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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Shipping Disaster. on the Victorian Coast. R.M.S. Australia Wrecked. No Lives Lost. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

The lighthouse keeper at Point Lonsdale reported to the melbourne telegraph office early this morning that a large steamer was on the rocks on point…

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A Total Wreck. Salvage Commenced. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

The acting agent for the P. and O. line in Sydney has received an important message from Melbourne stating there is no hope of saving the Australia. The…

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Mail Steamer Wrecked. SYDNEY, Monday morning

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 2

The mail steamer Australia, inward bound from London, has been wrecked off Port Phillip Heads. All hands were saved…

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The Wrecked Australia

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 2

At the time of striking the steamer Australia was travelling at the rate of 14 1/2 knots per hour. Pilot Dennis became delirious…

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The Wreck of the Australia. Description of the Steamer. Built at a Cost of £250,000

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 4

The Australia was built in 1892 by Messrs. Caird and Co. L'd., of Glasgow, at a cost of £250,000. She is a sister ship to tho Himalya. which was built in the same…

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Shipwrecks on Australian Coasts. Opinion of Lloyd's

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 2

Lloyd's Underwriters Association consider the losses of the R.M.S Australia on Port Nepean on Monday morning, and the steamer Petriana in November last at…

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Victoria. Wreck of the Australia the Vessel Abandoned. [?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 3

All the officels and of the [?] O.R.M S Australia when in [?]on Corsair Rock near Paint Nepaon on Monday morning were safely landed…

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A Steamer Aground

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

The steamer Wollumbi is aground at the Tweed River bar…

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Wreck of a Mail Steamer. All Hands Saved

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

The P. and O. Steamer Australia, inward bound from London, struck on the Nepean reef early on Monday morning. It is supposed there was a…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Wreck of the Australia Melbourne

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 3

The R.M.S. Australia, P. and O. Line, ran ashore near Point Nepean in the early hours of this morning, when making the entrance of Port…

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The Wreck of the Australia

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

IT may seem a startling thing to say, but there can be little doubt that the wreck of the Australia was partly due to legislation. Had Captain…

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The Wrecked Australia

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 2

The superintendent of the P. and O. Company received the following message from Melbourne this morning. The Australia is in the same…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Wreck of the Australia

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1904 · page 2

The inquiry into the loss of the P. an 10. mail steamer Australia, commenced to-day. Pilot Dennis said the shock of tho wreck had so upset his memory that it had become…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Wreck of the Australia

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 2

The Marine Court to-day found that the loss of the Australia was due to the wrongful act of Pilot Dennis, and that the captain and officers were blameless…

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 2

From Queenscliffe it is reported that the S.M.H.T., outward bound for Launceston, dragged her anchor and went ashore during the night at Swan…

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Another Wreck Feared

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 2

Queenscliff look-out reports. "The S.M.H.T., outward bound for Launceston, dragged anchor and went ashore during the night at Swan Island. None…

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Disastrous Shipwreck Loss of Danish Emigrant Steamer. 750 Passengers and Crew Perish Latest News. London, July 4

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 2

It is feared that upwards of 750 Scan dinavians and Finns, including the captain and the bulk of the crew, of the Danish emigrant steamer Norgo bound froms…

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Wreck of an Immigrant ship. Great Loss of Life London

The Temora Star · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 2

It is feared that up wards of 750 Scandinavians and Finns, including the captain and the bulk of the crew of the Danish emigrant steamer Norge,…

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The Great Shipwreck. Pathetic Details. Total Death Roll, 626. London, July 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 2

The survivors of the emigrant ship Norge, which was wrecked on Rockall Island on Tuesday, while proceeding from Copenbagen to New York, give some…

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The Very Latest. Outbreak of Cholera in Korea. Coal Laden Steamer for Vladivostock. Rumors of Boxer Outbreak. Port Arthur Completely Hemmed In. All the Commanding Hills in Japanese Possession. Russian Minister at Berlin. Believed to Be Negotiating a Loan. Capture of Important Defiles. Feeble Defence by Russians. Kuropatkin's Communications Threatened. Destruction of Japanese Coastal Gunboat. Commander Orders Crew to Boats. Refuses to Leave the Bridge Himself. London, July 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 2

The Russian general Sakharoff states that two Japanese companies of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry are within 60 kilometers of East Mukden,…

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