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Southern Highlands · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

5 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Story of the Wreck of the Pericles

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 4

Mr. W. Lyall Robertson, the chief engineer of the sunken vessel, said:—"At 3.30 o'clook on Thursday afternoon, when we were steaming at…

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A Steamer Wrecked

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 3

The North Coast Company's new steamer Minimbah, which left Sydney on Monday, struck the end of the wall at the Manning River, and was…

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T Survivors Story. Wreck Disaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 4

Mothers and wives wept bitterly on the Uverpool landing stage when, on Wednesday (says "Lloyd' s News" of July 17) the Pacific liner Oropesa came…

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New Passenger Steamer for Australian Trade the New Blue Funnel Liner Aeneas

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

The famous Line Funnel line (Mesars. Allred Holt and Co), which has been established over half a cap[?] and comprises steamers, is about to be extended by the inauguration of an Australian passenger service through the medium of three specially - designed serow steamers. The first of there the Aeneas was [?] on August 28rd The liners will sail from Glasgow, calling at Fis[?] or the outward voyage, and will each be over 10,000 tons register…

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A Year' S Wrecks. Increase Over 1908

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 3

The statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up .condemned, &c, published by Lloyd' s Register, shows that during 1909 such vessels numbered…

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