted from ber ancher ina storm, and was wracked in the enter harbor of Malags, on…

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