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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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The Fate of Wrecks. Wooden Vessels Last Longest

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 6

A French periodical devoted to mar time affairs discusses the question of what becomes of wrecked ships, and arrives at the conclusion that…

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The Wreck of the Dunbar

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 7

The following poem on the “Wreck of the Dunbar.” which originally appeared in the “Empire.” Sir Henry Parkes’ newspaper, in…

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Steamer Tomki Ashore. in Trouble on the Bar. Exciting Rescues. Ballina, Saturday Night

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 7

The Tomki was crossing the bar at 1 o’clock on the flood tide, under conditions usually considered unfavorable, the wind blowing…

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New Mail Steamer for Australian Service

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 4

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company have made arrangements for the next new steamer of their famous “A” class to make her…

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Coastal Steamer. Mr. Pritchard’s Offer

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 4

IN answer to a “Nowra Leader” reporter, as to whether be intended putting on more steamers in the coastal trade, Mr. Pritchard said :— “It all…

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A New Steamer

Southern Star · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 2

MR. PRITCHARD is at present in the district ascertaining the amount of…

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A New Steamer Service Proposed. MR. E. Pritchard Submits an Offer

The Bega Budget · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 6

ON Wednesday evening at the close of the Spring Show, Mr. Pritchard, of Numba, met the shippers of this district to lay, before…

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New Passenger and Cargo Steamer

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 7 November 1907 · page 2

The Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation reports that arrangements have now been finally decided upon for the construction…

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Union Company’s New Steamer. Arrival of the Marama

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 1

A beautifully-modelled liner, of 6451 tons, possessing a remarkably fine turn of speed, sumptuously fitted up, and replete with all modern conveniences,…

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