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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Short Story. Among the Wreckage

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 3

Business with Sir Augustus Harris took me some years ago behind the scenes of Drary Lane Theatre while the great battle scene in one of…

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New Steamer for Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 2

The Steamer Orara. which is being constructed for the Sydney and North West Navigation Company has been launched at Kinghorn, Scotland…

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Life Wrecked for Six Months

The Worker · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 15

"Consider seriously before you bring in a verdict that would wreck a young life," pleaded solicitor Abigail at the Sydney Quarter Sessions in the case of a trial of…

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Sensational Explosion. a Strong Room Wrecked. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 2

Mr. Robert Buchanan, cashier employed by the Railway Commissioners, visited the strong room of the station buildings at Darling Harbor this…

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A Missing Launch. Believed to Have Foundered. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

A launch with about 18 people aboard disappeared this morning from the vicinity of Farewell Spit, N.Z. It is believed that the craft…

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Terrible Shipwreck. on the Auckland Isles. Larque Dundonald Lost. Captain and It Others Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

The New Zealand Government steamer [?] arrived at the Blun to-day, after a voyage in connection the Antarctic expedition, and also…

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Terrible Shipwreck. Barque Dundonald Lost. Captain and 11 Others Drowned. Survivors Cast Away for Months. Dunedin, Saturday Night

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

The New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at the Biuff to-day after a voyage in connection with the Antarctic expedition, and also brought…

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Explosion on a Steamer. Several Men Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

Shortly after noon to-day, a serious explosion occurred on board the steamer Kempsey, lying at the Darling Harbor wharf. The second engineer…

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Wreck of the Dundonald. Sufferings of a Shipwrecked Crew

The Worker · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 23

On February 17 last the four-masted steel barque Dundonald left Sydney with a cargo of wheat. Nothing further was heard of the ship, and a few weeks ago…

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Wrecked in a Snow Storm. Six Hundred Passengers Rescued. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

A Canadian-Pacific company's steamer has been wrecked on the watt of Ironbound Island, in the St. Lawrence, during a blinding snowstorm…

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Canadian Liner Wrecked Passengers Landed. London, Dec. 4

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

The Canadian-Pacific liner, Moun[?]mple, was wrecked on the west coast of Irongun Island, during a blinding showstorm. Six hundred passengers…

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Facing Death. Crew of Wrecked Vessel. Thrilling Scene

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 3

The fully-rigged French ship Leon has gone ashore three miles northeast of Quilty, at perhaps the most dangerous spot on the west coast of…

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Canada and Australia. Steamer Subsidy Withdrawn. Revenge for the Tariff. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 2

The Canadian subsidy of 1800000 dollars which has been paid since 1891 for a line of steamers from Vancouver to Australia, is to be discontinued…

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A Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 2

It is feared that a 5000—ton petroleum ship capsized off the Scilly Islands. Only there of the crow out of 16 were saved…

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Wreck of the Thomas Lawson. Largest Schooner in the World. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 December 1907 · page 3

The Thomas Lawton, the petroleum vessel which was wrecked during the gale in the English Channel, 16 of those on board being drowned, was a…

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Canada and Australia a Tariff Retaliation. Cancellation of Steamer Subsidy. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 December 1907 · page 2

The comments of the Ministerial press at Ottawa confirm the first report that the cancellation of be Canadian subsidy for the mail steamers from…

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Steamer Mystery. New Light on Englishwoman’s Death

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 27 December 1907 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 17th October:— The body of Miss Gardiner, the…

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