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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903

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Wrecking a Public School. Four Young Sydney Vandals

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 4
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

At Paddington superior public school, now closed for the holidays, four boys, whose ages range from ten to thirteen years, have smashed up in most ruthless fashion…

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Interesting with an American Steamer

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 2

Mr. John Hay, the United States Secretary for State, champions the claims of the United States steamer Caracas, which, while permitted to enter La…

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An Overdue Steamer

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

The Atlantic liner St. Louis, 11,629 tons, owned by the International Navigation Company. New York, which left Southampton for that port on the 3rd…

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A Steamer Founders. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

The steamer Upupa, bound from Cardiff to Cork, coal laden, and carrying a crew of 20 and some passengers, foundered in Ballycottin Bay, off the coast of Cork…

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The Elingamite Wreck. Result of the Inquiry. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

The court of inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Elingamite on Three Kings Islands on November 9th last has delivered its decision…

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Steamer Overdue

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 January 1903 · page 2

The steamer Ausgar, from New York to Sydney, with nearly four thousand five hundred tons of wheat and 750 tons of flour, is long overdue. She is 53 days…

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New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday. an Overdue Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1903 · page 2

Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the steamer Ausgar, which is long since overdue from New York. The vessel is laden with a large cargo of wheat and flour,…

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War Vessel Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

The French torpedo boat destroyer Eapingole struck a rock in the Bay of Carolane, and sank. The crow were saved…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor. a Sensational Occurrence. Steamer Beached

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 3

A sensational collision occurred in Sydney Harbor shortly after midnight on Saturday, between the steamers Eurimbla, of the Adelaide Steamship Co.,…

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Gales Is Great Britain. Enormous Damage Done. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

Terrible stroms h[?] during the past 48 hours swept over the whole of Great Britain and Ireland. The loss of [?] has been heavy, and the damages from…

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The Great Storm. 25 Lives Lost. Vessels Wrecked. London, March 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 2

Further particulars continue to be received inspecting the great storm which raged on the coasts of the United Kingdom on Friday, Saturday, and yesterday…

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The Disabled Steamer Tyrian

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 6

The steamer Dilkera, which towed the disabled steamer Tyrian, into Eden on Tuesday, arrived in Sydney on Wednesday morning. Captain D. Davies states that the…

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Steamer in a Tornado. Vessel Capsized and 17 Persons Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

American papers just to hand contain news of a disaster to the passenger steamer Olive, which plies between Franklin, V.A., and Edenton, N.C. On the night of the…

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Steamer Encounters a Heavy Gale

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 2

The steamer Orizaba, which left about 2 weeks ago for London, arrived at Freemantle to-day twelve hours late. A heavy gale was encountered,…

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A Bicycle "Shipwreck."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 6

An [?] salt, who navigates a bicycle when he is in port, was working a rapid passage the other day when he collided with a woman cycler. After they had extricuted…

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A Steamer Quarantined

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

The steamer Tyrian arrived to-day from Brishane, and was ordered into quaran[?]e in consequence of a plague infected r[?] having been found on board during…

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Short Story. by the Light of the Wreck-wood Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

John Osborne was standing at the window of the Humbert Pilot Office. Not that there was anything to be seen outside on this wintry afternoon,…

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Cootamundra Wrecked. by Flood and Storm. Remarkable Experiences. Damage Estimated at £10,000

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 3

Further particulars to had concerning the flood at Cootamundra on Thursday night show that the town presented a desolate appearance. Many of the…

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