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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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The S.S. Indradeo Loading Lithgow Coal at Railway Wharf, Pyrmont. Owing to the strike at Newcastle, Messrs. W. Scott Fell and Co., Ltd., contractors to the United States Government at Manila, last week ordered the steamer Indradeo, of 5315 tons, which has been lying for a week at Newcastle, to return to Sydney to load SOW tons of Lithgow coal. The Indradeo is shown in the course of receiving her large cargo

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 283

THE S.S INDRADEO AT HER BERTH MOUNTAIN COAL ON RAILWAY WHARF, PYRMONT, WAITING FOR S[?] LOADING COAL HOW THE CRANE WORKS. LOADING AFTER-HOLD OK THE INDRADEO…

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A Remarkable Schooner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 6

A remarkable history attaches to the four-masted schooner Mary L. Newnall, recently launched at Bath (Maine). The frame of the vessel was prepared is 1862 by the Government for a war vessel, it being the…

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The Overdue Steamer Australian

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

Steamers coming down the Queensland coast are experiencing exceptionally heavy weather, and several are considerably overdue. The E. and A. Company's steamer Australian, which…

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Fiji Steamer. Arrival of the Manapouri

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 6

The Union liner Manapouri arrived at 10.30 a.m. yesterday from Friendly and Fiji Islands, via Samoa and Auckland. Capt. W. J. Newton reports a fine weather trip…

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Another British Steamer Captured. En Route to Vladivostock

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Japanese have captured the British steamer Wyefield, which was proceeding to Vladivostock with a cargo of contraband…

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Wreck of the Medora

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

The island steamer Manapouri, which arrived at Sydney yesterday, brought details of the wreck of the schooner Medora at Fotuna Island, north of Fiji. The mishap was caused fly a…

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Sailing of the Marathon. Steamer Well Patronised

Evening News · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

The Marathon, the latest addition to the Aberdeen line, will be dispatched from Dalgetys Wharf, Miller's Point, at noon to-morrow. The whole of the saloon and third-class…

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An Overdue Steamer. Australian's Arrival at Brisbane. Delayed by Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Eastern and Australian Company's steamer Australian, from Kobe and Hongkong via ports, arrived in Moreton Bay early this morning considerably…

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Austrian Steamer Captured. Ex Route to Vladivostock. Losses of British Underwriters

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday,--The Japanese have captured the Austrian collier Siam, which was bound to Vladivostock. British underwriters have already lost…

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Steamer Ashmount at Thursday Island. Chief Officer Sent to Hospital. Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 8

The steamer Ashmount, from Manila, for Newcastle, put in here yesterday with the chief officer suffering from dysentery. He was landed and taken to the hospital. To-day…

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The Australian in a Cyclone. a Perilous Experience. Arrival of the Steamer at Brisbane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 5

The E. and A. steamer Australian, from Kobe, which was considerably overdue, arrived at Brisbane this morning. Captain Schaw stated that splendid weather was…

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Ship-thief Still at Work. Steamer's Hawser Stolen. Wanted! a Warning

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 6

Just while mariners are discussing the best means of securing the ship-thief who has been at work during the past few weeks robbing ships' captains of their watches,…

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New Coastal Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

The Noorbar, a new steel steamer, built by Messrs. Scott and Company, of Kinghorn, Fifeshire, Scotland, to the order of Mr. G. W. Nicoll, for the North Coast trade, is expected to reach…

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A Woman Overboard. Ferry Steamer Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 7

While the North Shore ferry steamer Kulgoa was proceeding to M'Mahon's Point shortly before noon yesterday one of the passengers, Nurse Wilson, of Cleveland-street, fell…

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Ship Wrecked in Bass Straits

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 5

A message was received fa Sydney from Melbourne this afternoon stating that the four-masted barque May field had become a total wreck in Bass Straits…

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The Steamer Electra

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 6

The North Coast Co.'s steamer Electro, bound from Sydney to the Manning River, with cargo and passengers, was unable enter the latter port owing to rough weather…

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The Hobart Steamer

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 2

Captain G. F. Entwistle brought the Huddart-Parker liner Westralia into port last night from Hobart with 88 saloon and 28 steerage passengers. The vessel met a…

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The Queensland Steamer

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 5

The Howard Smith Co.'s steamer Peregrine, Captain J. D. Joy, arrived in port to-day from Carins via ports, with 147 passengers. Leaving Brisbane wharf at 5.45 p.m…

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Loss of the Schooner Sybil. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 4

By the schoonor Rio Loge, [?] returned to Brisbane from Friday Island, information was received which goes to confirm the report as to the loss of the schooner…

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Mutinous Elephants. Wild Scene on a Steamer

Evening News · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 6

The steamer Cooeyanna, which has arrived at Melbourne from Calcutta and Singapore, brought eight elephants, consigned to Messrs. Fitzgerald Brothers, and intended as an…

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