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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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Steamer Space for Apples

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 6

The export or Victorian apples this season is likely to receive a nasty blow, owing to the Agricultural Department having failed to secure the necessary space on the mail boats. It is said…

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The Manly Steamer Sensation. a Second Woman Falls Overboard

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 3

The body of the women who jumped overboard from the Manly steamer, Narrabeen, on Tuesday night, still lies at the North morgue, and has not yet been identified…

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The Manly Steamer Sensation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 8

The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, conducted an inquest at the Lloyd Hotel yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of the unknown woman who jumped into the harbor…

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Wreck of the Glen Park. Off the South Australian Coast. All the Crew Saved. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 10

A Port Victoria telegram states that 26 shipwrecked sailors arrived here to-night, having been picked up by the barque Elda, and put ashore. They report that the ship Glen Park, laden with wheat from…

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Glen Park Wrecked. Adelaide

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

A wire was received here last night from Port Victoria, in Spencer's Gulf as follows:-- "Twenty-six shipwrecked sailors arrived here to-night, having been picked up by the barque…

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Second Edition. 3.30 A. M. Wreck of the Glen Park. Off Wedge Island. the Crew Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The following telegram was received to-night from Port Victoria, in, Sponcer's Gulf;--"Twenty-six shipwrecked sailors arrived here to-night, having been picked…

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Ketch Wrecked at Middle Head. All Hands Saved

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 7

The ketch May Burns, while entering the Heads last night was blown ashore at Middle Head, and became a total wreck. Portion of the crew got away in one of…

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Wreck at North Head

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 7

WORD was received from Wat[?]on's Bay station at the Paddington Police Station last evening that a vessel had foundered at North Head. The news was…

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The Barque Wynford Ashore. Adelaide

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The barque Wynford, which left Port Germein on Wednesday last, with 29,673 bags of wheat for the United Kingdom, has gone ashore at Plank Point, 60 miles from Port…

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A Grain Ship Ashore. Barque Wynford at Plank Point

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A telegram was received from Port German on Saturday evening stating that the second officer and part of the crew of the barque Wynford, 1807 tons, had just arrived there,…

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Shipping Disasters. Wreck Near the Heads

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

The schooner May Byrnes was wrecked at North Head on Saturday night, shortly After 7 o'clock. The vessel had left Newcastle the day before for Sydney, coal laden, and ran down with a…

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Wreck of the Glen Park. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star

Later particulars are to hand concerning the wreck of the ship Glen Park. The vessel left her anothoge at Port Germein on Tuesday morning, bound for Algoa Bay, with about 3261 tons whest. A sharp…

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Shipping Casualties. Wreck at North Head. the May Byrnes Washed to Pieces on the Rocks. Crew Land by Boat. Statements of Those on Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

At dusk on Saturday, a 220 ton three-masted schooner, the May Byrnes, but three years old, was thrashing her way down the coast against the hard sou'-easter when she c[?]ashed upon that…

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Shipping Disasters. Wreck at North Read. Loss of the May Byrnes. The Crew's Narrow Escape

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 5

Whilst beating into the port on Saturday evening the coasting schooner May Byrnes missed stays, and crashing on to the rocks at North Head was soon reduced to a complete…

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Wreck of the Glen Park. Off Wedge Island. the Crew Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The following telegram was received to-night from Port Victoria, in Spencer's Gulf:-- "Twenty-six shipwreeked sailors arrived here to-night, having been picked…

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Shipping Disaster. the May Byrnes Wrecked at North Head. All Hands Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

Through missing stays whilst beating into the port on Saturday night the schooner May Byrnes a well-known collier, in charge of Captain Gallant, was swept on to the rooks at the North Head…

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A Reported Wreck. the Sommerfeld Ashore at Cuxhaven

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 6

It has rarely happened that one of the popular lise of steamers [?]ving the German-Australian flag has come to grief. Since its foundation is Australia under the late Mr. Gustav von der Heyde, and under the present chief agent,…

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The German Steamer Bremen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 6

The Norddeutscher Lloyd Company's steamer [?], which was partially destroyed by the great H[?]b[?] fire, has been towed from New York to Bremen. She is [?] being rebuilt on a new plan. The length of the steamer…

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