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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

34 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

A Theatre Wrecked. Hypnotic Failure Bolts As Weapons

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 7

Ahrensmeyer, the "cowboy hypnotist," met with an audience that he was unable to hypnotise in Belfast on Friday night, 2nd February, and a riot' took…

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Fifty Years Under the Sea Souvenir of the S[?]first Atlantic Steamer

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2

The King has been [?] to accept a [?]of the [?] the first steamship to cross the [?] The souven[?] is a circle of [?]…

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H.m.s. Montage Ashore

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

The first class [?] tons [?] went ashore at [?]…

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Startling Adventure. Boat Cut in Halves by the Steamer Bega

Southern Star · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 2

On Friday night three residents of Wollongong, Messrs. K. Howarth, and Fred Peterson, fishermen, and Frank Robinson, employed by Mr. A. G…

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Almost a Wreck. What a Sydney Man Says of His Sufferi[?] From Disordered Liver, Heart, Kidneys and Stomach Mother Seigel's Syrup Made of Him a Healthy, Happy Man

Southern Star · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 1

Mr. David Leslie of 115 Bourke Street Wooloomoolo, is a resident of Sydney of 30 years' standing. He is a teacher of languages, and also prep[?] pupils for…

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"Wrecked, but Rescued."

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 4

Mr G. E. Ardill, Director of the Sydney Rescue Work Society, delivered an address entitled "Wrecked, but Rescued," in the Nowra School of…

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Wrecked, but Saved

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 9

In the School of Arts, Nowra, on Tuesday night, 7th inst., Mr G. E. Ardill, Director of the Sydney Rescue Work Society, delivered an interesting and instructive address,…

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New Steamer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 8

The Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company has decided to build, for delivery next year, a superior first-class passenger and cargo steamer, which will be…

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s[?] Trade New [?] STEAMER

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 3

[?] the steamer Moruya, which has [?] been [?]eted, and is daily [?] from England to S[?] and with a view in further…

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Collision at Wollongong. Barquentine and Steamer

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 27 September 1906 · page 2

At Wollongong on Thursday night a collision took place in the harbor The barquantine Kong byrd, in tow of the [?] Rubbie Burns was entering…

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A Mere Skeletion How All Athlete Was Toutuakd by Indigestion, and Reduced to a Physical Wreck. Mother Seigkl's Syrup Restored Perfect Health and Strength

Southern Star · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 4

The source of all physical strength is food. This is a self evident fact, and yet it is sometimes overlooked. There is no known means of…

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Shipwrecked Crew. Extraordinary Adventures

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 6

Tho Board of Trade have issued the finding of the Court of Inquiry which investigated the circumstances attending the stranding and the total…

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Wreck of the Walter Hood

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 8

Mrs Barker writes:— Re the above, reference to which appeared in your last issue, I have much pleasure in forwarding the enclosed inscriptions, which I personally…

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"The Wreckers"

Southern Star · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 4

STEPHENS and I were schoolmates when we attended the little school that stood overlooking Twofold Bay. Looking back now, I have…

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