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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

1,196 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 60

French Steamer at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 6

The French steamer Maroc arrived from Noumea this morning, and was immediately quarantined. It is understood that there is no sickness on board, but the vessel will be…

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Mammoth Steamer Chartered. London, January 20, 7.30 a.m

The Australian Star · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 5

The mammoth White Star liner Afric has been chartered to convey troops to South Africa in February…

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The German Steamer Bundesrate. Released by the British. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 7

The German steamer Bundesrath, which, was seized at Delagoa Bay, and whose cargo was afterwards found to be free from contrabrand of war, has been…

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Captured German Steamer Released. London, January 20, 7.30 a.m

The Australian Star · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 5

The German East African steamer Bundes[?]ath, which was recently seized by H.M.S. Mngicienne at Delagoa Bay upon suspicion of containing contraband of war, and whose…

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The China Steamer Airlie. Ashore on Chatham Reef Passengers and Crew Safe

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday Morning.—News has just been received by the Marine Department that the China steamer Airlie, bound, from Hongkong, has gone ashore on…

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A Visiting Cable Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 7

The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's cable steamer Sherard Osborn is again paying a visit to this port, after an absence of over two years. She arrived last evening, and anchored in…

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Special. the Airlie Ashore. Off the Queensland Coast. Fears of a Total Wreck. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 6

A wire was received by the Marine Department this morning from the Harbour Master at Cooktown, stating that the American troopship Culgoa had arrived at Cooktown,…

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Another Mammoth Steamer for Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 7

The new mammoth twin screw steamer Grosser Kurfuerst, of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Imperial mail service, which left the stocks at Danzig on December 2 last, has special interest for the…

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Explosion at a Mine. the Battery Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 5

MUDGEE, Monday.--An alarming explosion took place at Eaglehawk Gully, Clarke's Creek, near Windeyer, on Saturday morning, about 6 o'clock, by which the recently-erected battery…

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The Steamer Airlie Ashore. on Chapman Reef. Passengers and Crew Safe. the Vessel Severely Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 9

The E: and A. Company's steamer Airlie is ashore on Chapman Island Reef, near the Piper Island lightship, and it is feared that she may become a total wreck. The Airlie was on her…

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The Airlie Ashore. Off the Queensland Coast. Fears of a Total Wreck. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 6

A wire was received by the Marine Department this morning from the Harbour Master at Cooktown, stating that the American troopship Culgoa had arrived at Cooktown,…

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The Airlie Ashore. Passengers and Mails Landed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 5

The E. and A. liner Airlie, 2337 tons, from Hongkong, was stranded last night at Chatham Reef, north-east from Cape Direction, 200 miles north of Cooktown…

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The China Steamer Airlie. Expected to Be a Total Wreck. Latest Particulars

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday Afternoon.—A Cooktown telegram says:—"It is expected that the Airlie is a total wreck." The harbormaster at Cook-town wires that he has ascertained that the Airlie…

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The China Steamer Airlie. Attempt at Salvage

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A message from Cook-town gives the following further particulars of the stranding of the steamer Airlie on Chapman Reef:—"We left Thursday Island early on…

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Boer Wreckers. Vast Amount of Looting in Johannesburg

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 8

The Capetown correspondent of the London " Daily Mail," writing on December 8, says:— "Stories are coming in from all parts of the country invaded by the Boera recounting the most wanton,…

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The Steamer Airlie Ashore. a Passenger's Account

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 6

COOKTOWN, Wednesday.--The passengers by the Airlie were Messrs. Callender, Duff, Barker, Powell, Rosewarden, Manton, Luches, and Kerrihan, for Sydney; Mrs. Gore and two children and…

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Contraband for the Boers. Steamer Detained at Philadelphia

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 3

LONDON, January 24.—An injunction has been granted at Philadelphia, at the instance of a British resident, detaining the steamer Mermuda (? Bermuda), on the ground that she is intended to…

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Contraband of War. an American Steamer Detained. London, Jan 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 7

An injunction has been granted by the Supreme Court at Philadelphia, at the instance of a British subject, for the detention of the American steamer…

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National Shipwreck Relief Society

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 7

The secretary of the National Shipwreck Relief Society (Captain Webber) has received the following amounts from the undermentioned masters of vessels: Captain Mailer, steamer Elingamite, £1…

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A Supposed Wreck. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 7

A bottle has been found on the beach near Dongarra, the contents of which indicate that a wreck has occurred, but the locality or the name of the vessel is not clear. It was first thought that the…

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