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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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The Berlin Wreck Fifteen Persons Saved. Gallant Rescue Work. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 2

The heroic efforts made to rescue the svr[?]iyors who clung to the wreckage of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Berlin after she struck on…

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Another Wreck

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 2
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The steamer Imperatrix was wrecked at Crete. The passengers and crew numbered 140, of whom only 17 have so far been rescued. The work of…

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 2

Forty persons have been drowned by the wreck of the steamer Imperatrox off Crete…

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Lobbery From a Steamer. Accused Sent to New Zealand Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 2

At the police court to-day Patrick Manning and Lawrence Christie were charged with stealing a box containing one thousand sovereigns on board the…

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The Wreck of the Berlin a Heroic Captain. Through the Surf with a Lifeline. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 2

A Dutch captain Darned Sperling was the bore of the Berlin wreck. He swam 60ft through the surf from a small boat to the pier, and thence through the waves…

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Hero of the Berlin Wreck. the Dutch Captain. Great Life-saving Efforts. London, Feb. 26

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 2

The undoubted hero of the wreck of the Berlin was Captain Sperling, who is a Dutch seaman. After the life-line had been passed on board the steamer…

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Another Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 2

The steamer Navau arrived at Auckland from the Islands with the captain and crew of the Norwegian ship Montgomeryshire, which was bound…

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Cable News. a Big Steamer. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 5

The Hamburg-American Steamship Coy., Ltd., has ordered from Messrs. Harland and Wool, ship-builders, of Belfast, what will be the largest liner…

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New Zealand. Theft From a Steamer. Two Men Charged. One of the Accused Confesses. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 3

At the Auckland Police Court to-day Lawrence Christie and Patrick Manning, who were arrested in Sydney, were charged with the theft of £1000 from the…

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Fearful Explosion. in a DyNAMITE Store. Many Buildings Wrecked. London, March 4

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 2

A terrible explosion occurred in a dynamite store on the Ponnsylvaina Railway, New Jersey. Twenty workmen in a tunnel on the Hudson river…

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Steamer Kanowna

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 2

An examination of the steamer Kanowna showed that she was practically uninjured by the recent fire…

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Wreck of a Mail Steamer. a Rescue Chain of Lifeboatmen

The Worker · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 15

The Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Berlin, 1775 tons, bound from Harwich to Rotterdam, which carried 91 passengers and a crew of 52 officers and…

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Big Liner Ashore. Insured for Half a Million. the Passengers Saved

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 2

The steamer Dakota, belonging to the United States Great Northern Railway and Steamship Company, and the finest vessel in the fleet, is ashorest Noshima,…

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New Steamer Founders. Crew of Twenty-four Lost

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 4

Further particulars of a marine disaster cabled on the 19th December are given in the "Westminster Gazette", are as follows:—…

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The Damage. Exaggerated Reports. Jena a Total Wreck

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 2

Wild reports were at first current as to the fatalities—which were stated at 300. with a similar number injured— and the damage to the docks and city,…

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West Australia. Cattle Steamer Wrecked. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 3

The steamer Mildura was wrecked at the North-west Cape to-day, whilst on a voyage from Wyndham to Fremantle with 498 head of cattle. The crew are…

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Wreck of a Cattle Steamer. the Crew Safe. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The cattle steamer Mildura, 2217 tons, with 498 head of cattle, was wrecked at North-west Cape, West Australia, while on a voyage from…

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A Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The cattle steamer, Mildura, 2217 toms, was wrecked at North-West: Caps (West Australia) on the voyage" from Wyadham to Fremantle, with…

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The Seuvic Ashore. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

The steamer Suevic, which left Sydney on 20th January last, ran ashore on the coast of Cornwall with 300 passengers and 160 crew aboard. All…

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