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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

14 stories in South Coast's papers

The Steamer Illawarra

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 2

The L. S. N. Company’s paddle steamer Illawarra, which for some twenty—two years traded between Sydney and Shoalhaven, has been withdrawn from the service, and…

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The Steamer Illawarra

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 2

The I.S.N., Company’s paddle steamer Illawarra, which for some twenty-two years [?] between Sydney and Shoalhaven, has been withdrawn from the service, and…

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Fate or the Steamer Federal

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 5

A boat, five bodies, and three cars have been washed ashore at Mallacoota, thus settling the fate of the steamer Federal. The news was received at Sale…

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The Largest Vessal In the World. the White Star Steamer Celtic. (The “Shipping Gazette”)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 4

THE launch at Belfast on April 4 of the White Star liner Celtic will be an event of considerable importance in the shipping world. THIS vessel is the…

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Captain Garde and the Steamer Illawarra

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 8 May 1901 · page 4

The last trip of the Illawarra (says the Wollongong “Mercury” of May 4) was the most remarkable since that good old ship first started running in the trade—…

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Captain Garde and T H E Steamer Illawarra

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 9 May 1901 · page 4

The last trip of the Illawarra (says the Wollongong “Mercury” of May 4) was the most remarkable since that good old ship first started running in the…

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Wreck of the Alexander Berry.' Captain and Three of the Crew Drowned

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 2

The "Alexander Berry," a acre w steamer belonging to the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company, and engaged in the river trade, left Shoalhaven on Sunday morning last, en route…

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Disastrous Wreck

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 2

THE weather conditions along the coast on Wednesday, have been the stormiest experienced for some years, and the greatest anxiety was felt in shipping…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 4

Nobody can tell the following story better than a writer tells it himself. In 1891, he says, I first experienced the miseries of a cute…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 4

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of scute…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 4

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. “In 1891,” he says, “I first experienced the miseries of s[?]…

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Wrecked on Chosterfield Reef

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 4

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891, " he says," I first experienced the miseries of acute…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 4

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tolls it himself. “In 1891,” he says, “I first experienced the miseries of acute…

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Wreck on the China Coast CHINESE PlRATES Loot the Vessel a Fearful Fate of Seven Men

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1901 · page 4

A SENSATIONAL story of shipwreck, followed lowed by a piratical attack by Chinese, came to hand[?] Tuesday’s China mail. The German steamer Hainan was…

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