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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 2

News has been received in Sydney of the wreck of the Norwegian steamer Solglint at the Crozet group. The crew were a month on the Islands…

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Looters Shot. Corpses Cast Ashore

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

Sixteen looters at Messina were shot and 100 arrested yesterday. The sea is casting ashore hundreds of corpses terribly mutilated…

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One-fourth of the Schooner Vesta

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

The schooner Vesta turned into the Saxifrage River under full toll, and after traversing nine miles of that placid stream, Captain Pumphrey ported his…

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Steamer Ashero

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

The steamer Rosedale is ashore at Bellinger. Heads, and there is very little hope of saving the vessel. The Rosedale collided with the breakwater…

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A Steamer Ashore. a Strange Mishap. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 3

The Newcastle Coy.'s new steamer Karnah went ashore on Stockton Beach early this morning, and lies in an exposed position…

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Steamer Ashore. Precarious Position. Passengers and Crew Landed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2

The steamer Karuah, from Sydney, bound to Port Stephens, went ashore at Stockton Beach this morning. The passengers and crew were landed…

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Malaria on a Schooner

The Worker · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 29

The crew of the schooner Eugenie, bound from the Solomon Islands for Sydney, had a terrible experience on the voyage. The captain and the mate, the only two white…

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Our Australian Serial. a Corner in Water Copyright. All Rights Reserved. Chapter Xviii. the Wreck

The Worker · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 13

I was awakened by the sound of a frightful crash! At the same moment I was thrown violently out of my bunk on to the floor, I lay half stunned for a few moments, then, staggering to my feet, I found the…

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Stranded Steamer

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

The prospects of saving the steamer Karuah, which is stranded at Stockton beach, are much more hopeful. The hull is uninjured…

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Jack Ashore British Tars at Smyrna. £30,000 Spent

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 4

Never has the city of Smyrna beheld such an Impressive bight as that presented by the portion of the British Mediterritacan fleet which anchored in the port at the end of…

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Wrecked Steamer

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

The British steamer Fidea, coal laden, is wrecked off the Island of Amrum, and the crew of seventeen have been drowned…

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Coal Steamer Wrecked. Crew of Seventeen Perirh

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

The British steamer Tedra, laden with coal, hag been wrecked off Amrum, a north Frisian island, off the coast of Sleswick, Prussia…

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Steamer Wrecked the Crew Perish. London, Jan. 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

The British steamer Fidna, coal laden, was wrecked at Amrum. The crew of 17 perished…

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German Steamer Fired At. Warship Proceeds to Coast. London, Jan. 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

Advices have been received from French West Africa that the Liberian Customs gunboat Lark, commanded by a British naval revenue officer, fired at…

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Trouble in Liberia. German Steamer Fired At. Warship Proceeds to Grain Coast. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

Advices have been received from French West Africa that the Liberian Customs gunboat Lark, commanded by a British naval revenue officer, fired at…

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A Narrow Escape. an Erratic Steamer. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

When the steamer Malaita was approaching Sydney Heads this morning at an early hour she narrowly escaped being run down by a brilliantly…

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Captain of a Steamer. Charged with Misconduct. Witnesses Allege Drunken Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

The hearing of the charge of alleged gross misconduct against Donald M'Lean, master of the barque Large Bay was resumed to-day…

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Steamer Captain Fined. Prohibited Immigrant Lands. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

The captain of the steamer Vine Branch was fined £100 for permitting a prohibited immigrant to land…

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New Orient Steamer

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 8

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company launched from their yard at Govan on November 21 a twin-screw steamer of 12,000 tons for the…

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A Night Tragedy. Vessel Driven Ashore. Only Six Hours From Port. Distress Signals Futile. Captain Among the Lost. 18 People Saved

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 2

The disaster to the steamer occurred at seven o'clock last night off Troubridge, in St. Vincent's Gulf, about six hours' steam from Adelaide. Late…

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