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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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A Tear's Wrecks. Increase Over 1908

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 7

The statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up condemned, &c, publiched by Lloyd's Register, shown that during 1909 such vessels numbered…

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A Tale of the Sea. Shipwreck and Sharks. Sailor's Dramatic Story. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 6

Last night the sole survivor of the wrecked lugger Hugh Norman, a two masted craft, of about 200 tons, which left port on 21tt October for Broome,…

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Marine Disaster. Foundering of a Steamer. Rio De Janeiro, November 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 2

News has been received of a shipping disaster on the Brazilian coast. The vessel was the steamer Wally. Her steering gear broke, and she became…

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A Year's Wrecks. Increase Over 1908

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 3

The statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up, condemned, &c., published by Lloyd's Register, shows that during 1909 such vessels numbered…

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Supposed Wreck of a Barque. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 2

The name board of the British barque Garnet Hill, was washed ashore on Waitangi bench, Chatham Islands. The vessel left Chili in September last…

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Cyclone at Broome. Havoc Afloat and Ashore

The Worker · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 19

A cyclone of unusual violence has occurred at Broome, W.A., and along the coast in the vicinity, playing much havoc among the pearling fleet, and causing the…

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Steamer Wrecked. Collision in the North Sea. London, Dec. 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 2

The steamer Blackburn collided with the steamship Rook in the North Sea on Wednesday night. The Blackburn sank in a few minutes…

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First Trace of the Waratah. a Deck Chair Found. Ashore at East London

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 4

"A deck chair bearing a passenger's name and s.s. Wara[?] packed up on the foreshore at [?]ee Bay on Thursday, 3rd November. It will be…

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Special Cable News. Wreck and Loss of Life. London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 2

The German steamer Palermo is a total wreck at Cape Cornbeda, on the west coast of Galicia, and five passengers, and the crew of nineteen are…

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More Deck Chairs Washed Ashore. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 2

It is reported from East London, Cane Colony, that more deck chairs marked "Waratah" have been washed ashore at Coffee Cove…

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Barque Foundered

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 2

The Underwriters Association received a cable this morning advising that the Barque Annealey, which arrived in Queenstown, Ireland, from…

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Steamer Missing. Brisbane

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 2

The German steamer Germania is overdue at Yap, where she was expected to arrive, on December 10. Grave fears are entertained for her…

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A Missing Steamer

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 2

The steamer Germania, which left Sydney on October 31st for Hongkong has not been heard of since. The Government has been requested to…

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Crushed by A, Steamer. I

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 2

Elliott Warburton, of Warburton and Sons,. the big coal merchants, while attempting to board the steamer Burraba at Manly last night…

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