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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Steamer Ashore. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

The steamer Innamincka, bound from Cairns to Melbourne, went ashore on Wentworth Reef, 20 miles north of Cairns. She was evidently…

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Robbery from Steamer LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

A box containing £4000, which was part of a consignment of £50,000, was stolen from the steamer Capblanco during the voyage from Rio Janeiro…

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The Steamer Taiynan. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

There is still no news of the overdue steamer Taiyuan. The general opinion is that she is sheltering on the Queensland coast…

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Steamer on a Reef. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

A message received this afternoon by the Sydney postal authorities stated that the steamer Innamincka was still on a reef. Another steamer is…

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Shipping Casualties. Schooner Reported Missing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

The Schooner Dancing Wave is reported missing on the Queensland coast…

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Refloating a Steamer. Attempts Failed. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

A wire from Cairns states that all attempts to refloat the Inna-minka have failed ami passengers have been transferred to a steamer…

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The Innamincka Wreck Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 5

The Caroo leaves Cairns to relieve the [?]namincka, a tug boat going from Cairns. Advices received state that the…

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Thieves on the Moresby. Steamer's Cabins Ransacked. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

Thieves overhauled the cabins on the steamer Moresby last night, and secured a quantity of money and jewellery, the property of two officers…

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Vessels Wrecked on Coast SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

According to the statistics of the Navigation Department, nine vessels were wrecked off the New South Wales coast during the past year;…

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Strike on Steamer. Demands by Firemen and Greasers. the Malcontents Arrested. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

Twenty-five firemen and greasers on the steamer Africa refused work to-day, demanding an increase in wages. They were arrested for disobeying the…

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The Balkans War. Fighting at Charkeni. Turks Driven Back. Turkish Cruisers Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 2

Bulgarians hemmed in the "Turks who landed at Charkeni and drove them back to the vessels in a panic-stricken state. The infantry and…

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Tracks of a Wreck. Timber and a Life Buoy. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 2

A Urge quantity of sawn timber, from the cargo of a missing steamer, is dancing on the waves. Also, a marked life buoy has been found…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 2

The pilot at Cunningham, Victoria, was informed by an aboriginal from Lake Pyers that he saw cases of oranges and bananas coming ashore…

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Captain of Steamer Fined. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

The captain of the steamer Duroby was fined £5, with £11 costs, in default, two months imprisonment, for failing to give a fireman his discharge…

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Unsinkable Lifeboat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 1

A lifeboat, which is claimed to be unsinkable, has been tested in the presence of officials of the United States Government. The boat is egg…

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Wreck Found

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 2

Residents of Narrabeen reported to the police that wreckage, which appears to be the top of a mast and derrick of a collier, was found on the…

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Steamer Disabled. But Able to Continue Votage. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 3

The steamer Queensland is reported disabled near Wilson's Promontory. The vessel is, however, safe, the engineers having effected temporary repairs…

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Wonga Shoal Wreck. Vessel's Captain Prosecuted. Alleged Manslaughter. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

Captain Jones, whose vessel was destroyed at the Wonga Shoal Light-houset South Australia, was before the Criminal Court in Adelaide,…

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[?] Is It a Wreck. a Report From Manly. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 3

The Manly police have received a report that the mast bead and top derrick of a collier were sighted off the Long Reef. The pilot steamer Buranda…

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Steamer Stranded. WELLINGTON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

The steamer Kowhai, upon leaving Dunedin, this morning, struck breakwater at the Heads, and had to be beached…

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