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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Wreck of the Tathra. Survivors Reach Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

The steamer Malaita reached Sydney to-day with the survivors of the wrecked steamer Tathra…

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Dynamic Outrage. Nine Buildings Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

A terrific dynamite explosion occurred at Paelbo, Colorado, and wrecked nine laundry buildings and their neighboring structures…

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Turkey and Italy Italians Seize French Steamer. M. Poincare's Protests. Naval Demonstration Hinted At. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

The authorities at Tunis have seized the steamer Odessa, owing to the possession of forged papers and 350 tons of ammunition, which she failed to…

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Wreck of the Delhi. Royal Recognition of Rescuers' Bravery. Frenchmen Honored. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

The King has conferred the Honorary Commandership of the Victorian Order upon Captain Laguerre and the Membership of the Order upon…

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Wreck of a N.z. Steamer

The Worker · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 29

Particulars of the wreck near D'Urville Island, Cook Straits, New Zealand, of the old coasting steamer Jane Douglas, show that the vessel struck Saddle Rock, and…

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Lifeboat Hero. Coxswain Paces Death a Second Time with a Scratch Crew

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

The unusual occurrence of a lifeboat crew refusing to go out to the rescue of a shipwrecked crew after they had just saving another crew in a fearful sea, was…

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Said to Have Jumped From Channel Steamer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

Mr. Edgar W. Mix, a well-known aeronautical expert and a prominent member of the American colony in Paris, has been missing since Sunday last. There are…

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Tripoli War. French Steamer Seized. Manobas Passengers' Identity. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 2

The Italians have seized the French steamer Tavignano on the Tunisian coast, and taken it to Tripoli. France undertakes to establish the…

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Hissing Vessel Wreckage Washed Ashore. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 2

Life belts and life buoys from the missing steamer Genoa, have been picked up at Berwick-on-Tweed, England, The vessel's fate is now placed…

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Fire on a Steamer Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 5

A fire broke out in the old of the Union Company's [?]eamer Manapouri, while lying the wharf and was extinguished…

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Abandoned Wreck. Two Men Suffocated. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 5

News brought from the abandoned wreck of the barque Marget, states that two men. Pascoe and McCarthus, engaged in the salvage operations…

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British Steamer Burned. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 2

The British steamer, Consols, was burned at sea off Cape Haney. Another steamer was summoned by wireless telegraphy and all hands were saved…

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Steamer's Rough Trip. Meets with a Hurricane. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Hermelen arrived at Auckland from Paget Sound in a dismasted condition. The vessel encountered a fierce hurricane a week…

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A Vinery Wrecked Paris

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 4

A body of discontented workers devastated eight square metres of vines at Rille, a wine growing district of France…

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Schooner Wrecked. Feared Loss of All Hands. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 4

A message from Sandrego, California, states that kneeling on the deck and imploring aid from the hundreds of helpless spectators ashore, the seamen…

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Sailors' Awful Experience Aboard Water-logged Schooner. Fourteen Days Without Food. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 3

The British schooner Hibernia, on a voyage from Nova Scotia to Barbadoes, passed through sensationel experiences. The vessel which had a…

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

The barque Pindos, bound for Chili, was driven a shore on the rocks at Lizard during a gale, and was wrecked, 27 of the crew being rescued…

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Floating Derelict. Supposed Schooner Aris. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 2

The pilot steamer Ajax wades-patched this morning to scare for the derelict reported to be adr off Catherine Hill Bay…

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Steamer Ashore. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

The steamer Dorrigo has been driven ashore in the Lau group, near Fiji, and severely damaged…

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Missing Schooner Paris. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

A board has been picked up on the Merewether Beach near Newcastle, bearing the name "Paris." This is considered sufficient…

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