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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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Wrecked Crew's Adventure Hardships in an Old Indian Fishing Camp

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

The details of a little drama (writes the London "Dally Mall" of 13th February of the have reached Newport Monmouth…

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The Aquidaban Wreck. Three Admirals Lost

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

The "Dally Mall" of 13th February wrote:— The explosion which sank the Braz[?]an ironclad Aquidaban on the night of…

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Special Cable Service. The Wrecked Training Ship. the Survivors' Story. London

The Temora Star · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 2

The survivors of the Belgian training ship report that the ship sprang a leak. The pumps were useless and the vessel sank suddenly…

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Motor Lifeboat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 6

The motor lifeboat sent to Tynemouth by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has given the greatest satisfaction on all her test runs…

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A Steamer's Fate. Encased in Ice. Crew Frozen to Death. London, May 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 2

A gruesome discovery has been made concerning the fate of a German steamer, the Socrabaia, of 2141 tons, owned in Hamburg, which was…

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A Fatal Wreck

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

Six lives wore lost by the capsizing of the schooner Ronga off the New Zealand coast…

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Telegrams Sydney, Friday. WRECK

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 2

The barque Vincennes was stranded on Ocean Beach, Manly, last evening, and was abandoned at noon to-day in a worse position, and the…

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Wreck of a Barque. on Manly Beach

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 2

The French barque Vincennes, in ballast, from Japan to Sydney for orders, was wrecked at 10 o'clock last night, on the Ocean Beach at Manly. A…

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The Wreck at Manly. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 2

All efforts to tow off the stranded barque at Manly have hitherto failed…

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British Battleship Ashore. LONDON

The Temora Star · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 2

The battleship Montague ran ashore at Shutter Point on Landy Island in a fog. She is reported to be badly damaged…

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Battleship Ashore. Total Wreck Feared. the Crew Safe. London, May 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 2

News has just been received of a serious disaster to one of the Channel fleet. The battleship Montagu, of 14,000…

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Wheat Ship Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 2

News has been received by the local agents of the total loss of the barque Cassard, which recently left Sydney for Falmouth laden with wheat…

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A Naptha Explosion. on Board a Steamer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 2

The explosion of a barrel of Naptha on board the steamer Havenford, of the American line, whilst at Liverpool, killed six people and injured four…

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Steamer Disabled in ,Mid-Ocean. Makes Port Under Sale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1906 · page 6

The steamer Norfolk was towed to the Perth wharf on Friday morning, and will remain till a new propeller is obtained. The vessel left Durban on…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. Steamer Damaged by a Mine. London. July 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

The steamer Ningpo struck a mine 120 miles north of Nanhtse, and was badly damaged. STORMS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE…

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A Motor Lifeboat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 7

A feature of the French life saving exhibition at the Grand Palace in the Champs Elys[?]s is a motor lifeboat, the first over built in France. It is provided with a…

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Cutrage by Chinese Pirates a Steamer Attacked Missonary Killed LONDON,July 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1906 · page 2

Chinese Pirrates attacked the steamer Samum,50 miles from Wuchow,killing the Rev.Mr.Macdonald,a missionary, and seriously wounding the captain…

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

The Portugese steamer Silva has been sunk in Kranza river, and nineteen people were drowned…

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Fearful Shipping Disaster. Wreck of an Italian Steamer. Three Hundred Emigrants Perish. Received at I A.M. LONDON, Aug. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 2

The Italian steamer Jerod, from Genon to Buenos Ayres, the capital of the Argentine Republic, with 800 emigrants on board, struck on the…

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Catastrophe at Sea. Emigrant Ship Wrecked a Captain's Alleged Imprudence. Three Hundred Drowned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 2

The Italian steamer Jerof, bound from Genoa to Buenos Aires with 800 emigrants aboard, struck Hornuva's Shoals, 18 miles from Cartagena, in the Mediterranean…

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