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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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A Seaman Ashore

The Australian Star · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 7

John Anderson, 42 years of age, residing in Kent-street, was taken by Constable Allen on Saturday night from Market-street to the Sydney Hospital. He was admitted by Dr…

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The Steamer Glaucus Disabled. in Tow of the Steamer Kittawa. Coming to Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 6

The steamer Glaucus, one of Messrs. J. Paterson and Company's fleet of cargo boats was reported off the coast yesterday in a disabled condition…

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Steamer Glaucus Disabled. a Broken Tail Shaft. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 7

Captain M. Livingstone, of the Union Company's steamer Wakatipu which arrived from Sydney to-day, reports that at 2.20 p.m. on Saturday, when about 50 miles N.N.W. from Deal Island, the…

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Record of Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 6

The following register of wreeks causing loss of life within the jurisdiction of New South Wales during 1901 appears in the last "Government Gazette," signed by Mr. Norman C. Lockhart, secretary to the Department of…

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Accident on a Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 6

A wharf labourer named George Triggs, aged 51, living at M'Garvie-street, Faddington, was struck on the head by a bar of iron while working on the steamer St. Louis at Neutral Bay. He was…

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The Disabled Steamer Glaucus

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 5

The steamer Glaucus, which carried away her shaft and lost her propeller on the run from Devonport to Sydney, is expected to arrive here today. She is in tow of the Union Company's…

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The Steamer Etruria. London, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 5

The Cunard liner Etruria, which broke her propellor 500 miles from the Azores, and which was picked up by a Leyland liner, has arrived at the island[?]…

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[?] of a New Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 10

The Tarcoola, a new steel screw steamship, to the order of the Adelaide Steamship Company, has been successfully launched by the Tyne Iron Ship Building Company, Limited. She is of the following dimensions:—Length,…

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The Disabled Steamer Glaucus. Towed Into Port by the Kittawa

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 10

After a long tow of something like 400 miles, the disabled steamer Glaucus was brought safely late port yesterday by the Union liner Kittawa. The Glaucus, it will be remembered, broke…

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Common Near the Heads. Pilot Steamer and Coaster. Slight Damage

Evening News · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 4

Early this morning a collision occurred near Port Jackson Heads between the Norwegian steamer Torgauten, trading on the coast, and the pilot steamer Captain Cook. It appears that the…

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Arrival of the Steamer Glaucus. Picked Up by the Kittawa. a Long Tow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 12

Only a few years ago a steamer was drifting about for weeks between the coast of New South Wales and New Zealand, and several vessels from ports within reach of the probable position of the…

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A Wreck Utilised As a Beacon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 10

Captain R. S. Taylor, Lloyd's surveyor at Brisbane, has received a letter from Captain A. Burns, of the schooner Sybil, in which he states that when bound trom the Solomons to Townsville he sighted on November 10 the Li[?]ou…

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Wreckage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 10

Wreckage picked up from the ship Red Rock on the Pacific Coat has caused considerable alarm for the safety of the vessel at Vancouver. The vessel left Vancouver on November 28 for London with a cargo of salmon four days…

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Wrecks on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 4

Returns prepared by the Department of Navigation show that 10 vessels were wrecked on the coast of New South Wales during last year, involving the loss of 14 lives. The wreck of the…

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The Mission Steamer John Williams

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 4

Air. T. Pratt, the agent for the London Missionary Society, has received the following telegram from Cooktown:--"John Williams arrived Samarai 5th, quarantined until 9th; all well."…

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Collision at the Heads. a Steamer Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 6

A collision occurred at the Heads early yesterday morning between the pilot steamer Captain Cook and the three-masted Norwegian steamer Torgauten. The latter vessel has lately been taken up to carry coals…

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Crushed Between a Steamer and a Wharf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 7

A serious accident happened to a lad named Robert Morgan on No. 6 jetty, Circular Quay, yesterday afternoon. Morgan, who is 17 years of age, resides with his parents at Bent-street, Neutral…

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Accident at a Wharf. Crushed by a Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 8

Robert Morgan (17), residing with his parents at King-street, Neutral Bay, and employed by the Sydney Ferries Company, Limited, was badly crushed between the wharf and the…

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The Steamer Boveric

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 4

The steamer Boveric, of the Howard Smith line, after shipping 211 horses at Newcastle for South Africa, arrived at Sydney this morning. The steamer, which has recently…

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A New Ferry Steamer

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 7

Messrs. Morrison and Sinclair, of Bay View, Pyrmont, the contractors for the hull and woodwork fittings of the new ferry steamer for the Watson's Bay Co., are making…

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