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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Later News. London, Jan. 8. Capture of Mission Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

The steamer of the American Presbyterian Mission, while proceeding to Leopoldsvilla, in the Congo Free State. capsized, and a missionary and 25…

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The Fiji Hurricane. Worst Ever Experienced. Several Vessels Wrecked. Suva

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

News has been received that tho steamer Lovuka watt wrecked by tho recent hurricane. Many buildings have been laid fiat, while all[?]ure more or less damaged All…

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Russia's Reply to Japan. Delemma in the Drafting. Russian Steamer Fired On. Heavy Fall in Stocks. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 2

Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has intimated that the reply to the Japanese Note will be transmitted to Tokio next week. Great…

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Russian Mail Steamer Captured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 February 1904 · page 2

The Russian mail steamer Mongolia has been captured by the Japanese off Shantung…

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Sinking a Japanese Steamer. London, Feb. 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 2

Great indignation is felt in Tokio at the circumstances of the sinking by the four Russian cruisers from. Vladivostok of the Japanese merchant steamer Nakonouta…

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Sinking a Japanese Steamer. Indignation in Tokio

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 2

Great indignation is felt in Tokio at the circumstances of the sinking by the four Russian cruisers from Vladivostock of the Japanese merchant steamer Nakonouta…

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The Very Latest. Russian Advance in the Yulu. Capture of a Steamer by Japanese. Cargo of Munitions. Coal As Contraband of War. Strange Proclamation by Russia. Interpreted to Mean the Retirement of Far Eastern Troops on Their Base. Decline on French and German Bourses. "Times" Declares Russian Prestige Will Receive a Deadly Blow. Alexieff Fortifying a New Base. London, Feb. 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 2

The "Times" Tokio correspondent states that the Russian forces at Levayoung are advancing to the Yalu river. The "Telegraph correspondent reports…

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Later News. Russian Military Operations. British Steamer Fired At. Russian Patriotic Donations. a Patriotic Japanese Millionaire. Opinion of German Military Newspaper. London, Feb. 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 2

Six hundred Russian cavalry are reported to be at Sunshin, south-east of Anga. The British steamer Chinprig, on her arrival at Wei-Hai-Wei, complained that…

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The War. The Latest. Two Jap Steamers Sunk. Two Others Hun Ashore. Japan Loses 4 Battleships. Russia Concentrating. Russia Oaptures Three British Colliers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 2

Russian accounts state that last Tuesday night the Japs attempted send four steamers, filled with ox-plosives, into Port Arthur harbour,…

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Later News. Japanese Korean Treaty. Korean Independence Guaranteed. Military Operations in Korea. Scouts Sight Each Other. Japanese Gunboat Sunk at Port Arthur. Russian Naval Bombast. British Steamer Searched. French Reinforcements for the Far East. London, Feb. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

The Japanese-Korean treaty definitely guarantees the latter's independence, and entrusts its defence to Japan in the event of aggression by a third power, or of…

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Another British Steamer Stopped

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 2

A Russian warship in the Red Sea, north of Perim, stopped and searched the British steamer Benalder, 3,044 tons (W. Thompson and Company),…

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The Campaign Ashore

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 3

Under the influence of warmer weather, the frozen roads in Northern Korea are breaking up, rend[?] marching labou[?] and [?]…

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Wrecked at the Islands

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 2

The magnificent German steamer Elbe was wrecked at the Coral Island in January last. All hands were saved. The vessel was subsequently…

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Loss of the S.S. Aramac. All Hands Take to Boats. Passengers Saved. the Lass O'gourie Ashore. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 2

Very heavy weather has prevailed on the northern coast during the past few days. At Port Douglas a gale raged of excep[?]ional violence, during which the s.s. Maranoa…

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Telegrams. the Aramac Wrecked. Hundred and Thirty Persons Missing. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 2

The steamer Aramac was wrecked on the Queensland coast on Sunday morning. The passengers and crew, numbering 160, took to the boats…

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Wreck of the Aramae. Chew and Passengers Take to the Boats. 130 Persons Missing. S. DNEY

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 3

The steamer Aiamae was wrecked on the Queensland coast on Sun lay morning Tho pa- seugers and crew, numbering 160 took to tho boats. Ono boat, outlining…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. the Elangamite Wreck Action

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 2

The jury in the Elangamite Wreck Action, in which the plaintiffdemanded £500 damages for hardships endured, found a verdict for the defendants…

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A Naval Disaster British Stbmarine Sunk. Collision with a Mail Steamer. All Hands Lost. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

A naval disaster is reported from off Portsmouth, resulting in the sinking of submarine tor pedo-boat A1. It appears that the Union Castle liner…

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Strange Ta[?] of the Sea. Shipwrecked People Attacked. Barbarous Treatment

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 4

A th[?] of the sea in connection with loss of the ship [?] Sewell is told by one of the Japanese sailors belonging to the vessel brought to Sydney…

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Shipping Casualties. Brisbane Steamer Lost. Other Vessels Crippled. a Severe Gale. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

Boisterous conditions prevailed along the coast yesterday, and Home anxiety in being manifested for the safety of shipping, as the tempest, according to the acting…

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