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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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The Steamer Dromond Abandoned. Off the African Coast. Thirty-one of the Crew Rescued

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The German steamer Melita Bohlen has rescued 31 of the crew of the English steamer Drummond off the coast of Africa, when the latter vessel was…

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The Fitzroy Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

The first of a series of salvage sales of goods recovered from the wreck of the steamer Ftizroy was conducted by Messrs Lang, Wood, and Co. yesterday afternoon and satisfactory pnces were realised…

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Floods in Queensland. Phenomenal Rains. Railway Communication Interrupted. a Steamer Reported Missing. the Rivers Rising

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.-Yesterday heavy rain con-. tinned to fall in the city and suburbs without cessation, and during the preceding 48 hours nearly 6in was recorded. All creeks and waterholes in…

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Wreck of the Lubra. Strucks on a Rock. All Hands Saved. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 4

On arrival of the steamer Sultan at lremantls on Friday afternoon Captain Pitts reported Ihtt when abreast of Jurien Bay ho noticed a vesitl in shore flying n sigml for immediate assistante…

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The Minora Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 5

Captain Gallant, master or the brig Minora, which recently founderod off Broken Bay, was to-day made the recipict of a presentation of a purse of 30 sovereigns, subscribed by a cumber of his Newcastle…

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Ashore in the Red Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

On her passage through the Red Sea en route to join the Australian Squadron, H.M.S. Mohawk, which arrived yesterday, went to the assistance of a Russian steamer belonging to…

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The Wreck of the Steamer Lubra. Salvage of Passengers' Effects

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 6

PERTH, Tuesday.--Mr. W. E. Moxon (local manager for the Adelaide S.S. Company), Captain Owen (the outdoor superintendent for the company), and Captain Russell (Chief Harbormaster),…

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A Steamer Abandoned. Perth

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 6

The Glasgow-built iron steamer Lubra, 321 tons, belonging to the Adelaide Steamship Co., has been abandoned by her passengers and crew in Jurien Bay. The statement of the…

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Island News by the Steamer Ysabel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

The steamer Ysabel, which was specially fitted out here by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., for the trade between Sydney and the New Hebrides, Banks and Santa Cruz Groups, returned to port…

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Queensland. Accident to a Steamer. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 7

A telegram from Bundaberg states that the steamer Ranelagh dragged her anchors and went ashore on the rocks at Burnett Heads, knocking a hole in her bottom. When the vessel struck the…

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The Japan-australian Mail Service. New Steamer Launched

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 10.-The first of the three steamers being built to the order of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for the mail service between Japan and Australia was…

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S.s. Ranelagh Ashore. on the Rocks at Bundaberg All Passengers Safely Landed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

BUNDABERG, Tuesday.--The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Ranelagh, Captain Faweet, which was bound from Brisbane to Rockhampton, had anchored in the sea reach off Burnett Heads,…

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The Japan-australian Mail Service. a New Steamer Launched

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The first of the three steamers built to the order of the Nippon Yusen Kills lift for the mall service between Japan aud Australia was…

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The Japanese Mail Line. Launch of a New Steamer. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 7

The first of three steamers built to the order of the Japanese Mail Steamship Company, Tokio, has boen successfully launched from the shipbuilding yard of…

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Heavy Weather Experienced. Off the Queensland Coast. A Steamer Not Reported. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 6

There is no word of the steamer Rob Roy, which left Brisbane on Sunday for Rockhampton. The steamer Adelaide, from Cairns, reached town to-day, and reports a tremendous…

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The Ranclagh's Accident. Full Particulars. How She Got Ashore. a Passenger's Statement. the VESSEl'S Position. a Hole in Her Bottom

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday Morning.-A Bundaberg telegram received this morning, dated last night and delayed by interruption of the line, gives the following particulars of the Banelaeh's mishap. A…

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Arrival of H.m.s. Mohawk. the Latest Addition to the Australian Squadron. a Russian Cruiser Ashore. H.m.s. Powerful

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 7

"She has had a dusting coming out," remarked a naval officer as he saw the Mohawk steaming up the harbour yesterday afternoon. For her funnel was white with sea brine and her sides were smeared…

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Extra Special. "Evening News" Office. 3.30 P.m. Floods in Queensland. Water Rapidly Rising. Sidney Mail Train Blocked. Railways Under Water. Houses Rapidly Emptying. Steamer Merrie England Adrift

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday Afternoon.-Water has now flowed into the streets in the low-lying parts of the city on both sides of the river, and at 9.30 a.m. to-day was with in 3ft of the flood mark in 1890…

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Wreck of the Lubra

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 3

PERTH (W.A.), Wednesday.-The local manager, of the Adelaide S.S. Company (Mr. W. E. Moxon) the company's outdoor superintendent (Captain Owen), and Captain Russell, harbor master, have…

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The Fitzroy Wreck

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

The China Traders' Insurance Company to-day received a telegram from Mr. W. B. Sharp, fROM Nelson's Bay, that the steamer Fitzroy had broken in two, and that divers had commenced operations…

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