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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Steamer Sunk in Port Arthur

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 2

During the recent attack on Port Arthur at 1000-ton strainer was sunk in the harbor, and the Russian powder magazine at Erlungshan exploded…

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The Story of the Blacks The Aborigines of Australia. (Published by Special Arrangement.) CHAPTER XI.—Continued. a Few Massacres — the Wreck of the Maria

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 4

News of the wreck and massacre having reached Encounter Bay word was sent on to Adelaide and the Government at once dispatched…

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Cyclons at Cooba. Great Destruction. the R.C. Church Wrecked. Cooba, Nov, 2nd,1994. From our correspondent

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

We all seem in a bit of a muddle out here to-night. Scarrely know what to think At 9. 30 this morning a terrible cyclone passed over the village of Coobs…

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A Daring Feat. British Steamer Runs the Blockade

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

The British steamer Victoria has run the blockade of Port Arthur with a cargo of beef…

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Later News. Storming Port Arthur. Trenches Taken and Retaken. British Steamer Runs the Blockade Successfully. Russian Transports and a Battleship Set on Fire at Wangtu. Ammlleby Duels Daily South of Mukden. the Storming Party. London, Nov. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

The Chinese leaving Port Arthur state that the trenches have been taken and re-taken. Thr Russian guns remained silent…

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Desperate Fighting. Trenches Taken and Re-taken. a Murderous Hail. British Steamer Runs the Blockade

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

Chinese who left Dalny on Thursday report that the trenches at Port Arthur have been taken and re-taken. The Russian guns were silent…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. WRECK

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 2

It is reported that the steamer Maud Weston, from Newcastle to Sydney, was wrecked off North Head last night, and that all hands were saved…

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A Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1904 · page 2

The steamer Maud Weston is a total wreck on North Head…

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Fleet Sinks a Swedish Steamer

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 November 1904 · page 2

When Admiral Rozhdestvensky's fleet was in the North Sea it fired upon an unknown vessel, which was sunk, with all hands. It has now been…

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The Baltic Fleet. Its Attack on Neutrals. Swedish Steamer Sunk. London, Nov. 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 November 1904 · page 2

When Admiral Rozhdestvensky's fleet was in the North Sea it fired upon an unknown vessel, which was sunk, with all hads. It has now been…

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Wheat Wrecked

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 2

A cable that has been received announces that the barque Trafalgar, which sailed from Sydney on September 15th with 22,541 bags of wheat,…

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Blockade-runner Caught. a German Steamer. London, Nov. 21

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1904 · page 2

The German steamer Batelan has been captured by the Japanese while endeavoring to run the blockade of Port Arthur…

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Blockade Running. British Steamer Caught

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

It is reported from Chifu that the British steamer Tungchau has been caught by the Japanese warships watching Port Arthur while trying to run the…

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A Steamer Founders. Fifteen Persons Drowned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

The American steamer Donald, whilst proceeding from Cape Breton to New Brunswick, foundered during a storm. The crew, numbering 15, was drowned…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. Foundering of a Steamer. London, Nov. 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

The American steamer Donald foundered with all hands on the voyage from Nova Scotia to New York…

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

Steamer Donald, proceeding from Cape Breton to New Brunswick, foundered during a storm, and the crew, numbering fifteen, were drowned…

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Sensational Experience. Steamer and Cannon Ball. Vessel Narrowly Escapes. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 3

The steamer Wodonga which arrived this morning reports having had an alarming experience after leaving Melbourne. A ball from the Williamstown…

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Mail Steamer Disaster Steam Pipe Bursts. Five Lascars Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 December 1904 · page 2

The German steamer Grosser Kurfurst from Bremen which reached its anchorage at Fort Adelaide on Saturday morning, brought news of a shocking fatal accident…

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Steamer Carrying Explosives Detained

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1904 · page 3

The Porte has stopped the French steamer Imerthe in the Dardanelles. The steamer was conveying 21 cases of explosives to Batoum (Russian…

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The Steamer Calchas. Released on Bail

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1904 · page 2

The British steamer Calchas, 6748 tons, owned by the Ocean SS. Co., which was seized by the Russians and taken to Vladivostok in July, with a cargo of…

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