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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

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Northern Items. Explosion at Gunnedah. a Boiler Bursts. Seven Persons Injured. Building Completely Wrecked

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 6

GUNNEDAH, February 7.-A terrible accident happened At the boiling down works near Gunnedah, just prior to closing time on Wednesday afternoon. The boiler…

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The Gwydir Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 6

During the [?]le on Satarday the steamer Gwyder, which ran on the rocks at Nora Head a short time ago, slipped off into deep water. Now only the top of the broken must is visible, says a report to hand…

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News From the East. Arrival of the Steamer Airlie at Thursday Island. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 5

The steamer Airlie sailed south to-day. She reports having experienced bad weather during the voyage from Hongkong. From the files brought by the Airlie the following information is…

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A Schooner Disabled

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The schooner Nellie, which left here for Sydney to-day, returned to port shortly after in a disabled condition, her sails having been torn…

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Wreck at Trial Bay. The Margaret Jane Goes to Pieces. The Schooner Victoria. KEMPSEY, Feb. 1

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 306

The schooner Margaret Jane has become a complete wreck. She broke away yesterday afternoon and drove on near to entrance of the Macleay River. She was…

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Terrible Marine Disaster. A German Mail Steamer Sunk. Fearful Loss of Life. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 274

A terrible disaster occurred in the North Sea at an early hour this morning. The North German Lloyd mail steamer, Elbe, bound from Bremen to New York,…

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News by Cable. The Weather Abroad. Intense Cold in Europe. Deaths from Cold and Starvation. English Counties Isolated. The Missing Hail Steamer. Paris and New York Excited

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 7. - A man walked across the Thames at London Bridge to-day, stepping from one icefloe to another…

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Arrival of a Shipwrecked Crew

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

The crew of the schooner Margaret Jane, recently wrecked at Trial Day, came down to Sydney by the schooners Harriet and Tottie, and the captain has reported the…

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A French Steamer Overdue. Supposed to Have Foundered

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The French Atlantic liner La Gascogne, 7395 tons gross, owned by the Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique. bound to New…

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The German Mail Steamer Hohenstaufen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 6

On Saturday this North German Lloyd liner arrived [?] Bremen, and came to the Quay. She has a large cargo for this port. The vessel is under the command of Captain B. Petermann, who reports leaving Bremen on the 19th…

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2.30 Edition. Late Cables, The Weather Abroad. the Atlantic Passage. the Missing Mail Steamer. American Towns Snowed Up. Danger of Starvation

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON, February 11.-Mail and other steamers are arriving from English and European ports at New York with, as much as three feet of ice on…

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News by Cable. The Weather Abroad. Intense Cold in England. Deaths from Exposure. Terrible Blizzard in America. London Docks Frozen. The Missing Mail Steamer

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 9.-The severity of the winter in England continues to increase. People are skating on the Thames at Kingston…

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Shipping Disaster. Wreck of Sarah S. Ridgway A Fearful Experience

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 6

BRISBANE, February 11-The fall force of Mr. Wragge's storm named "Mu" has been felt off the Queensland coast, and one vessel, the American barque Sarah…

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Wreck of an American Barque. Arrival of the Survivors at Bundaberg. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

The survivors of the wreck of the American barque Sarah S. Ridgeway, 836 tons, belonging to Philadelphia, bound from Newcastle to Singapore with coal, reached Buruet Heads, near…

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An American Schooner Wrecked. Sixteen Lives Lost. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 5

The American schooner Clara Friend has been wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. Sixteen of those on board were drowned…

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News by Cable. The Weather Abroad. The Atlantic Passage. The Hissing Hail Steamer. American Towns Snowed Up. Danger of Starvation. M Schooner Wrecked. Sixteen Lives Lost

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 11.-Mail and other steamers are arriving from English, and European ports at New York with as much as three feet of ice on…

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A New Fire Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 6

A double cylinder vertical steam fire engine was landed yesterday from the Port Chaimers for the M.F.B. Mr. Deputy Superintendent Webb states that the new engine has a pump…

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Arrival of the Canadian Mail Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 6

The R.M.S. Miowera, Captain James Stott, arrived here yesterday morning She sailed from Vancouver on the 18th January, having been delayed there for two days for through mails. Arrived at Honolulu on the [?] January,…

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Accident at Sea. Steamer Disabled. The Glaucus's Shaft Broken

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 5

A telegram received by the Government from Eden this morning states:--"The steamer Bullarre, with disabled steamer Galucus in tow arrived at 7 a.m. with latter's…

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The Wreck of the Alert. a Widows Loss

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, February 11.-memories of the wreck of the steamer Alert, in Decem­ber, 1893, were revived in the Supreme Court this afternoon, before Sir Hartly…

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