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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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A Total Wreck. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 2

A private cable states that the German steamer Itzchoe, which went ashore on the South African coast, is a total wreck…

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Steamer on a Reel. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 2

A cable message from Sera that the steamer Tofna street a reef in the Navala passage and that the Government Randi had gone…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Vi. Cavutu and Tulagi

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 3

We arrived at Gavutu early one morning, and I felt my heart go out to it with a bound. Indeed, throughout the trip I have felt like a young man,…

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Russian Steamer Wrecked. London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

The Russian volunteer fleet steamer Ryauzau, for Vladivistock, was wrecked on a reef near Nangetaku. The passengers, among whom was…

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The Home Wrecker. And the "Unwritten Law."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 4

"I THINK," said the Acting Premier (Mr. Holman) daring the course of no interview, "that there is a good deal of weight in what Judge Docker said,…

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Shipping Disaster. Ill-fated Lifeboat. Peculiar Incident. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 2

The steamer Taboga sank off Panama a fortnight ago. Twenty lives were lost and 80 saved. A herd of steers smashed the lifeboat just as…

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A Trip to the Solomons: Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Vii. Guadalcanal

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 3

Gallege Mendana's chief pilot reported in his journal of this island, that it would probably take months to sail right around it. This of course,…

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Steamer on Fire. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 June 1911 · page 2

Un the Amur River a steamer was burned with 700 Korean railway navvies, aboard. In the panic 60 men perished…

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A Trip to the Solomons; or Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Viii. Santa Cruz

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 3

After steaming from Gundalcanar one forenoon, and passing, without stopping, the large island of Malaita where the inhabitant are still rather wild and…

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"Wrecked the Ship' Aldermen at Issue. Rowdy Scenes at Hurstville

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 2

A question of procedure was the cause of a disorderly scene at the Hurstville Council meeting last evening (says a southern minutes had been confirmed Alderman…

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Wreck of the Asia. Captain and Mate Censured. San Francisco

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 June 1911 · page 2

An investigation held at the British Consul General's Office, found that the Third Officer of the Johnson Lines, Asia, was responsible for the wreck of…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper VIII.—(Continued). Sanya Cruz

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 3

Who can doubt but that there are higher intelligences around us, possessed ef more senses than we, but who cannot fully commensurate with…

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Man v. Devil Fish. Thrilling Story of Weird Battle. Diver's Appalling Reception in Sunken Wreck. Marvellous Escape From Horrible Death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 3

This story, concerning one of the strangest and most desperate single combats of which there is knowledge, is one of the best yarns of Captain…

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Motor Launch Wrecked Crew Saved. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 2

The motor launch K.S.K., which left Melbourne ten days ago for Sydney, was wrecked on the Victorian coast The two men who composed the crew,…

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

News from Helingfours states that Finnish-Swedish mail steamer Bor; 500 tons; with Stockholm excursionists aboard, was wreckedoff Korpe…

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Steamer Wrecked Fate of Four Hundred Excursionists. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 2

A steamer, with 400 excursionists aboard, has been wrecked in the Finnish Sherries, The fate of the excursionists is unknown…

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Excursion Ship Wrecked. Women Panic Stricken. Two Jump Overboard. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 2

The Spokane, which carried 150 excursionists, was run ashore in Plumper's Bay in a sinking condition. Two women, panic stricken, leaped…

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Second Disaster. a Steamer Founders. Christiania

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Eclipse, with a crew of 56, foundered at Lan-ganals, on the north-east, coast of Iceland…

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Barque Wrecked. Caught in Current. the Crew Picked Up. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

The steamer Germania arrived in Sydney this morning with the crew , of the Norwegian barque Hjordis, which was wrecked at Ponape Island…

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Norwegian Barque Wrecked. Crew Safe in Sydney. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

The steamer Germania, from the Gilbert Group, brought the officers and crew of the Norwegian barou[?], Hjordis, 1027 tons, which went ashore at Ponape…

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