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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

154 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 8

A Liner Ashore

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

A German liner it ashore off the coast of California. Men who reached the mainland in a, boat state that the liner, which has a crew and passengers…

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Customs Launch Sunk. Run Down by Steamer. Four Officers Drowned. London, July 29

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2

While the steamer Chingtu, from Australia, was entering Manilla harbor on the 12th inst., she cut down and sank a Customs launch…

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Steamer Ashore

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2

The steamer Mareeha, with a Cargo of sugar valued at £10,000, from Rockhampton to Sydney, went ashore at Stockton Bight last night during…

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Shipping Disaster. Heavy Weather on the Coast Three Vessels Founder. Steamer Wrecked in Port. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 7

The steamer Mareeba, from Rockhampton, bound to Newcastle and Sydney, went ashore on the Stockton Beach, near Newcastle, at 4 o'clock…

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Dangers of the Sea. a Steamer Aground. in a Dangerous Position. All Hands Safe. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2

The A.U.S.N. Coy.'s cargo steamer Mareeba is ashore od Stockton Beach. The steamer was bound from Rockhampton to Newcastle and Sydney, and…

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Wreck on the Coast. in a South-easterly Gale. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2

Another wreck is reported, the vessel being the Scow Hilda, trading on the South Coast. The vessel is ashore at Wreck Bay, near Jervis bay, and is…

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A Vessel Ashore. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 3

A vessel is ashore near the Seal Rocks. It is supposed to be the Italian barque Gio Batta Bercoena, which sailed from Newcastle on Monday with a cargo of…

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Vales on the Coast Heavy Weather Continues. Shipping in Trouble. a Barque Ashore. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2

The heavy weather continues on the coast. A vessel, believed to be the Italian barque. Gio Batta Beverina. Which sailed from Newcastle on…

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Mareeba Wrecked

The Worker · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 7

The interstate steamer Mareeba, owned by the A.U.S.N. Co., went ashore on Stockton Beach at a point 10 miles north of Newcastle, N.S.W., on Friday morning last…

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The American Fleet. the Sailors Ashore. a Jovial Time. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3

The chief official functions in connection with the visit of the American fleet being over, the sailors to-day set out to have a good time, and were fully…

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An Overdue Steamer. the Hawea Adrift. Tail Shaft Broken. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3

A cable was received from Norfolk Island this morning stating that the steamer Hawea, now overdue at Gisborne from Newcastle, has broken her…

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Steamer Adrift. Tail Shaft Broken. Fourteen of the Crew Landed Search Vessels Sent Out. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 2

A cable was received in Sydney today from Norfolk Island stating that the steamer Hawea, now long overdue at Gisborne, New Zealand, from…

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Overdue Steamer

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 2

The steamer Suvenow is tow days overdue on her voyage to Suva form Sydney. Her track would take her close to the locality of the disabled…

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Wreck of the Mareeba Officers Certificates Suspended. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 2

The Marine Court to-day suspended the certificates of the captain oud second officer of the wrecked steamer Mareeba for 12 months…

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Disabled Steamer

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 2

Another boat's crew from the disabled steamer Hawea reached Solitary Island yesterday. They reported that immediate aid is required. The…

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Rules for Wrecking a Church

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 2

[Published by request of a Layman.] 1—Don't come. (I went to the House of God, with the voice of joy and praise.—Ps.42.4)…

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A Disabled Steamer

The Worker · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 7

Two days after sailing from Newcastle, N.S.W., with a cargo of coal for Gisborne, N.Z., the Hawea broke her tail shaft and began to drift disabled on the sea. That…

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Steamer Missing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 4

Two tugs have gone in search of the missing steamer Huwea…

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Officers’ [?] Wrecked. Two Lieutenant’s Killed. in a Night Collision

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 3

From Berlin, on 5th June, the correspondent of the “Daily Mail” wrote:— Lieutenant-Commander Assmann and Lieutenant Fritzsche, two well-known…

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Sailors Ashore

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 2

A number of sailors from the American Fleet were allowed on shore this afternoon and to-night. The practice followed is to allow 200 men from each…

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