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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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Storm at Bega. Convent School Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

Bega was visited by a territic storm of cyclone foree on Sunday afternoon, and the heavy rain which fell deluged all the low lying portions of the town…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

The Pacific Co's. steamer, Valencia, was wrecked at Vancouver. Sixty lives were lost, and one hundred others were in danger. Nine survivors…

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Terrible Wreck. Steamer on the Rocks. 140 Lives Lost. London, Jan. 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

A shipping disaster has occurred at Vancouver, off the westen coast of Canada, where the Pacific Company, iron screw steamer Valencia, a vessel…

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Wrecked at Sea Great Loss of Life. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

The Pacific Company's steamer Valencia of 1598 tons has been wrecked near Vancouver. The vessel [?]Cape Beale, where…

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Wreck in Canada. Big Loss of Life. London

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 5

In connection with the foundering of the Pacific Coast Company's steamer Valencia at Vancouver, British Colombia, later particulars show that…

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The Lost Steamer. Total Death Roll

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 3

The latest information regarding the Pacific Coast Company's steamer Valencia, which was lost on the rocks at Cape Beale, Vancouver, show that the total…

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. Steamer Collision

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

The steamer Manly collided with the oil launch Agnes in the harbor yesterday afternoon and cut her in two. F. T. Hemminge, a laundry proprietor, of…

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A Wreck of the Sixties the Steamship London. Terrible Loss of Life

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 3

Just forty years ago on the llth January the s.s. London, bound from London to Melbourne, foundered in the Bay of Biscay, after three or four days' battling…

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Tavern Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

A bomb was thrown from the street into a tavern in a St. Petersburg suburu Two persons wore killed and 17 wounded…

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He Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. a Steamer in Trouble

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Thordis vas swept out of her coarse during a outh-east gale, while entering Port stephens yesterday morning. She…

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Wreck of the Thordis

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

The wreck of the Thordis was to-day sold for £375…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Case of Mrs. E. COLE

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

A narrative well worth reading is one which was told by Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, of No. 78 Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill, in the company of a…

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Steamer Foundered. LONDON

The Temora Star · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

The steamer British King has foundered near Nova Sotia. There were no passengers on board. The crew numbed 56 persons, and…

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Another Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

The steamer Agincourt, bound from Newcastle to Hong Kong, struck an uncharted reef and become a total wreck. The captain and the crew…

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A Fortune from a Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

It is pretty generally known that during the last twelve months the Hon. J. G. Aikman, M.L.C., of Melbourne, has made some thousands of pounds out of…

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A Fortune From a Wreck an Interesting Story

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 4

It is pretty generally known that during the last twelve months the Hon. J. G. Aikman, M.L.C., of Melbourne has made some thousands of pounds…

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A Fortune from a Wreck

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

It is pretty generally known that during the last twe[?]ve months the Hon. J. G. Aikman, M.L.C., of Melbourne, has made some thousands of…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 4

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 13th January:— The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Catalogue of Destruction. Record of Wreck and Ruin

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

At San Francisco the shipping was less damaged than previously reported The United States Pacific squadron, which was reported to have been…

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Foundered in a Hurricane. Crew's Terrible Experience. Men Eaten by Shares

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 4

A sensational story of the sea comes from Tuhiti, in the Society Group. During the recent hurricane the schooner Tahit[?]eene foundered between the…

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