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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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British Steamer Wrecked Twelve Lives Lost London, Friday, 3.20 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 1

The British steamer Clavering, bound from Middlesborough to Japan, has been wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees. Twelve persons were drowned…

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Baby's Perilous Journey. Carried Miles in the Bent Plate of Damaged Steamer

The World's News · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 28

A curious incident occurred in connection with the injury sustained by the German liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in collision with the British steamer Orinoco outside Cherbourg…

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Volcanic Dust a Steamer's Experience Faces of Crew Cut London, Friday, 3.20 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 1

It is reported that a shock of earthquake was felt at Dover to-day. A steamer reports having encountered a shower of volcanic dust off the mouth of the…

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Fruits of the Land Swindle. A Country Wrecked by Political Pirates

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

The population of Sydney and suburbs is steadily on the increase, much quicker then the increase in the country. All around, in every…

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Mental Wrecks in Chicago

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 10

Eighty-five per cent of the people of Chicago, U.S.A., are insane, according to Dr. Adolph. G. Vogeler. The other 15 per cent, are on the verge of mental breakdown, says…

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Shipwrecked Crews Terrible Plight. Death in the Snow

The World's News · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

News was received at Queenstown recently of the total loss of the British schooner Emma A. Harvey in the Bay of Fundy on December 5, while on a voyage to New York with a cargo…

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Terrible Story of the Sea. Wreck of the Ship Great Admiral

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 21

News was received by the R.M.S. Aorangi of the wreck of the American ship Great Admiral, a vessel well-known in Sydney, and of a perilous experience on the part of those on board -- a…

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Steamer Wrecked London, Friday, 3.20 p.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 1

The British steamer Clavering, bound from Middlesborough to Japan, has been wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees. Twelve persons were drowned…

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Steamer Wrecked. 12 Lives Lost. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 7

The steamer Clavering, bound from Middlesborough to Japan, has been wrecked in the River Tees. Twelve were drowned…

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Mail Steamer Delayed by Strike

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 11

The firemen and deck hands on the 'Frisco mail steamer Sonoma went on strike as the vessel was ready to leave port on Wednesday. Fifty-seven were arrested and sentenced to one month's…

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Sensational Voyage Steamer in a Hurricane

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 1

The steamer South Australian, which arrived yesterday from Levuka, caught the tall-end of the late Cooktown hurricane on January 25. Captain Davidson considers it…

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£40 in a Bag Left on a Manly Steamer

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 1

Mr. William Wylie, proprietor of refreshment rooms on the Corso, Manly, has reported to the police the loss of a bag containing £40. Mr. Wylie, it is stated, was a…

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Perils of the Sea Steamer South Australian in a Hurricane. Deck Fittings Damaged and Movables Washed Away

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 5

The steamer South Australian, which arrived at Sydney on Saturday from Levuka, Fiji, had a most exciting experience in a hurricane during the trip…

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Queensland. Wreck of the Pilot. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 7

The question of the Government's position under the Workers Compensation Act, has been raised in connection with the disaster to the ketch Pilot during the Cooktown…

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Wheat Ship Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 8

Particulars were received by the Cape mail of the accident to the ship Windsor Park, laden with wheat, from Wallaroo. It appears that on December 28 a report reached Port Elizabeth…

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The Missing Dredge Walrus. Search by the Steamer Kent

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 8

All hope for the missing dredge Walrus, bound from Durban to Geelong (Vic.), has been abandoned, and there seems little doubt but that the vessel has gone to the bottom with all…

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Mail Steamer Strikes Submerged Wreck. Propeller Damaged

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 6

Soon after the R.M.S. Mongolia, of the P. and O. fleet, reached Port Melbourne Railway Pier from Sydney on the homeward voyage, on February 4, a report became current that the…

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Launch of a New Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 12

The English mail yesterday brought particulars of the Adelaide S.S. Company's new steamer Junee, which was launched at Govan oh December 27. She is described as a shelter-deck…

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Steamer Yawata —Maru. Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 10

The Yawata Maru arrived to-day from Yokohama. The passengers for Brisbane are:—Messrs. P. H. Foxwell and E. R. Foxwell; for Sydney, Messrs. A. H. Ahrens, G. Iwayama, I. Oiyawama, Dr. J. B…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fall Down a Steamer's Hold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 10

Joseph Sargos (48), a fireman on the steamer Kent, which is lying at the Woolwich Dock, fell down the hold of that vessel yesterday afternoon, a distance of 20ft. He was conveyed by…

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