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South Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

18 stories in South Coast's papers

The Steamer Narara

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 1

This boat which was recently built by the Messrs. "D'nt at Jervis Bay, or the Gosford S.S. Company, is now ready for tire trade between Sydney…

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The Wreck of the Ariosto. Details by the Mail. Twenty-one Sailous Drowned. Tekrible Experience of the Captain and Eight Men

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 3

THE American mails received in Sydney on Monday by the R.M.S. Mariposa state that the British ship Ariosto (Captain Baines), bound from Galveston to…

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Jack Ashore

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 4

A capital story is told of Lord Charles Beresford, who has all the wit of the Irish. If the story is not true, it is good, and that's the main thing about it after all…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Chapter Xi

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 2

At last silence was restored, and then his secretary said that King Pedro Kagnombe welcomed us 10 Bihe and that he wished to know…

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Fire on the Steamer Bega

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 2

As the steamer Begs, belonging to the Illawarra S.N. Company, was on her way down Sydney harbor on Monday night an outbreak of fire occurred on board. The…

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Fire on the Steamer Bega

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 17 May 1900 · page 2

As the steamer Bega, belonging to the Illawarra S.N., Company, was on her way down Sydney harbor on Monday night an outbreak of fire occurred on board. The…

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A Shipping Sensation. the Drumalis in Danger in Wreck Bay

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 10

Some excitement was caused in town on Sunday morning when a report went round that a large ship had gone ashore at the northern end of Wreck Bay Through…

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Message From the Bushmen. Mr. Ellmoos' Find at Wreck Bay

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 4

A sea message from B Squadron of the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent on board the Armenian whr picked up by Mr. Christian Elimoos of Sussex…

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The I.S.N. Co's New Steamer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 2

The above company's new twin screw steamer Eden, 600 tons gross, built by Messrs. James Rankin and Son, Glasgow, is now completed and…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew. Benjamin Bunting

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 1

(I, Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these autheutle accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Steamer Disabled at Jervis Bay

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 1

The Union Co.'s steamer Whangape, 3000 tons, from London, via "Cape-town, put into Jervis Bay on tho 5th instant through stress of weather…

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The loss of the Schooner Gleaner

Moruya Examiner · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 2

An enquiry concerning the loss of the above schooner the property of Mr. F. H. Guy, which occurred at Bawley point on 16th May last, was held in Sydney on…

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The New Steamer Eden

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 2

The Illawarra Steamer Navington Co’s new steamer Eden which arrived at Sydney from Glasgow on Sunday last has been visited by large numbers of people…

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The New Steamer Eden

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 2

The Illawarra Steam Navigation Co.’s new steamer Eden which arrived at Sydney from Glasgow on Sunday last, has been visited by large numbers of people…

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The Illawarra Company's New Steamer Eden

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 3

The excellent coastal service conducted by the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company (says the S. M Herald) has received a valuable addition by the arrival of the…

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The Illawarra Company's New Steamer

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 2

The steamer Eden, the latest addition to the fleet of the Illawarra S N. Company, was taken for a trial trip down the harbor on Monday afternoon (says the "Herald")…

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The Steamer Eden. Will Be at Ulladulla Next

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 5

We have received the following wire from Mr. Chas. Speer, secretary of the I. S. N. Company :— "The Company's new steamer Eden will…

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The Invention of the schooner HISTORY records that “Captain Robinson

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 4

Built and rigged a ketch, as they were then called, masted, and rigged it in a peculiar manner When launched the peculiar motion she made as she glided into the water from…

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