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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

29 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Steamer Mystery. New Light on Englishwoman's Death

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" wrote on 17th October: — The body of Miss Gardiner, the…

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Another New Steamer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

The Pericles, the large steel twin-screw steamer of the Aberdeen Line built by Messrs Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, to the order of Messrs…

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Facing Death. Crew of Wrecked Vessel. Thrilling Scene

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6

The fully-rigged French ship Leon has gone ashore three miles north-cast of Quilty, at perhaps the most dangerous spot on the west coast of…

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Another New Steamer

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 4

The Pericles, the large steel twin-screw steamer of the Aberdeen line, built by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Limited, Belfast, to the order of…

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The Steamer Moruya

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

The steamer Moruya made her first trip to these ports last week, arriving at Tathra at 1 a.m. on Saturday. She is not a flyer by any means, hat she is…

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How the Ship Eclipse Foundered. Survivors at Honolulu. Chief Officer’s Story

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 1

“Weak from lack of food and drink, worn and racked from long exposure on the open sea, their bonus sticking pitifully out,” is the description given…

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A New Steamer. for the Southern Trade

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

Mr. Rigg, a director of tho Illawarra S.N. Co., paid a visit to this office on Saturday morning and showed tho BUDGET the plans of a…

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East New Steamer

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 2

Mr. Rigg, chairman of directors of the Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company, was a visitor to the Bega Show, and exhibited to…

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Wreck Items

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

Fortunately the sea was fairly calm at the time the Bega foundered. One member of the crew, when interviewed, expressed great admiration…

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The Wreck of the Bega

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

As the cause of the unfortunate loss of the Illawarra and South Coast Steamship Company's steamer Bega will be enquired into by…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney Tuesday. Wreck of the Beg a Discussed in the Assembly

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 3

Great sympathy is felt on all sides for the owners of the steamer Bega and passengers. Kelly, speaking on a motion of…

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Items on the Wreck

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 4

The party who landed at Cottages were hospitably treated at Mr Thornton’s sawmills. Miss Pritchard’s hat proved of great…

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Wreck of the Bega

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

Something approaching consternation prevailed in town on. Monday when we posted at our office news of she. wreck of the steamer "Bega"…

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Wreck of the Bega. Shippers Meet at the School of Arts

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 4

On Friday afternoon a meeting of shippers was held in the School of Arts, Bega, to consider, in view of the losses that had been sustained by…

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Items on the Wreck

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 4

Suggestions are being made in Sydney for a subscription to be raised among Methodists to make good Mr. Briscombe’s loss…

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New Steamer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

The Illawarra and South Coast Company, on Wednesday last, accepted the tender of the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, of Troon, Scotland, for the…

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The Bega Wreck. a Solution

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

“Is all clear there forward ” “Aye? Aye I sir all is clear.” The engine-room is signalled, the ship has way to steer ;…

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The Bega Wreck

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 6

At the Balmain Council on Tuesday night. Alderman Young moved the following resolution :—"That this council places on record its…

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The Wreck of the Bega

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 5

The last grey streak of twilight’s flash was o’er, As steamed the Bega from the lessening shore;…

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The Fastest Channel Steamer

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 10

What "Engineering" calls the fastest Channel steamer was launched recently from the Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness of the…

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