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Southern Highlands · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903

10 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

The Elingamite Wreck

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 1

The finding of the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Elingamite was given in Auckland on Monday. The Court found the master guilty of grossly…

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(Copyright.). WRECKED

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 4

"Confound it, Belle, when a man comes home tired and discouraged, he can't stand this eternal worry about bills."…

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Wreck of a Richmond River Steamer

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 1
Also in The Southern Mail

The North Coast Company's steamer Oakland foundered off Port Stephens is the gale raging on Wednesday morning last, and eleven lives wore…

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The Steamer Oakland. Bowral Sympathy

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 3

With the commencement of the hurricane season on the N.S.W. coast comes the news of a fearful disaster. The steamer Oakland, one of this North Coast Company's cargo…

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Wreck of the Illaroo

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 2

Still another addition has been made to the already long list of shipping disasters of the past few days the steamer collier Illaroo, belonging to the…

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Wreck of the Oakland

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 6

The North Coast Company's steamer Oakland foundered off Port Stephens in the gale raging on Wednesday morning, and eleven lives were last…

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Steamer Plibarra on Fire. Thrilling Experience of a Boy

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 1

Melbourne, Friday.-A fire broke out to-night, about 7.30, on board the U.S.N. Company's steamer Pilbarra, lying in the Yarrs. The steamer…

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The Missing Steamer Ovalau

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 2

The Ovalau reached Lord Howe Island on the 19th October with her forehold [?] fire. The passengers were landed and an [?]pt was made to put out the fire, but without…

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Smuggling Goods Ashore

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 6

In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., Alfred Hackett, chief steward of the steamer Sonoma…

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