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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Harbor Collision Manly Steamer and Government Tug. Tug Sinks in Couple of Minutes. No Loss of Life. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 2

A sensational collision occurred in the harbor this morning between the Manly Company's steamer Bellubera and the Government tug Kate. The…

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New Orient Steamer "Ormonde."

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

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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Crushed in the Ice Steamer Goes Down. Crew Perish

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

A cablegram from St. John's, Newfoundland, under date of Thursday, states that the steamer Newfoundland reports having seen the vessel…

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Steamer Collision. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 2

The damage to the steamer Dunmore is estimated at £2000…

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Southern Cross Wreck. Seventy Five Deaths

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 2

SAINT JOHN. Newfoundland, Sunday. It is estimated that the deaths at Newfoundland recovered from the Southern Cross, number 75…

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Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 2

The steamer Wallarah, which ran on a reef at Catherine Hill Bay, last night, was this morning full of water. Her crew of 17 were all rescued by…

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Schooner Wrecked. Ten Lives Lost. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 4

The American schooner, Carles Buckley has been wrecked on the coast of New Jersey. The captain his wife and eight members of the crew were…

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Steamer on Reef. Crew Rescued in Difficulties Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 5

Steamer wallarah, which ran on a reef at Catherine Hill Bay last night, was this morning full of water. The crew of seventeen in all were rescued by…

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"Wallarah" Wreck. How the Crew Was Saved Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 4

Further particulars of the mishap to the steamer Wallarah show that an casterly gale caught the vessel and forced her on to the reef at Green…

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Row on a Steamer, One Man Drowned. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 4

During a disturbance between two men on a steamer lying in Woolloomooloo Bay, a young fireman, John Sullivau, fell overboard…

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The Wrecked Wallarah Sold at Auction Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 5

The wrecked collier Wallarah, at Cather[?] Hill Bay, was sold at auction [?] The auctioneers stated that the anchors and chains in the vessel…

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Explosion of Petrol. Fatalities on a Steamer Gibraltar

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

A Russian steamer containing cargo of petrol, exploded off Algiers. Fifteen of the crew perished and of the others rescued several were…

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Home Gun-running. the Position of the Government. Arms Well Hidden. Steamer Detained on Suspicion

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

There was renewed activity with regard to gun-running on Sunday night between Bangor and Newtonards Fifty motor cars were employed in…

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Cable News. Pirates Disable Steamer Over 200 Lives Lost. Hong Kong

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 3

No Europeans were among the Taion's passengers, and it is feared that 200 have perished. The pirates shipped as passengers,…

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Steamer Foundered. WISCONSIN

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 3

It is reported that the steamer Benjamin Noble foundered on Lake Superior with a loss of 20 lives…

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A Steamer Looted

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

Further particulars of the looting of the steamer Tai-on show that after the pirates had abandoned the burning vessel the hold was found to be…

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Pilgrims Storm Ship. Light Fires on Steamer's Deck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

Remarkable scenes on a British vessel were described at Bristol when, at the instance or the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur. master of the steamship Nith, was charged…

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Steamer on Fire Valuable Cargo Damaged. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 5

The steamer Tokomaru caught fire while she was loading meat at Gismorne. The steamer was nearly full of cargo, when a dense column of…

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Steamer Attacked. Steersman Killed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 2

The Federal attack on a small steamer, in which the steersman was killed, has induced Mr. Bryan to continue with preparations for war, undeterred…

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Wrecked on Samasana Island. Manila

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 2

Later particulars show that the Siberia struck on Samasana Island, about 20 miles off the south-east coast of Formosa…

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