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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903

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Narrow Escape of a Ketch

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 4

The ketch Phil Forbes had a narrow escape from going ashore at the Heads on arrival from Hobart. Just as the vessel reached the Heads the wind fell away and the ketch drifted dangerously…

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The Steamer Tomoana

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 5

The Tyser Company has been advised by cable of the arrival of the steamer Tomoana at Dunkirk on the 4th inst. She left Auckland on September 18 and Sydney on October…

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The E. and A. Steamer Empire. a Complimentary Luncheon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 3

There was a gathering of representative commercial men yesterday on the steamer Empire, the new addition to the Eastern and Australian Company's fleet, as she lay at her moorings in Neutral…

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Interfering with an American Steamer. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 7

Mr. John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, champions the claims of the United States steamer Caracas, which, while permitted to enter La Guayra to discharge mails and…

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The Wreck of the Inverlochy

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday Afternoon.—The Court of Marine Inquiry inquired to-day into a charge of careless navigation, preferred against Captain Kendrick, master of the barque Inverlochy,…

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The Wreck of the Inverlochy. Inquiry in Melbourne. Evidence of the Chief Officer. Witnesses in Conflict with Mr. Panton. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 7

The inquiry into the stranding of the barque Inverlochy on Ingoldsby Reef, near Split Point, on December 18 last, wits opened to-day before Mr. Panton, P.M., and Captains Garson and J. A…

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Wreck of the Jessie Drummond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 8

Canadian files which arrived on Monday by the R.M.S. A orangi contain accounts of the total loss of the Toronto-owned schooner Jessie Drummond, which ran aground at Cobourg on the night of Dec. 2…

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Wreck on the New Zealand Coast. Auckland

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 5

The steamer Gairloch, boundfrom Onehunga to Opunake, was totally wrecked off Oakuru, 10 miles from New Plymouth, at 2 o'clock this morning. All hands were…

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Wreck of the Inverlochy. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 6

The Court of Marine Inquiry to- day commenced the hearing of the charge from the Marine Board of careless and reckless navigation against Edward Ruthven Kendrick,…

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Wreck of the Gairloch

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 3
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While bound from Onehunga to Opunake, on the New Zealand coast, yesterday, the steamer Gairloch was totally wrecked in a fog about 10 miles from New Plymouth. All…

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Wreck on the New Zealand Coast. No Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The steamer Gairloch, bound from Onehunga to Opunake, was totally wrecked of Oakuru, 10 miles from New Plymouth, at 2 o'clock this morning. All hands…

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The Wreck of the Inverlochy. Court of Marine Inquiry. Distance at Which a Light Is Visible

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Court of Marine Inquiry to-day began an investigation into the stranding of the barque Inverlochy. It was stated by Captain Weimar, of the Underwriters…

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The Wreck of the Inverlochy. Inquiry in Melbourne. a Curious Position. the Decision Hung Up. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 6

The inquiry into the stranding of the barque Inverlochy on Ingoldsby Reef, near Split Point, on December 18 last, was concluded to day before Mr. Panton, P.M., and Captains J. Garson and J. A…

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Wreck of the Inverlochy. a Current in Question. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 6

The inquiry into the stranding of the barque Inverlochy was continued to- day. Evidence was given as to the white light at Split Point being invisible outside a radius…

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The Wreck of the Inverlochy. Evidence in the Marine Court. Shoreward Set of a Current. the Captain and His Solicitor Leave the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At the resumed inquiry into the wreck of the Inverlochy to-day, Mr. M'Lean, engineer of ports and harbors, explained that the white light to which previous…

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S. A. WHEAT. Steamer Era's Rough Passage

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 7

Howard Smith and Co.'s steamer Era, which arrived here yesterday from Wallaroo, South Australia, brought a big cargo, amongst which was a shipment of 10,060 bags…

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Wreck of a Barque. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 5

A Norwegian barque has been wrecked off Cape Flattery, on the coast of Oregon, U.S.A. Eighteen of the crew were drowned…

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Wreck in the Islands. a Barque Abandoned. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 5

The steamer Hauroto, which arrived from the Islands at Auckland, reports that the barque. Malmen, loaded with copra from Nukualofa for Europe, was abandoned off the Kermudecs as she was…

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Wreck of a Barque

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--A Norwegian barque has been wrecked off Cape Flattery, Oregon (U.S.A.). Eighteen persons were drowned…

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