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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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Wreck of the Ranelagh. How the Disaster Occurred. Story of a Passenger. BUNDABERG

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

The Ranelagh's passengers arrived at 10 o'clock yesternight from Seareach, where the vessel is ashore. Sydney Davis, saloon passenger, states that the steamer left…

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The Wreck of the Fitzroy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 6

Advices received from Morna Point yesterday by Mr. W. B. Sharp, the purchaser of the wreck of the steamer Fitzroy, show that up till Monday last the salvage gang was not able to commence…

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Queensland. the Stranded Steamer Ranelagh. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 5

Advices from Bundaberg state that the Ranelagh now lies firmly upon the rock. She has settled down at an angle of 12 degrees. The full force of the current is pressing her against the…

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A Disabled Steamer. Puts Into Jervis Bay

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 5

A telegram from Jervis Bay states that a three masted schooner-rigged steamer, with yellow funnel, was towed into the bay at 8.15 this morning. She signalled,…

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The Wreck of the Fitzroy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 6

The China Traders Insurance Company yesterday receive advice from Mr. W. B. Sharp that the steamer Fitzroy, on Stockton Beach, has broken in two halves, and divers have commenced operations on the cargo…

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Wreck of the Ranelagh. Hard and Fast on the Rocks. Statement by a Passenger. Water Flush with Saloon Deck

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 5

BUNDABERG, Wednesday.--The Ranelagh's passengers arrived at 10 o'clock, last night from Sea Reach, where the vessel is ashore. Sydney Davis, a saloon passenger, states that the…

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The Disabled Steamer

The Australian Star · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 6

The steamer which was reported this morning as having put into .Jervis Bay disabled is Lord Brassey's yacht Sunbeam, which left Sydney for Melbourne yesterday afternoon…

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The Queensland Floods. Waters Now Subsiding. a Schooner Stranded. Experience of the Rob Roy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Brisbane River, which gradually rose till last night, reached a height of 19½ft., which is about a foot below the level of the 1890 flood, and then began to recede,…

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National Shipwreck Society. Bravery Rewarded

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 3

At the meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society yesterday the silver medal and certificate of merit of the association was awarded to Miss M'Lean for bravery shown in connection with the wreck of…

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The Minora Wreck. The Tangier Lay By. But Could See No One. PERTH

The Australian Star · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 5

The steamer Tangier has arrived at Fremantle. Captain Neale was at once asked Whether he had passed the crew of the foundered brig Minora, as it was thought he…

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The Ranelagh Wreck. Unloading Operations. BUNDABERG

The Australian Star · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 5

Yesterday a diver descended into the hold Of the stranded steamer Ranelagh, his Investigations resulting in a hole being discovered. The diver's opinion is that other holes…

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The Wreck of the Kameruka

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 4

The bravery displayed by Miss M'Lean in connection with the of the steamer Kumeruka, at Pedro Point, near Moruya recently, was yesterday referred to at the meeting of the National…

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The Wreck of the Ranelagh

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 5

BUNDABERG, Thursday.--The steamer Taldora commenced unloading the Ranelagh, but had to stop this evening and sheer off after low tide. A diver went down the hold to-day, and…

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Novel. Flotsam. Book Iv.—come Ashore. Chapter I.—(continued.)

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 3

The telegram said to come at once, for it really was Alice, and it added that she was in good health. Just at first I forgot everything out that, and thought only of…

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The Steamer Adelaide in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 9

The Adelaide Company's steamer Adelaide, which arrived yesterday from Queensland ports, encountered the full force of the recent gale off that coast. After leaving Townsville a fresh…

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A Mails Steamer in a Gale in Hobson's Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 10

The Orizaba s[?] to have had an ex[?]ting time [?] arrival in Hobson's Bay. A Melbourne account to hand thus describes it:—"The sudden shift of wind from N.W. to S.E. brought up a sea of unusual height in Hobson's…

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The Minora Disaster. Action of the Steamer Tangier. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 9

The statement made by Captain Neale, of the steamer Tangier, respecting the wreck of the brig Minora off Broken Bay, which appeared in the Second Edition of this morning's…

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Cuba. Affronted Spanish Officers. Newspaper Offices Wrecked for Attacking the Army

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, January 13. 6 p.m.-Reports from New York state that a body of 100 Spanish officers had broken into and wrecked the offices of several newspapers at Havannah, the Cuban capital, owing…

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Situation in Cuba. Newspaper Offices Wrecked. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 9

Reports from New York state that a body of Spanish military officers, numbering about 100, broke into and wrecked the offices of several newspapers at…

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The Wreck of the Ranelagh

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 10

BUNDABERG, Friday.--A diver has patched the hole in the Ranelagh's side, but he cannot discover whether there are any others until the flood waters abate. The balance of the cargo…

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