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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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The Wreck of the Marion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 7

The Papuan has returned from the wreek of the schooner Marlon, bringing Captain Petersen and the rest of the crew. About 300 cases of benzine were salvaged, together with other…

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Steamer Nerokg Aground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 10

The Superintendent of Nivigation (Captain Newton) received yesterday the following wire from Nambucca Heads:—The steamer Nerong, attempting to cross out, grounded on the south spit at 8 a.m., with the…

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Steamer Nerong Aground

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 9

A telegram was received in Sydney from Nambucca Heads yesterday stating that the steamer Nerong grounded on the South Spit at that place at 8 a.m…

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New Steamer for New Zealand Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 10

On 18th December the t.s s. Opawa, built at Dumbarton for the New Zealand Shipping Company, and classed with the British Corporation Registry, carried out speed trials on the Firth of Clyde. She…

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New Steamer for P. and O. Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 10

Messrs. Caird and Co., Greenock, on December is last, launched the Nore, a twin-scred steamer of 8600 tons register for the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company, Length, 450ft; breadth, 52ft; depth, 33ft…

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Newcastle. Steamer Aeon, From Hongkong. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 10

The steamer Aeon, commanded by Captain Downie, arrived from Hongkong to-day. The voyage, which was uneventful, occupied 20 days. After taking in bunkers the Aeon will…

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Steamer on Fire. Cruiser Rescues Passengers. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 9

H.M.S. Diadem, first-class cruiser attached to the China station, while in the Bay of Bengal rescued 104 passengers and the mails front the North German…

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Cooktown Hurricane. Ketch Pilot Lost. with All Hands. Mr. Hargreaves, M.L.A., Among the Drowned. Cooktown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 9

The steamer Seymour returned at 5 o'clock this aftemoon, after a thorough but fruitless search for the Government ketch Pilot, which is now considered lost with all hands…

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Lost with All Hands. the Steamer Pilot. During the Cooktown Hurricane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 9

COOKTOWN, Tuesday.--The steamer Seymour has just roamed from a search for boats that have been missing since the recent hurricane. She brought in a quantity of wreckage,…

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Absent Without Leave Seamen Jump Ashore

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 6

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Armand Lemery, 26, a Frenchman, and Frank Nordstrom) 35, a Finn, were charged with being absent without leave from the…

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Row on a Steamer Was It a Fair Fight? Peculiar Police Court Case

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 4

A cargo steamer's steward named James Pyman Millington came before the Balmain Court on January 11 charged with having committed an assault upon his officer, one…

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Strike on a Mail Steamer an American Liner Delayed. Sixty Men Leave the Vessel. a Question of Unionism. Strikers Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 7

The troublesome question of union versus nonunion labor was yesterday responsible for a serious delay to the Oceanic Co.'s R.M.S. Sonoma, which was to have left for San Francisco,…

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Steamer Glenesk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 10

The steamer Glenesk, commanded by Captain Rafferty, arrived last night from Singapore She sailed from Singapore on January 8, and the heavy seas and continuous sales…

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The Schooner. Alma Doepel. Bellinger Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 8

The schooner Alma Doepel, which met with a serious mishap while crossing the Bellinger bar, and was beached in the harbour, has been repaired. The damage the schooner…

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New Steamer for Australian Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 8

Messrs. R. Duncan and Co., of Port Glasgow, launched the steamer Kalono on Dec. 19 last for Messrs. Bucknall Brothers, London. She is a vessel of 8200 tons d.w., and has a length of 4000ft. breadth of 42ft., and depth…

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Sydney Merchants Take Action. a Steamer Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 7

The business firms of Sydney were quickly notified of the disaster, and at once preparations were made to re-stock the burnt-out storekeepers. Messrs. Hoffnung and Co., who were…

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Sydney Merchants Take Action a Steamer Delayed

The Australian Star · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 6

The business firms of Sydney were quickly notified of the disaster, and at once preparations were made to restock the burnt out storekeepers. Messrs. Hoffnung and Co., who…

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Strike on an American Mail Steamer. the Sonoma Delayed

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 6

On Wednesday, at the hour when she was timed to leave Sydney, the officers on board the Oceanic Company's R.M.S. Sonoma were startled to find 59 of…

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Steamer Wrecked. Twelve Lives Lost

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 6

LONDON, Friday Evening.—The steamer Clavering, from Middlesbrough for Japan, has been wrecked off the Tees. Twelve of the crew were drowned…

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The Steamer Newcastle

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.'s steamer Newcastle after a few days' overhaul at Mort's Dock and Engineering Co.'s works, resumes her running in the…

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