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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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Mail Steamer Quarantined

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 4

The French mall steamer Pacifique arrived yesterday from Noumea, and was sent into quarantine. to comply with the Board of Health regulations in connection with the outbreak…

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Cruise of the Steamer Upolu

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 6

The steamer Upolu, of Levers' line, returned to Sydney on Saturday after an extended cruise among the Islands. She brings large consignments of Island-produce, and will discharge at…

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Stealing on a Mail Steamer. Found in a Lady's Cabin

The Australian Star · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 7

John Lawle, alias Lomberg, 32, a waiter, was charged at the Water this morning with being, on the 30th day of December, on the mail steamer Nera for an unlawful purpose,…

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Accident to a Mail Steamer. the Omrah Strikes a Reef

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The R.M.S. Omrah, inward bound from Australian ports, struck the edge of a roof near Plymouth yesterday. She at once returned to Plymouth, where…

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Towed Into Port. the Disabled Steamer Louise Roth. Tail Shaft Broken

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 6

The steamer Louice Roth, which was reported disabled off Newcastle on Friday, was towed into Port Jackson on Saturday morning, and took up an anchorage in Neutral Bay…

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The Year's Wreck Roll. Losses on Our Coast. a Minimum Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 6

The following list of shipwrecks which have occurred on the New South Wales coast during the past year, giving the name of the vessel, date, cause, and locality of the…

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Steamer Excursions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 6

Notwithstanding, that rain threatened early in the morning--and a few light showers did actually fall--the various harbor resorts were well patronised. Balmoral, the Spit, and other spots…

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Queensland. Fire on a Steamer. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 7

The steamer Prometheus arrived to-day from Sydney. During the voyage a fire occurred aboard "down forard," but was extinguished before much damage was done…

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Stealing on a Mail Steamer. Found in a Lady's Cabin

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 6

John Lawle, alias Lomberg, 82, a waiter, was charged at the Water yesterday with being, on the 30th day of December, on the mail steamer Nera for an unlawful purpose,…

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Amsterdam Island. Visited by the Steamer Louise Roth. Search for Castaways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 6

Amsterdam Island, a lonely Spot in the Southern Ocean, distant about 1840 miles from the West Australian coast, was visited by the steamer Louise Roth on her passage from Algon Bay…

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Wreck of the La Bella

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 7

Captain Myllus, of the barque La Bella, will appear at the City Court to-morrow in connection with the manslaughter charge preferred against him by the Victorian Crown…

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Injured on a Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 7

While working on the steamer Barrabool at Howard Smith's wharf, at the foot of King-street, early last evening, Axil Andersen, 39, a wharf labourer, was struck by a…

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Special City. "Evening News" Offices. 4.5 P.m. Terrific Storm at Bega. School Building Wrecked. Streets Flooded. Trees Torn to Pieces

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 5

Our Bega correspondent writes:—A terrific hailstorm passed over the town on Sunday afternoon. The weather on Saturday web extremely hot all day, and a tonight a heavy…

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Victoria. the Wreck of La Bella. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 7

George Mylius, master of the barque La Bella at the time the vessel was wrecked at Warrnambool, was formally presented at the City Court to-day on a charge of the…

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Loss of a Scow. Wreck at Wellington. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 6

The names of the crow lost off the scow Oban on Sunday night are:—Donald W. Mackenzie (captain), O. Johnson and A. Martin, A.B's…

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La Bella. Wreck Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday—George Mylius, late master of the wrecked vessel La Bella, was before the City Court to-day,, to answer a charge of the manslaughter of Harold Watson, a…

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Shipping Casualties. Sydney Schooner in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

The steamer Moeraki brought news from Wellington yesterday that the Sydney schooner Jap had collided with the scow Rambler, while the latter was at anchor in Cloudy Bay. The…

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The Disabled Steamer Louise Roth

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

The steamer Louise Roth, which put in here with,a broken tail shaft, proceeded to dock yesterday. Mort's Dock and Engineering Company have secured the contract to fit the vessel with…

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Robbery and Elopement. Arrested on a Steamer

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 7

The story of a Belgian elopement was told at Bow-street, when Jules Calewaert (23), a Belgian, who, although described as an agricultural labourer, was well dressed, was…

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Goldmine Out of a Wreck. Profitable Speculation. Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 6

The P. and O. steamer Australia, which was wrecked on June 22, 1904, still rests on the Corsair Rock off Point Nepean, in spite of the ceaseless actions of the tide. The steamer has…

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