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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Barque Ashore. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1912 · page 2

The barque Joseph Craig is aground on the beach below the Quarantine Station, at Queenscliff, but is not in any immediate danger…

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Wreck of the Oravia Exciting Situation. Buenos Ayres

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 6

Passengers report that the mail steamer Oravia struck half a mile off the entrance of Port Stanley in blinding show and intense darkness. The…

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Steamer Ashore

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 2

The coasting, steamer Friendship, 214 tons register, a trader between Sydney and the Tweed Heads, is ashore at the southern entrance of…

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Steamer Ashore SYDNEY?

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 6

The steamer Friendship is ashore at the entrance to the Tweed River. She is nearly high and dry on both sides. The chances of salvage are…

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Fire on Steamer

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 2

A fire occurred, on board the German steamer Silesia at Hamburg, and the flames spread rapidly, the cargo being practically destroyed…

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Fire Aboard Steamer. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

A fire broke out aboard the steamer Silesia at Hamburg. The cargo was practically destroyed…

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Steamer Ashore Fifty Passengers in Danger. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

The steamer Eastern went ashore on the rocks at the entrance to Lake Superior during it snowstorm. There are 50 passengers on board. They…

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The Steamer Sargvaar SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

The attempt to raise the steamer Sargvaar at Port Victoria has been abandoned. Her cargo consisted of 40,000 bags of wheat…

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The Steamer Mauretania a False Report. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 2

A telegram received at Hamburg reported the loss of the Cunard liner Mauritania, which sailed from Liverpool for New York on Saturday, but…

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Steamer Sunk. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 2

While performing her steam trials in the English. Channel the battleship Centurion sank an unknown steamer It is believed all on board perished…

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Steamer Ashore. Passengers and Crew Safe. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1912 · page 2

The steamer Oonah ran ashore about a mile from Burnie, Tasmania, this morning, during a thick fog. She is not making any water, and it is…

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Volcanic Eruption Millions of Dead Fish Washed Ashore. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1912 · page 2

News has been received that millions of dead fish have been washed ashore at Tangapico, Mexico, following a submarine volcanic eruption…

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Wreck of a Submarine. Owners of German Liner Pay Claims. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1912 · page 2

The owners of the German liner Amerika, which sank the British submarine No. 2, in the English Channel, decided to pay the British Admiralty…

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General Cables. Steamer Aground, London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1912 · page 2

The steamer Tasmanic, bound from Gottenburg to Australia via South Africa, went agroung at Durban, Sustaining considerable damage…

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Dirigible Wrecked. Sensational Experience. Fall Into Trees. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1912 · page 2

The army dirigible Beta had a sensational experience during an experimental voyage from London wit four passengers. On nearing Hampshire…

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Ketch Capsized. ADELAIDE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 2

The ketch Aricl capsized during a heavy squally in St. Vincent's Gulf, yesterday. The vessel remained afloat, and the captain and crew were…

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Blinding Storm. Steamer Goes Ashore. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 December 1912 · page 2

Sixty passengers of the liner Tuvialbo are safe. The vessel went ashore during a blinding storm on the coast of New Jersey…

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A Cyclose. Havoc at Matong. Buildings Wrecked

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 2

The very severe heat of last week terminated in a cyclonic windstorm at Matong on Sunday afternoon about 6 o’clock…

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Storms in Britain. Gales and Floods. Country Submerged. Shipping in Trouble. Heroic Lifeboat Men. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 6

The present gales in England are the worst on record Many vessels are overdue. Great damage has been done to property ashore. Big floods…

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Sinking of a Danish Steamer. Thirteen Men Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 2

News has been received of the foundering of the Danish steamer Valmer. The captain of the vessel and a sailor were picked up off the Lizard,…

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