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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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American Steamer Wrecked

The Worker · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 29

News reached Sydney from Fi'i last week of the wreck on a reef near Tonga on August 20 of the steamer Knight of St. George. The vessel was en route from…

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Eighty-one Drowned. American Steamer Wrecked. Lima

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

The South American Company's steamer, Tucafel, has been wrecked northwards of Quilka. Eighty-one persons were drowned…

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Struck a Reef Steamer Knight of St. George a Total Wreck. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

Further particulars concerning the wreck of the steamer Knight of St. George on a reef at Nuk[?]lofa were received to-day. When the steamer…

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Exciting Sea Trip Government Steamer in a Gale. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 2

The Government steamer Captain Cook arrived at Eden to-day, after an exciting trip. The steamer met a violent gale near Jervis Bay, and was…

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Record Emigration Victoria's Special Steamer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 5

On the New Zealand steamer Papanuit, which left London on August 5, and subsequently had to be abandoned at St. Helena owing to a fire on board,…

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Fifeshire's Boat. Must Have Foundered. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 2

The Fifeshire's third officer, Clinton, interviewed at Plymouth, stated he last saw Caulfield's boat to windward, nearing the shore. He was…

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A Steamer's Fate. Sunk in Collision Ok Foundered? All Hands Lost. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 2

The steamer Belliner has either foundered or has been sunk in collision in the Gulf of hands aud all hands perished. A boat containing…

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Steamer Overdue

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 2

The steamer Rosedale, which left Nambucca River on Friday for Sydney, is overdue…

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North Coast Steamer Missing

The Worker · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 29

The N.C. Co.'s steamer Rosedale, which for several years had been running between Sydney and the districts of the Bellinger and Nambucca Rivers, left the…

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Missing Steamer Rosedale Six Days Overdue. a Fruitless Search. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 5

The steamer Mianbar arrived from the Manning River to-day. The captain reported having kept a look-out for the missing steamer Rosedale, but…

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Bile Beans Saved My Life. Reduced to a Wreck by Constipation and Piles.—Doctors were Baffled

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 4

"I am sure I would not have been alive to-day had it not been for Bile Peans," says Mrs. M. Beacall, of 8 Vere-street, North Richmond,…

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The Missing Rosedale. Discovery of Wreckage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 2

The steamer Cape Finistere, which arrived at Newcastle to-day, reported having sighted a quantity of wreckage floating of Smoky Cape. The flotsam…

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Steamer's Sensational Incident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

The north coo[?]t steamer City of Grafton while crossing the Richmond river bar became sandwiched between two immense billows travelling in opposite…

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The Rosedale. Convincing Proofs of Disaster Wreckage Found. Identified with Mining Steamer. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

The steamer Burringbar picked up bucket off Smoky Cape yesterday afternoon bearing the wold Rosedale, also a life-belt box supposed to have…

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The Rosedale Wreck. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 3

[?] Rosedale, was brought to Sydney, having been [?]…

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Toll of the Sea. Wreckage Found. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 3

Part of the wheel box of a ship beating the name "Laura" was picked up recently at Lard Howe Island. It is now generally believed the vessel, which…

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Steamer Wrecked. Strikes on Pier Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 4

The steamer Despatch, 238 tons, struck the Eastern Pier at Lake Entrance, Cunninghame, Victoria, and was soon full of water. She went to…

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Steamer Sunk

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 2

The Asia Minor when leaving the British steamer, half-filled from Huelba, Spain for Rotterdom, was sunk by the British steamer Glasgow from…

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Italian Cruiser Ashore. Constantinople

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 2

It is reported that the Italian cruiser Pisa lias gone ashore at Tripoli…

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Harbor Collision. a Steamer Sunk. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 2

A collision occurred in Darling Harbor this morning between the island steamer, Taviuni and the French steamer, Neva. The former was…

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