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Southern Highlands · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

11 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Steamer Ablaze Stirring Story of the Sea

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 5

A stirring story of the sea was told by members of the crow of the liner Haversham Grange, who arrived at Southampton from Capetown on the 19th…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Case of Mrs. E. Cole

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 4

A narrative well worth, reading is one which was told by Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, of No. 78 Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill, in the company of a…

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Suevic Ashore

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

The White Star liner S[?]evic, 12 500 tons, Captain T J. Jones, which left Sydney on January 20 for London and Liverpool, is ashore on the Brandies Rocks, on the coast…

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Wreck of the Suevic

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 4

Splendid discipline was maintained on board the wrecked steamer Suevic during the rescue operations. The women behaved splendidly…

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The Lizard Wreck. Such Splendid Discipline

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 5

On 19th March the "Westminster Gazette" wrote:— It seems of first to be a remarkable coincidence that two great passenger…

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Reduced Steamer Fares From United Kingdom

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 5

SINCE the revival of the assisted immigration policy of the Government a little over a year ago, large numbers of persons have taken advantage of the…

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Wrack of a Steamer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 6

The steamer Kawatiri struck the breakwater training wall at Macquarie Heads (Tas.) on Tuesday night, and became a total wreck. Six lives were…

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The Fate of Wrecks. Wooden Vessels Last Longest

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 5

A French periodical devoted to mar time affairs discusses the question of what becomes of wrecked ships, and arrives at the conclusion that…

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The Steamer Tomki Wrecked

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 3

The Richmond River entrance, which has been the graveyard of many a fine coaster, was on Saturday the scene of another disaster. The unfortunate…

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The Missing Steamer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 3

The overdue seamer Monowai, from New Zealand, reached Sydney on Sunday morning in tow of the steamer Mokoia. Her rudder head snapped…

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Wrecked near the Horn

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 2

The American barque Prussia, 1212 tons, was wrecked on Staten Island, to the south-east of Terra del Fuego, in June last, The crew has now reached…

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