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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Turkish Naval Guns. on Austrian Steamer. Sofia

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 2

The authorities at Burgas seized an Austrian steamer 16 heavy naval Turkish guns, en route to Germany for repairs…

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Disabled Schooner. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 2

The captain of the steamer Wollongba passed the missing schooner Alma Doetel oil Point Solitary yesterday afternoon. She had lost her…

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Wreckage comes Ashore. Signs of Disaster. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 2

A quantity of wreckage, including six boxes of benzine, was washed ashore at Byron Bay Other wreckage is reported to have come in…

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Firemen's Strike. Steamer Zealandia Detained. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 4

The firemen on the steamer Zealandia struck work to-day as a protest against the action of the Hudart Parker Company in reducing the…

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Shipwrecked Kitten. Special Trip of Rescue

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 6

An electric launch put out from a wharf near Trent Bride on 22nd December for the special purpose of rescuing a shipwrecked kitten which was…

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£100,0000 in Women's Pockets. Arrest of a Family in a Steamer

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 7

Charged with being connected with a great international bank swindle involving upwards of £200,000, Mr. An[?]io Musical a New York hair…

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

The [?] in January with a cargo of wheat for Queenstown, was totally wrecked near Lizzard. The crew landed safely…

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Gas Explosion Brake Van Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

An explosion of a gas cylinder, in a brake van, at the Central Railway Station, practically wrecked the carriage. The cause of the explosion was not…

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Schooner Abandoned

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 4

The schooner Lyman D. Foster, bound from Pugel Sound to Suva, was caught in a hurricane oh the 15th April, became dismantled,…

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Smallpox. Outbreak on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 2

A further outbreak of small-pox occurred among the crew of the steamer Baralong, which is quarantined at Sydney. It is reported that…

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Scotch Empress Wrecked

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 3

Early on December 24, 1910, the midnight express from St. Pancras to Carlisle and Glasgow was wrecked on the lonely moorland…

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Indigestion and Kidney Trouble. Became a Wreck, and often Wished for Death. Complete Health Restored by Bile Beans

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1913 · page 4

Mrs. M. Scanion of [?] Avon Place, off Baines-street, North Melbourne, says:—"Four years ago I was a great victim of indigestion, which laid…

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Steamer Wrecked. Officers and Crew Landed in Exhausted Condition. Wellington, (N.z). Sat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 2

The Tyser steamer Indrabarah, was wrecked on the Manawatu coast. No lives were lost. The Vessel is now a total wreck, there being no hope of…

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Steamer Founders

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

A steamer foundered off the coast of Java. Twenty-three of the crew were drowned…

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Steamer Aground. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

The steamer Coomonderry went aground inside the bar on a sand spit, while attempting to cross out at Narooma on the South Coast, this…

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Suspicious Sickness. On Board Steamer. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

The steamer Van Waerwynch arrived at Townsville from the East with three suspicious cases of sickness on board…

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Indrabarah Wreck. WELLINGTON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

The deposition of the stranded steamer Indrabarabah, has not improved. Big waves have carried the vessel further ashore. Most of the officers and crew…

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A New Zealand Wreck Agents Hopes of Salvage. Wellington, N.Z.

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 3

The position of the steamer Indrabarra[?] is unimproved. Big waves carried the [?] further into the shore. Most of the officers and crew are still…

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Cruiser Ashore

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

A portuguese cruiser is ashore at Hong Kong. A British vessel is standing by. The crews of the cruiser were rescued…

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Indrabarah Wreck Exciting Scenes. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

Two efforts were made to-day to bring a line ashore from the steamer Indrabarah, in a boat, but both failed. The sea was becoming rougher and…

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