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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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Submarine Struck. by a Passing Steamer. a Sensational Experience London, Wednesday, 2.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 1

While five submarines were attacking the cruiser Thesus, during manoeuvres at Plymouth Sound, a passing steamer struck and buckled the conning tower of submarine A9…

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Abandoned Treasure. the Wreck of the Elingamite. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 6

Another unsuccessful attempt has been made to recover the treasure which was lost in the wreck of the steamer Eligarnite. The diver found that all traces of the wreck…

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The Perry Steamer Victoria

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

Captain Barley writes:—An a constant reading of your highly Interesting column, entitled "Fifty Years Age." I noticed in last Saturday's issue that the steamer Victoria was…

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Serious Gas Explosion. a Room Wrecked. and a Boy Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 4

About half-past 8 o'clock this morning a gas explosion occurred on the premises known as "Bayswater," in M'Donald-street, Paddington, occupied by Mrs. Hutchinson and…

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Steamer Australian Ashore

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 3

THURSDAY ISLAND, Friday Afternoon.—The Changsha arrived this morning from Sydney, and reports that the steamer Australian is ashore on F Reef, in Princess Charlotte Bay,…

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Steamer Australian Ashore. on the Edge of a Reef. Steamer Aparima Standing By

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 9

THURSDAY ISLAND, Friday.--The steamer Changsha, which has just arrived from the South, reports that the steamer Australian, bound from Sydney to Hongkong, is ashore on…

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A Missing Steamer. No Hope for the Scott. Foundered in a Typhoon

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 11

Hope was piled upon hope that the steamship Scott, long since overdue at Ocean Island from Moji, would be reported by the steamship Vittoria, which arrived at Sydney…

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Visit of a Cable Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 10

The Pacific Cable Company's cable repairing steamer Iris arrived in the harbor yesterday morning, and moored in Neutral Bay. The Iris is an interesting steamer, being equipped…

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The Motoring World. Afloat and Ashore. Cars. Motor Cabs-- 4000 Miles Trial

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 3

Motoring plays a certain part in the attraction's of the new Winter Club, which has possession at London Olympia, where the wonderful grass carpet of 63,000 sq. ft. covers…

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The Australian Ashore on a Reef Near Thursday Island. Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 13

The steamer Changsha brings news that the E. and A. Company's steamer Australian, 2838 tons[?] Captain W. G. McArthur, which left Sydney at noon on the 7th inst for Manila,…

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For King and Empire. Our Defenders Ashore and Afloat. Military and Naval News

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 8

During the week Warrant-Officer Shipley, staff-Sergeant-Instruotor Jennor, and Staff -Sergeant-Instructor Sloan proceeded to Liverpool to inspect the site for the big…

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The Missing Steamer Scott. Supposed Loss with All Hands

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 10

It Booms impossible to doubt any longer that the steamer Scott has foundered at sea. The Scott left Moji, :Japan, in November last, for Ocean Island, and not since been board of…

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A Bough Passage. 'Frisco Mail Steamer Arrives, Eighteen Days Bad Weather

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 1

The American mail steamer . Sierra had more than a fair share of rough weather on her present trip to Sydney. From the time she cleared the Golden Gate until she…

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Fifty Years Under the Sea. Souvenir of the Sirius Givrn to the King. First Atlantic Steamer

The World's News · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 16

The King has been graciously pleased to accept a souvenir of the s.s. Sirius, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. The souvenir is a circle or metal about [?] an…

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Thrice Saved From Death. How a Baby and Kotheb Escaped Shipwreck

The World's News · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 11

Mrs. Rascan, the lady passenger who, with her child, was rescued from the wreck of the Spanish steamer Pepin on the Glamorganshire coast last month, gives a graphic account of her…

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Terrible Shipwreck. No Time to Pray

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 February 1906 · page 8

The B.M.S. Sierra brings news of the terrible disaster to the Pacific Company's steamer Valencia, which went ashore near Vancouver. The Valencia struck Cape Bealet at midnight…

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The Steamer Bellinger

The Australian Star · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 5

The steamer Bellinger, which grounded at Camden Haven on Saturday, floated off yesterday morning, She left for Sydney this morning…

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The Steamer Riverina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 7

Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s steamer Riverina, chartered by Messrs. Howard Smith and Co., Limited, for a direct service between Brisbane and Fremantle, left Brisbane late…

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The Steamer Australian. Towed Off by the Aparima. Part of Cargo Jettisoned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 7

The E. and A. Company's steamer Australian, which went ashore on "F" Reef in Princess Charlotte Bay, Torres Straits, whilst en route from Sydney to the East, has been successfully…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Mishap on a Steamer. One Man Killed and Another Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Owing to a derrick slipping on the White Star liner Tropic yesterday, J. Williamson, ship's carpenter, was killed instantly, and J. Roberts, a seaman, sustained…

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