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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903

9 stories in South Coast's papers

The Kiama Blue Metal Trade. New Steamer

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 3

The directors of the Kiama Road Metal Company and a party arrived at Kiama on Sunday afternoon in the new steamer Kiama, specially built by…

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Shipwreck and Thirst

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 2

A correspondent who has been reading telegraphed accounts of the terrible sufferings of the crew of the wrecked steamer Elinga[?]ite tells a London paper that the…

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Old Shoalhaven Days. No.56. a Shipwreck

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 2

The steamer Plutus, 1250 tons, captain Kish, from Newcastle to Melbourne with a cargo of 1600 tons of coal, ran ashore in Shoalhaven Bight,…

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Romance of a shipwrecked "King of Tramps." Oliver Bainbridge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 4

A good many Australians know the fall-taking young man Oliver Bainbridge. They will be interested in the following article from the Chicago…

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Loss of the Steamer Oakland. Foundered Off Nelson's Bay. Re[?] Loss of Mine Lives

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 2

The steamer [?] from Newcastle to Sydney, foundered yesterday off Nelson's Bay. Nine lives are reported to have been…

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Novel Steamer

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

"The application of the screw to the propelling of ships was one of the great inventions of the nineteenth century, and the improvements…

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Disabled Steamer in Jervis Bay

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 2

The Boveric, which was disabled off the coast owing to the loss of her propeller and was towed by the steamer Perth to Jervis Bay on Sunday was…

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Disabled Steamer in Jervis Bay

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 17 September 1903 · page 2

The Boveric which was disabled off the coast owing to the loss of her propeller, and wax towed by by the steamer Parth to Jervis Bay on Sunday, was…

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Tee Steamer Croki

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 2

F[?]ther particulars regarding the stranding of the steamer Croki at Seal Rocks indicate that when the steamer grounded the weather was clear and the…

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