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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Vessels Ashore London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 1

The Hamburg-American liner Prinz Waldemar is hard ashore at Plum Point, owing to the alteration of the harbour at Kingston, and the destruction of the lighthouse…

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Steamer for Australian Trade. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 7

The steamer Cooma, of the Howard Smith Proprietary, has been launchd on the [?]lyde. The Cooma will be employed in the…

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Missing Steamer Centennial. Royal Commission Appointed. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 7

The Government has appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into the loss of the steamer Centennial, which left Launceston for New Zealand some months ago, and has not since…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. The Earthquake. Steamers Ashore. the London Relief Fund

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.— The Hamburg-American steamer Prinz Waldemar has gone hard ashore at Plum Point, Kingston, owing to the alteration of the harbor and the…

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Trouble on a Steamer Wharf Labourers Refuse Duty Oversea Rates Demanded

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 5

The wharf labourers engaged on the Adelaide Co.'s steamer Nardoo and the German Australian steamer A[?]ster, lying at Woolloomooloo Bay, refused to work on Saturday,…

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Eden Holme Wreck. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 6

The wreck of the barque Eden Holme has broken in two, the stern has turned round, and the [?]ow has fallen ever on the starboard side. The main and mission masts have gone…

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The Ketch Ruby

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 4

The small ketch Ruby, supposed to be from the Islands, passed Port Stephens at 11.15 a.m. yesterday, and wished to be reported "all well."…

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Mishap to a Schooner. the Alma Doepel Beached

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 4

The well-known coasting schooner Alma Doepel met with a serious mishap at the Bellinger River yesterday, as a result of which the vessel had to be beached…

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Steamers Ashore. a Harbour Altered. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 7

The Hamburg-American liner Prinz Waldemar went hard ashore at Plum Point, owing to the alteration of the harbour and destruction of the lighthouse…

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Queensland. the Steamer Airlie. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 8

The steamer Airlie was docked this afternoon. The inspector will commence an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the grounding of the vessel to-morrow morning…

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Shipping Trouble. the Steamer Nardoo Idle. Wharf Labourers Dissatisfied

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 7

A dispute has arisen between the Steamship Owners' Association and certain members of the Wharf Labourers Union with respect to rates of pay. It is contended by the labourers…

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The Wrecked Eden Holme. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 7

Diver Beckett, who has charge of the wrecked Eden Holme, wired from Georgetown to-day that he has engaged a boat tn survey the wreck when the weather moderates. There…

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Ashore and Afloat

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 4

That magisterial awards should vary is, of course, only natural; but they at times vary in such an extraordinary degree as to be altogether past the understanding of the…

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Mission Buildings Demolished. a Schooner Wrecked. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 9

Later information shows that a small cutter arrived at Cooktown from Cape Bedford, and the Rev. Mr. Fields reports that the mission buildings were demolished by the hurricane,…

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Cooktown Hurricane. Steamer Aramac in the Storm. Roofs Blown Across the Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 9

CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Captain Thomson, of the steamer Aramac, which arrived from Cooktown, states that the hurricane there was the most severe he had ever experienced. The town is…

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Relief Fund Started. Cooktown Pilot Ketch Missing. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 7

At a meeting of citizens convened by the Mayor of Brisbane, to take steps to assist the people of Cooktown in their distress, held in the Town Hall this morning, £171…

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New Steamer for Norddeutscher Lloyd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 8

An Imperial mail steamer of about 9000 tons gross register, built on the Weser for the Norddeutscher-Lloyd, was launched on December 11, and named the Goben…

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Alleged Assault on a Steamer

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 7

James Pyman Millington, 35, a steward, charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon James Isbes[?]r, on the 11th instant, was again brought before Mr…

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The Wreck of the Eden Holme. Marine Court's Finding. Pilot Held Responsible. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 6

An inquiry was held to-day into the wreck of the barque Eden Holme on the Hebe Reef on January 7. The Court found that the casualty was caused…

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Barque Nordwind Wrecked. Three Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 8

Interesting details were received by yesterday's English mail of the wreck of the German barque Nordwind, at the Island of Skerries, east side of Shetland, while on a voyage from…

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