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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Dye Works Wrecked. Many Injured and Loss of Life Feared. Berlin

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 5

A boiler explosion destroyed the aniline dye works at Rummelsburg. The wreckage [?], rending rescue work difficult. Twelve bodies were recovered…

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Nail Steamer's Record. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 2

The mail steamer Ventura arrived to-day after a record voyage of 18 days 20 hours 34 minutes from San Francisco. The mails from London…

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Attempted Wrecking

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 2

An attempt was made to wreck a suburban train near Los Angeles carrying 250 passengers. This is the fourth attempt to wreck the train. and…

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Fate of Missing Ship. Wrecked on Cook Island. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 2

Information reached Sydney to-day that the overdue French barque Marechal dc Gontaut had been wrecked in Cook Islands. The crew was saved…

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Strike Outrage. Unionist Raid Near Coolamon Melee with Chaffcutter Employees. Tents Wrecked and Men Injured. Resort to Guns

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

Following on the trouble in the Marrar district recently between the A.W.U. men in camp and those employed on chaffcutting plants, another…

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Pinioned Beneath the Wreckage. Mrs. Deal and Son in Peril. the Rescuers Worked' Like Slaves." Bowral

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

Mrs. J. H. Deal, of Cootamundra, is an inmate of the Berrima District Hospital, and suffering greatly from shock. A representative of the "Daily Telegraph"…

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Gales in England. Houses Unroofed and Barque Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

Violent gales are raging in the south and west of the British Isles. One hundred houses were unroofed by the force of the wind at…

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Wreckage Removed to Sydney Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

The remains of the carriages telescoped in the collision at Exeter are now standing outside the workshops at Ever[?]igh. They are closely covered…

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Steamer Ashore. "City Op Sydney" Is Distress. Other Vessels Standing By. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 4

The steamer "City of Sydney" went ashore on the rocks twenty miles from Halifax. The vessel struck during a dense fog and the water…

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Daucourt's Disaster. Aviator Wrecked on Taurus Tragedy of Fire and Air

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 7

The aviator Daucourt, who was wrecked in Asia Minor, on his way to Cairo, gave a garph[?]c description of his experience to "L'Opi[?] On December 18 he sat down and…

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A Steamer's Delay. a Simple Mishap. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

The Union Co.'s steamer, MOko[?], arrived at daylight this morning from Tasmania, 12 bows late. A piece of dirt no larger than a sixpence choked a…

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WRECK. Brisbane

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 2

The French steamer St. Paul, Nou[?]ca to Brisbane, was wrecked off Cape Moreton. Eighteen lives were lost as far as is known, and eleven saved…

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Telegraphic. French Steamer Foundered Off Cape Moreton Eighteen Lives Lost Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 5

The French steamer St. Paul, bound from Noumea to Brisbane, was wrecked off Cape Moreton, 18 lives were lost as far as is known, and eleven were saved…

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Steamer Wrecked. Disaster Off Cape Moreton. Eighteen Lives Lost. Misunderstanding of Lights. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 4

The French steamer St. Pant, bound from Noumea to Brisbane, was wrecked off Cape. Moreton, Eighteen lives were lost, but it is believed that…

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Steamer Explosion. Disaster at Honolulu. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 4

It is reported from Honoluin that a steamer which was carrying explosives to the Bawaian Island, has been blown up. Between forty and fifty…

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Wrecking the Nation. a Conservative Speaks Out

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. J. T. Thomas, the Labor member, speaking at Derby, said there was no better issue for a general election than the question whether Parliament…

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Gale in Sydney Damage by Lightning. Old Man Struck and Killed. Club Premises Badly Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 2

During a terrific thunderstorm this afternoon Francis Brett, a young man, and an elderly man, whose name is unknown, sought shelter under a…

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Particulars of the New Orient Steamer "Ormonde."

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2

This steamer is at the present time being built at Clydebank, the yards of Messrs. John Brown and Company. This firm, it will be remembered,…

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Steamer Dismantled. Mutiny Checked by Officers. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 2

The Chilian steamer Maipo arrived at Falmouth t-day in a dismantied condition, having been badly damaged during a heavy gale. All the boats…

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St. Paul Wreck. Marine Inquiry Opened. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 2

An inquiry was opened to-day concerning the wreck of the French steamer, St. Paul. The helmsman stated that just prior to striking, he heard…

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