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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Wrecked Japanese Liner the Awamaru Refloated London. Tuesday. 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 1

The Japanese liner Awamaru. which went ashore at Westcar Rock, in December last. has been refloated. The vessel is valued at. £9200…

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Newcastle. the Steamer Blackheath

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6

The steamer Blackheath (Captain Sherborne), timber laden, from Gray's Harbor (Puget Sound), arrived at Newcastle, on route to West Australia on Tuesday evening, after an uneventful…

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Alleged Assault on a Steamer Accused Remanded

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6

James Pyrman Millington, 35, a steward charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon James Isbester on the 11th of January last, was brought before Mr…

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Alleged Murder of a Chinese. on Board the Steamer Ardmount

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--At the City Police Court to-day, before Mr. Love, S.M., Jas. Robert Jeffrey and John Black, first and second engineers on the steamer Ardrnount, now lying at…

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Rescued in MlD-OCEAN Shipwrecked Sailors Picked Up by the Ship Barcore London, Wednesday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 1

The ship Barcore, bound to Adelaide, rescued 16 of the shipwrecked crew of the American lumber vessel Great Admiral, whilst In at 47 N, long.123 W…

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Wreck Oe the Eden Holme

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 4

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--At the sale of the wreck of the Eden Holme to-day, everything was knocked down on behalf of a Melbourne resident for £265. If the fine weather continues…

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Castaways on the Three Kings. Sea-bird Diet. the Wreck of the Elverland

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

Details of the experiences of the shipwrecks Crew of the barquentine Elverland, which was lost off the Three Kings (New Zealand) whilst bound from Newcastle to Auckland, were…

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The Missing Steamer Centennial Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 8

The wreckage found on the oeacu on the months-west coast, near Ulverstone, is suppposed to be from the steamer Centennial, Which left launceston for New Zealand some…

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Steamer Upolu Returns to Port. Leaking Cargo Ports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 8

The steamer Upolu, belonging to Dover's Plantation. Limited, which left the harbor yesterday morning for the South Sea Islands, returned to port owing to a leak having broken out in the…

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Stranded Steamer Airlie Her Position This Morning Brisbane

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 1

The extent of the damage to the steamer Airlie, which ran on the rocks last night near the Toombul Wharf, striking them with great force, has not yet been ascertained…

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Mishap to a Ferry Steamer. the Pheasant Breaks Down

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 8

The well-known ferry steamer Pheasant, employed in the Parramatta River service of the Sydney Ferries, Ltd-, was disabled of Wednesday nigh: through an accident to her shaft…

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Accident to a Ferry Steamer. the Pheasant Breaks Her Tail Shaft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 8

Yesterday morning the steamer Pheasant, of the Parramatta River service, of the Sydney Ferries, Limited, was taken to the repairing yards of the company to be fitted with a new…

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Second' Edition Steamer Airlie Strikes a Rock. Beached at Bulimba. and Is Tied to a Tree

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.--Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s steamer Airlic, which left Bulimba Wharf at 10.30 last night for Sydney struck some rocks near Tooimbul Wharf as she was rounding…

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Rescued at Sea. Shipwrecked Sailors on a Raft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The British ship Barcore, Captain M'Keuzle, from Hastings Mills, Puget Sound, with lumber, for Adelaide, rescued 16 of the crow…

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The Eden Holme Wreck. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 8

The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the loss of the barque Eden Holme will be opened at Launceston on January 23…

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A Blue-jacket's Adventure Ashore

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 11

It was a public dance, and he was the o[?] Jack Tar in the room. Moreover, he was quite a stranger in the place, having only arrived and put up for the night two hours…

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Wealth in Wrecks. to Be Explored by a Syndicate

The World's News · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 20

THE Alfred Nobel, an erstwhile vessel of the Nobel Explosive Co., has been chartered by the South African Salvage Company. Limited—a venture…

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Wrecking a Church

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 6

A young engineer named Ashley, of Hemingford Abbots, forced his way into the Roman Catholic Church, at St. Ives (Eng.), on December 8.He was armed with a sledge…

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Steamer Accident. Two Deck Hands Injured. Lismore, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 7

A serious accident occurred at the Government wharf this morning. Two deck hands of the steamer Macleay, Charles Johnson and John Nelson, were lifting a…

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Salvage From 17-Year-old Wreck

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 12

The Japanese mail steamer Kumano Maru on Wednesday brought among her cargo ten tons of material salved from the wreck of the steamer Quetta. On February 28, 1890, the Quetta str[?]e…

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