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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

7 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Daucourt's [?] Aviator Wrecked on Taurus Tragedy of Fire and Air

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 4

The aviator Daucourt, who was wreaked in Asia Minor, on his way to Cairo, gave a garphic description of his experiences to "L'Opinlon." On December 18 he sat down and…

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Pilgrims Storm Ship. Light Fires on Steamer's Deck

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

Remarkable scenes on a British vessel were described at Bristol when, at the instance of the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur, master of the steamship Nith, was charged…

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The Empress of Ireland Wreck

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

The gloom of the Canadian disaster was brightened by many acts of heroism, but hundreds were drowned in their sleep…

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Empress of Ireland Wreck

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 6

The inquiry into the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, which collided with the Storstad on the Ss. Lawrence, has been opened…

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First Steamer to India. Only 35 Tons of Coat, Takes for a Voyage Which Took 114 Days

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 4

When was the first steam voyage from England to Calcutta Accomplished? This cannot be answered with any degree of certainty, for…

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Romance of a £250 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 3

Three months ago a tramp steamer named the Jane Rowe piled herself up on Bolt Tail, between Plymouth and Dartmouth, so successfully as to defy…

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"Finger Prints." a Wrecked Countryside

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 4

As one moves day after day about this region which has been, and still is, so hurried by war, it is a never-ending surprise to see how much of the peaceful life of the…

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