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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897

18 stories in South Coast's papers

A Mammoth New Steamer

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 1

The biggest steamer that over crossed the line—the Frederichder Grosse, or Frederick the Great—reached Melbourne on Wednesday, and is due in Sydney to-morrow…

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A Mammoth New Steamer

Moruya Examiner · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 2

THE biggest steamer that ever crossed the. line the Frederich der Grosse, or Frederick the Great—reached Melbourne on Wednesday and is now Sydney The frederich…

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The Crew of a Mail Steamer

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 5

Probably few people are aware of what may strictly be described as the resident population of a big mail steamer, and in these days of 8000 and 10,000 ton liners…

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The Crew of a Mail Steamer

Moruya Examiner · Friday 5 March 1897 · page 3

PROBABLY few people arc aware of what may strictly be described as the resident population of a big mail steamer, and in these days of 8000 and 10,000 ton liners…

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Capture of a Steamer. London

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 2

A Greek torpedo boat has captured an Austrian Lloyd steamer bound for Volo. Among those on board were 72 Turkish seamen and the now Turkish Governor of…

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Wreck of the Bounie Dundee at Bawley Point. Crew Saved. Narrow Escape of the Captain

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 1

Our Termeil correspondent wrote us on Monday:—On Thursday night, the 17th instant, a heavy chop sea from the north-east was…

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The German Steamer [?]ligen. Ashore Near Watson's Bay Reported to Have Struck on a Rook

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 2

The German eargo steamer Sohgen went a shore at Laing's Point at 1.15 a.m yesterday morning. The Soligen is outward bound in ballast. The Daily Telegraph reporter went…

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Wreck of the Tasmania

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 3

THE Sydney New Zealand liner, the Tasmania, was caught in a violent gale of wind on Thursday night last, when off Table Cape, the point on which the would…

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The Wreck of the Tasmania

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 2

From gleanings concerning the wreck of the Tasmania which have lately appeared in the Prees there appears to have been one statement made by all those who have anything to…

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Another Steamer Arrives 68 Men with Fortunes. Seattle ( [?]ash.). July 17

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 4

It is safe to say that never in the history of the North-West has there been such excitement as has prevailed in this city all day long, and which is…

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The s.s. Kameruka Wrecked. Passengers a Crew Saved

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 2

GREAT excitement prevailed in town on Sunday evening when news arrived that the L.S.N. Co.’s s.s. Kameruka had been [?] not far from Moroya, and the…

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Wreck of the Steamer Kameruka. the Vessel Lost Near Moruya

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 2

The Illawarra S.N. Company's steamer Kameruka, bound from Eden to Sydney, and well known here, went ashore at midnight on Saturday on a rock on the southern portion of Pedro…

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Wreck of The S. S. Kameruka

Moruya Examiner · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 2

THE residents of Moruya were on Sunday morning last roused from their usual quiet of that morning by the report that the I. S. N. Co’s. Kameruka was wrecked on…

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Wreck of the Kameruka

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 7

It proved quite a shock to the towns people when news came to hand on Monday morning that the well-known trader to Ulladualla, the Kameruka, had gone on the…

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Wreck of the Kameruka. Examination of Captain H[?]see. a Serious Statement

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 November 1897 · page 2

The M[?] Board on Monday opened the inquity with reference to the Illawarra St[?] Navigation Company's steamer Kameruka, which went ashore near M[?] on the 17th…

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The Wreck of the Kameruka. Inquiry by the Marine Board the Mate Thinks the Captain Was Under the Influence of Liquor

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 2

The Marine Board on Monday opened an investigation of the circumstances under which the Kameruka was wrecked on Pedro Reef on the night on October 17…

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Wreck of the kameruka

Moruya Examiner · Friday 19 November 1897 · page 3

THE Marine Board continued the inquiry on Wednesday, with reference to the wreck of the Illawarra S. N. Co s. steamer Kameruka, which went ashore near Moruya on the 17th ultimo, and…

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The Kameruka Wreck. the Captain's Certificate Cancelled

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 2

On Monday afternoon the Marine Board gave its decision in the Kameruka case. A statement was read on behalf of Captain Hersee. His 34 years' experience as…

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