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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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The Schooner Tyro Safe

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 6

The fore-and-aft schooner Tyro, which was reported to be in a dangerous position near Flinders yesterday afternoon, got safely away last night, and arrived at her destination…

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A Ketch Disabled. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 5

The signalman at Wilson's Promontory reports that a ketch was in sight at 8.30 a.m. this morning, bearing outward, with her foremast apparently carried away…

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Arrival of the Steamer Abergeldie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 5

The Abergeldie, with the captain and crew of the ship Port Patrick, arrived at 12.30 a.m. and anchored in Watson's Bay. In view of the fact that the Port Patrick's crew hail come from South Africa, it was…

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China. a British Steamer Fired On

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 5

LONDON, January 15.—Chinese soldiers on the bank of the Tumchan channel of the West River, Southern China, fired a volley on the British steamer Nanning. The Rev. C. E. L. Cowan,…

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Cape Lined Ashore. London, January 15, 1.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 4

One of the Cape liners has gone aground near Co. It is feared that it will be impossible to float her until the spring tides set in…

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Another Chinese Outrage. British Steamer Fired On

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Chinese soldiers on the Tuns-chau channel of the West River, near Canton, recently fired a volley at the British steamer Nanning, shooting…

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China. a British Steamer Fired On. a Passenger Woundet London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 5

Chinese soldiers on the bank of the Tumchau channel of the West River, Southern China, fired a volley on the British steamer Nanning. The chaplain of the battleship…

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A Ketch in Distress

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 6

The Government steamer Lady Loch, while returning to port this morning after landing stores at the lighthouses in Bass Straits, observed the ketch Jane Moorhead in distress with her…

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Cape Liner Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A Cape liner is ashore near Coa. It is feared that the vessel will not be floated until the spring tides…

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The Disabled Ketch. Taken in Tow

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 7

The ketch which was reported yesterday as having been sighted by the signalman at Wilson's Promontory bearing outward with her foremast apparently carried…

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Cape Liner Ashore. London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 7

A Cape liner is aground near Co (?). It is feared she cannot be floated until the spring tides…

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Rail and Steamer Trips

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 6

To-morrow combined rail and steamer tickets will be issued to the Hawkesbury by trains leaving Sydney at 9. 10 a.m. and Milson's Point at 8.50 a m. At Hawkesbury River the steamer…

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A Disabled Ketch. Dismasted in the Recent Gale

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 8

Further news to hand from our Melbourne correspondent concerning the disabled ketch, which was sighted off Wilson's Promontory on Thursday morning states that the…

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Terrible Disaster at Panjim. a Steam Launch Wrecked. Over 100 Pilgrims Drowned

The World's News · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 12

A telegram from Panjim (India) on December 9 announced the loss of over 100 lives through the sinking of a steam launch on the River Mandovy. The launch, which plies between…

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A Barque Ashore

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 5

A cable message from Wellington (N.Z.) states that the Danish barque Alexandra, 655 tons, bound from Sydney to Westport, in ballast, to load coal for the Islands, has gone…

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Rough Experience of the Ketch Jane Moorehead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 7

The gale which took the Port Patrick into such a precarious position caught the ketch Jane Moorchead when the latter was about 25 miles from the Hummocks, and carried away her foremast. Whilst thus…

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The Steamer Ujina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 5

The British-India line Ujina, which has just been floated out of dock at Sydney, arrived here this afternoon, and after loading will proceed to Brisbane and Melbourne to ship about 350 horses for…

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Off North Head. a Schooner at Anchor

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 5

The schooner Violet Doepel cleared the Heads about midnight on Sunday, bound north, and, in consequence of the strong southerly which was blowing, sot in somewhat close to North Head…

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Danish Barque Alexandra. Ashore on the New Zealand Coast. Likely to Become a Total Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.--The Danish barque Alexandra, in ballast, bound from Sydney to Westport, is ashore 30 miles south of Westport. The crew has been saved…

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Shipping Accidents. a Schooner in Danger. Between Sydney Heads

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 5

While clearing the Heads, bound for Newcastle, at an early hour this morning, the schooner Violet Doepel got into difficulties of what is known as "The Hat." It has not…

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