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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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

Our Steamer Service

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Captain Sim, the new manager of the Illawarra Steamship Company[?] Mr Jackson, ex manager, paid[?] visit on Monday night, and ware in town…

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Steamer Tathra Founders

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

The steamer Tathra, formerly engaged on the South Coast trade, foundered in a galo off Ambryan Island on the 4th inst. The chief…

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The Tathra Wreck

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 4

Quite a sensation was caused in Eden last week, when the news of the wreck of the steamer Tathra was reported, Mrs J. H. Davies (formerly…

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The [?] of the Steamer Tathra

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

The [?] of the steamer [?] which [?] have [?] by the Mala[?] A [?] by the…

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Wreck of the Tathra. Engineer's Tragic Death

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 4

"We did not dream of danger, there was nothing wrong with the ship, nor anything to indicate that disaster was to overtake us so…

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Wreck of the Tathra. Captain Tells the Story of the Foundering

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

“We did not [?]am of danger, there was nothing with the ship, are anything to indicate that disaster was to overtake us 30 soon.”…

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Coastal Wrecks

The Nowra Leader · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 2

The ordinary annual return issued by the Navigation Department contains the week roll for the coast of the State for 1911. It is sad reading for…

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Steamer Overdue

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 2

Fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Croydon, which days overdue at Auckland from Frisco,…

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The Brooklyn Wreck. Captain's Certificate Suspended

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 4

Archibald B. Baveratock, master of the steamer Brooklyn, appeared to show cause (before the Marine Court of Inquiry) why his certificate should not be suspended…

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The Brooklyn Wreck. Captain's Certificate Suspended. (Before Judge Backhouse, with Captains Dakin and Bracegirdle as assessors.)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

Mr. P. H. Sullivan, of Messrs. Sullivan Bros., appeared, for Archibald B. captain of the steamer Brooklyn S. and Mr. H. P. Curris, of the, Crown…

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Big Boats and little. the Brooklyn Wreck

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 8

The N.S.W, Marine Board seems to pride itself on being a Draconian in-stitution which hangs everybody on general principles, and boils…

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The I. and S. C. Company. New Steamer Building. (South Coast Trade Prospects

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 12

The half-yearly meeting of the above Company was held at the Company's offices, Day-street, Darling Harbor, on Wednesday. A dividend at the rate of…

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A New Steamer. for the Illawarra Company. South Coast Trade Prospects

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

The half yearly meeting of the Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company was held in Sydney on Wednesday. A dividend at the rate…

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New Steamer Building. for the Illawarra Company. South Coast Trade Prospects

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 6

The half yearly meeting of the Illawarrsa and South Coast Steam Navigation Company was held in Sydney on Wednesday. A dividend…

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A Rum Collision. Roosevelt the Wrecker. Opposition to Mr Taft. Question of Ethics

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

Sympathetic Old Lady (to cabby): "Is the poor man much hurt? Been run into by one of those nasty taxi-cabs, I suppose Imagine Mr Balfour three or four years from now starting a campaign to oust Mr Bonar Law and reinstate himself in the leadership of the Unionist Party…

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Saved From Shipwreck

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

A vessel was once wrecked on the coast of Kent. The waves rolled furiously over the ship, upon which were eight men crying for help. No boat could, however…

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The Steamer

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 1

SOME weeks ago we foreshadowed that the Illawarra and S.C.S.N. Co. would reduce the steamer service to Ulladulla to once per week. That…

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The Steamer

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 7

Some weeks ago we foreshadowed that the Illawarra and S.C.S.N. Co. would reduce the steamier service to Ulla[?]ulla to once per Week. That…

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The Steamer

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 5

At the factory meeting on Thursday, after other business had been concluded, the Secretary, Mr. Kendall, read correspondence that had…

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Battleship in Collision. Steamer Rammed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 3

In the early hours of yesterday morning information reached Dover of a serious collision which has taken place [?] ward of Dungeness between the…

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