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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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The Wreck of the Lubra. Preliminary Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 11

PERTH, Friday.--A preliminary investigation was opened at Fremantle to-day before the Harbor-master, Captain Russell, and the Collector of Customs, in connection with the Lubra wreck…

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The Situation in Cuba. Newspaper Offices Wrecked. Attacks on the Spanish Army

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Night.--Reports from New York state that a body of 100 Spanish officers had broken into and wrecked the offices of several newspapers at Havana,…

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Loss of a Steamer. a Trying Time

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1898 · page 8

THE steamer Lubra, 321 tops, with 36 souls aboard, struck an unchartered rock near Dongara while passing from Geraldton to Fremantle (W.A.). Her radder went wrong,…

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Accident to the Steamer Macleay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

A somewhat serious accident happened to the steamer Macleay, of the North Coast S.N. Company's line, off the north coast yesterday. The Macleay left here on Friday on her usual trip…

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Queensland. the Steamer Ranelagh. Bundaberg, Sunday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

The Burnett River is 10ft. deep on the wharfs, and is still rising. The outrent is very strong. The Ranelagh's position is unaltered. It is now reported that a second hole has been discovered…

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Extra Special. "Evening News" Office. 3.30 P.m. a Sensational Report a Yacht Supposed to Founder. Pilot Steamer's Unsuccessful Search

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

A resident of Freshwater yesterday informed the Manly police that he had seen a large yacht in distress, and which had disappeared in the heavy scutherly weather. The matter was reported to…

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The Wreck of the Ranelagh

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 6

BUNDAGERG, Saturday. -- Another hole has been discovered in the Ranelagh. A general average of 25 per cent, has been struck upon the cargo. The Katoomba will take the northern…

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The Steamer Taldora Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

BUNDABER[?] Monday,--The river has resumed Its normal condition. The steamer Taldora went ashore upon a sandspit last evening, and has not yet been floated. She is, however, in…

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A Sinking Schooner

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

The American four-masted schooner King Cyrus appears to have had a narrow escape from foundering before she reached the friendly resting place of a beach in Sydney harbour…

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A New Coasting Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 4

Word was received by the Capo mull yesterday that the steamer St. George—a vessel recently purchased in England by Mr. W. T. Yeager for the trade between Sydney and the Richmond…

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An Oil Steamer on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 6

The R.M.S. Bri[?]nia brings word that H.M.S. E[?] sister ship to the Royal Arthur, on her way to the Ch[?] tion, called at Colombo and reported having an ex[?] venture while coming through the Red Sea on her way to…

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The Accident to the Steamer Macleay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 4

In connection with tho disabled steamer Macleay, the North Coast S.N. Company yesterday made arrangements for the steamer Burrawong to tow the crippled vessel back to Sydney, and…

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Repairing a Steamer at Sea. Smart Engineering Operations on the Konigin Luise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 6

Since the new Gorman mail steamer K[?]nign Luise came to the wharf her gangways have attracted a [?]dy stream of visitors, amongst whom the subjects of the Kaiser have formed a…

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A Japanese Transport Wrecked. Eightt-five Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 17.-Reports have reached Antwerp that the Japanese transport Vara has been wrecked off the Pescadores Islands, in the Formosa Channel…

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Wreck of a Japanese Transport. Eighty-five Drowned. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

Reports have reached Antwerp to the effect that the Japanese transport Vara has been wrecked off the Pescadores Group, in the Formosa Channel…

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An Old Wreck

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 6

The old Ballina, which was wrecked at Port Macquarie many years ago, has been washed out from the sand by the recent gale, and is now a source of danger to vessels…

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Wreck of a Japanese Transport. Eighty Five Persons Drowned. Only Five Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Reports have been received in Antwerp to the effect that the Mara, a British steamer chartered by the Japanese Government for transport work,…

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The New Coastal Steamer St. George

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 8

Mr. W. T. Yeager's fine new steamer St. [?] tended for the New South Wales coastal trade, arrived [?] Capetown December 13, and resumed her voyage for [?] tralian five days later…

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Joe Goddard's Defeat. a Wrecked Constitution His Best Days Gone

Referee · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 6

From reliable sources we learn (says the San Francisco REVIEW for December) that Goe Goddard was under medical treatment for a very troublesome and weakening complaint.PORT OF FREMANTLE…

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A Valuable Wreck

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 2

The inhabitants of Fiji Islands the other day discovered that there was a terrible wreck on their shores. Yet we discover wrecks in our midst every day. We refer to the wrecked,…

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