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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Steamer Afire. Australian Cargo Destroyed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 5

The steamer Telamon, 4500 tons, which left Sydney on March 2 with a cargo of wool, flour, ore, steel rails, apples and general merchandise, for…

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Aeroplane Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 2

Major Parsevals, whose aeroplane is the largest constructed, was caught in violent winds yesterday and hurled into a lake. The aeroplane was…

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Wreck of Submarines Commander and Crew Suffocated. Vancouver, April 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 2

News from Tokio states that owing to the wreck of the Japanese submarine number sixty off Hiroshima. Lieutenant Sakuma, the Commander, and…

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A Schooner Lost

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 3

News has reached Sydney of the total loss of the schooner Malckula, in the Chesterfield group, on January 9th. The captain and officers reached…

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Steamer Minimbah Wrecked

The Worker · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 27

The North Coast S.N. Company's new steamer Minimbah, 299 tons, was on April 12 wrecked on the training-wall at the entrance to the Manning River. The…

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Another Marine Disaster Loss of the B.I. Steamer Satura. on Seal Rocks. Crew Believed to Be Safe. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 2

The lighthouse-keeper at Seal Rocks wired to the Department of Navigation this afternoon the effect that the British India steamer…

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Wrecked Atlantic Liner VANCOUVER, April 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 2

From the statements of the officers of the wrecked steamer Minnichaha, it appeals that they were unable to take observations during the last three…

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More Wreckage

The Worker · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 1

"On the Opposition Benches are clustered the wreckage of the parties that have failed in this House."—Mr Deakin…

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A Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 2

Details of the wreck of the Satara, off Seal Rocks, show that the weather was heavy, with obsening showers The captain and officers decline to…

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Wreck and Heavy Loss

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 2

Three steamers and a schooner are standing by the wrecked steamer Minyehaha. All hopes of saving her are practically abandoned. A great…

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Another Shipwreck. the Satara Goes Down on Seal Rocks

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 4

The British India steamer Satara, 5172 tons, which left Newcastle on Wednesday morning for Gladstone, Queensland, to load horses for…

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Wrecked Atlantic Liner. Little Hope of Saving Vessel. Vancouver, April 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

Three steamers and a schooner are standing by the wrecked Atlantic steamer Minniehaha, which went down off the Scilly Rocks. All hopes of…

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The Satara Wreck. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

The Navigation Department commenced an inquiry this morning into the disaster to the steamer Satara, off Edith Breakers,, on Wednesday…

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British New Guinea. Development Coy. Purchases Steamer. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

The recently-formed New Guinea Development Company has purchased the steamer Bentinck for the purpose of trading between New Guinea. Sydney,…

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An Aviator's Escape. Mob Wreck Aeroplane and Burn Shed. London, April 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

Mr. Latham flew 54 kilometers over, the sea at Nice, creating a record. Afterwards when essaying another flight his motor stopped and the aeroplane…

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Great Storm in Melbourne. Infectious Diseases Tents Wrecked

The Worker · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 19

A great storm swept over Melbourne and the surrounding districts on Monday night. On the Bay much damage was done among small craft. The lighter Jules Marie…

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South Australian Shipwreck. Men Clinging to Mast

The Worker · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 19

A telegram was received at Adelaide from York Peninsula last evening stating that a vessel had been wrecked at Brutus Point, fourteen miles from Warooka. Two…

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The Satara Wreck. Due to the Captain's Wrongful Ful Act

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 2

The Marino Court of Inquiry into the loss of the steamer Satura off Seal Rocks was concluded to-day. The Court found that the loss of the Satara was due to the wrongful…

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A Disabled Steamer. LONDON, April 29

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 3

The steamer Carpentaria was off Cape Morgan on Thursday with her rudder stock broken. The steamer was steering for Durban, and…

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Countess of Ranfurly Wreck. the Master Exonerated. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 3

He Marine Court this morning found, at the conclusion of the inquiry into the wreck of the auxiliary schooner Countess of Ranfurly at New Caledondia on March…

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