Death of Mr. H. Packer. Echo of the Dunbar Wreck
Mr. Henry Packer, who died at Kangaroo Valley on Sunday night last at the advanced age of 82. had been a resident of that district for…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913
16 stories in South Coast's papers
Steamer Movements
The following letter written by Mr. Sim, general manager of the Illawarra and S.C.S.N. Co. Ltd., to the Deputy Postmaster-General…
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Several men who clambered over the rocks and entered the cabin of the battered Danish steamer, G. Koch, which was wrecked near Aberdeen, with a loss…
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Several men who clambered over the rocks and entered the cabin of the battered Danish steamer, G. Koch, which was wrecked near Aberdeen, with a loss…
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"It's just awful how criminally ignorant I've been regarding our food," said Mr. Newlight to her husband the other day. "I can never be thankful euough that I…
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"It's just awful how criminally Igner[?] I've been regarding our food," said Mrs. Newlight to her husband the other day. "I can never be thankful enough that[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner's Crew of Women Captain's Husband the Only Man Not Suffragettes
W.S. Gilbert, in his "Bab Baliads," treated the idea of a ship being manned by women from a humorous standpoint; clark Russell. In one of his sea stories, also utilised the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mystery of a Wreck. Cruiser Abanooned Five Years Ago
The mystery of an abandoned vessel reported to have been seen at Cape Getha Blanco, French West Africa, on May 10, and feared to be a Union-Castle liner, was…
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News reached North Shields of the safety of twenty of the crew of the sealing schooner. Sea Bird, belonging to Messrs. Vivian, of that town. The vessel was wrecked…
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The Devonian, one of the fleet of Atlantic liners that rendered such timely succor to the Volturno, arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday. She…
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The steamer Carmania early on Thursday morning received a wireless call that the British steamer Volturno, bound from Rotterdam to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whale Butts a Steamer
A collision with a whale caused such seriout damage to the Danish steamer Wladmh Reitz that the vessel was forced to put into St. Johns, Newfoundland, for repairs. The…
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The N.S.W. Government's steamer Cambewarra, specially equipped for the coal and blue metal trade, is now on the way…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Directors and Wrecks. Fixing Responsibility
After the disaster on the New Haven Railroad at North Haven, U.S., in which twenty-one persons were killed, the Coroner's inquest placed the blame upon the…
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The new steamer Beoandra, built by Morrison and Sinclair, Bailmain, for the lllawarra and South Coast Company, was launched on…
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A new steamer specially designed for the Illawarra and South Coast S N. Co's South Coast trade, was launched on Wednesday from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs…
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