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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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The Steamer Aymeric

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 6

The steamer Aymeric (Captain Shatton), which arrived here yesterday, after an uneventful trip of 18 days from Manila, loads Brown's coal for the East…

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The Quarantined Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 4

The steamer Pathan, which arrived from Japan on December 17, with a case or smallpox on board, and has since been detained in quarantine, will be released to-day. The patient…

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Wheat Ship Ashore. the Windsor Park, From Wallaroo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—The ship Windsor Park, which left Wallaroo, South Australia, on October 10 for Algoa Bay, with 24,324 bags of wheat,is ashore at Cape…

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General Cable News. Windsor Park Ashore. London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

The ship Windsor Park, 1844 tons, which left Wallaroo on October 10 for Algoa Boy, is ashore at Cape Recife, Cape Colony. Tugs have gone to her…

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Newcastle. Steamer Aymeric for Manila. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

The steamer Aymeric, commanded by Captain T. Shotton, arrived from Manila yesterday. She left Manila on December 12, and had a fine weather voyage of 18 days, with…

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Steamer Leaking the Boveric From Yokohama Many Rivets Started

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 6

It was reported around the water front this morning that the steamship Boveric wan leaking. The vessel is in from Yokohama, having called at Newcastle en route. The…

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Fire on a Steamer. Irish Monarch Damaged. Explosive Cargo Jettisoned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

A narrow escape from destruction by fire at sea was experienced by the large new cargo-carrying steamer Irish Monarch, which anchored in Hobson's Bay some hours before…

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Steamer Rangatlra Sate. Propeller Shaft Broken. Puts Into New Guinea. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

Recently fears were entertained for the safety of the British steamer Rangatira, which left Brisbane for Manila on October 22. To-day the German mail steamer Prinz…

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Overdue Steamer Rangatira. Safe at German New Guinea. with Broken Propeller Shaft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.—All fears for the safety of the overdue steamer Rangatira, bound from Manila to Newcastle, were allayed to-day when the German mail steamer Prinz Sigismund…

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German Express Wrecked. Five People Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

The express from Hamburg to Cologne came into collision with a goods train at Otterberg, in the Bavarian Palatinate. Five people were killed and six others…

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The New Zealand Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 9

The steamer Wimmera, from Wellington, which berthed at Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s Wharf at 12 last night, after a smart trip across the Tasman Sea, brought the following passengers:—…

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Shipping Items. a Steamer on Fire

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

The new steamer Irish Monarch, which is making her maiden voyage from New York to Australian aud New Zealand ports, arrived at Melbourne last Monday with portion of her…

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A New Steamer for Australia. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 9

The Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Jun[?] has been launched at Govan…

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Fire on a Steamer. Irish Monarch Outbreak. Removing the Cargo. Men Overcome by Fumes. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 8

Exciting scenes were witnessed on board the [?]urning steamer Irish Monarch in Hobson's Bay to-day, when efforts were made to extinguish the fire raging in the after-hold…

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Lifeboat Capsizes Two Lives Lost London, Wednesday, 2.3. p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 1

A lifeboat capsized at Hyde during a gale with the result that two persons were browned…

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Survey of the Steamer Boveric

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 7

The steamer Boveric, which put in here on Saturday last leaking slightly, was taken into Mort's Dock and surveyed yesterday. It was found that several of the rivets had been started…

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Steamer Disabled the Mokau Breaks Down

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 7

A message, received in Sydney from the pilot at Crowdy Heads yesterday afternoon, states that the coasting steamer Mokau was sighted from there at 12.45 p.m. in a disabled…

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Coasting Steamer Disabled. the Mokau Towed Into the Manning

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 6

The coasting steamer Mokau, owned by Messrs. B. M. Corrigan and Co., and bound from Newcastle to the Tweed River, was sighted in a disabled condition off Crowdy Head yesterday…

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Disaster to a Lifeboat. Terrible Experience of a Crew

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Ryde lifeboat proceeded to sea last night to render assistance to a vessel in distress, but was capsized during a gale, and two of…

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Capsize Oe a Lifeboat. Crew Drift All Night.i London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 7

The lifeboat at Ryde, Isle of Wight, capsized during a gale, and two of the crew were drowned. Jan. 3…

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