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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

52 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

North Coast Steamer in Trouble

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 4

The steamer Orara on the trip from Sydney to Byron Bay, broke, down near Port Stephens. The high pressure cylinder cracked, and the chief engineer…

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Supposed Shipwreck

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 4

A raft made of three casks bolted together, with two masts and remnants of large flags, has been washed ashore on a beach at Parenga, N.Z. On the…

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Launc Wrecked

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 2

On Sunday morning McKenzie’s launch, which as been engaged in transporting tier from Wapengo to Tathra, became total wreck…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Big Shipwreck, Bega Native Among the Lost. Sydney

Southern Star · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 2

THE steamrr Maclcay struck a reef off Brougbton Island on Wednesday night and immediately turned turtle and sauk. There are only two…

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The MacLeay Wreck. Inquest on the Bodies

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 4

At the inquest on the bodies washed up from the MacLeay, Charles Pettersen gave evidence that he was at the wheel. When the captain went below…

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The Steamer

Southern Star · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 2

WORD was received by the Illawarra Co 's Bega agent (Mr. A. R. Sharp) yesterday that the Steamer Merimbula would be leaving Sydney for…

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At Sea. a Shipwreck Experience

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 2

After all the women and children were gone, I begun to think it was time to take my own passage. Nothing, I hope, would have induced me to leave the sinking…

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Wreck of the Rosedale

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

OUR Bermagui correspondent wired us yesterday :— A life buoy was picked up yesterday by L. Whitfield on Wintle’s Rock, near the mouth of…

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At Sea. a Shipwreck Experience

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 6

After all the women and children were gone, I began to think it was time to take my own passage. Nothing I hope, would have induced me to leave the sinking…

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Wreck of the s.s.' Brooklyn. an Entrance to Crookhaven Heads

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 7

The Nowra and Jervis Bay Company's steamer Brooklya had but a short run in the Shoalhaven shipping trade, for on Friday night last, in making the entrance…

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The Brooklyn Wreck

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 4

The wreck of the steamer Brooklyn at Crookhaven Heads, together with 39 tons of coal, was submitted for sale at auction in Sydney on Tuesday, and…

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Wreck of the Brooklyn

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 1

The wooden coastal steamer Booklyn, which left Sydney early on Friday morning for Nowra with a general cargo, went ashore at 10 p.m. on Fridday on the Beacon reef at Crookhaven…

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