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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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A Steamer Aground

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The Adelaide Steamship Co.'s steamer Flinders ran. aground on Friday morning, on entering Cowell Harbor, near the entrance. The vessel is on the edge of the…

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Collisions at Brisbane. Steamer Kadina in Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sunday.--When the steamer Kadina, inward bound from Newcastle, was rounding Kangaroo Point in tow of the tug Fearless on Friday night the vessel was forced across, it…

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Steamer's Gangway Collapses. Several Fatalities. London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 7

The gangway of the N.D.L. steamer Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, which was about to leave Hamburg, broke under n number of people who were coming ashore,…

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SHIPPING. Dutch Steamer's Long Trip, Another Big Wool Cargo

The Australian Star · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 5

The Dutch steamer Van Spilbrergon should have arrived at Sydney from Mdhouruc yesterday. It was not still 4.30 p.m., though, that nay tiling was heard from on the N.S.W, coast. At that hour Gabo Island…

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Steamer's Long Passage. From Melbourne to Sydney. Dutch Vessel Overdue

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 4

A number of people were waiting on the wharf at Circular Quay on Sunday evening expecting the arrival of the Royal Dutch Packet Company's steamer Van Spilbergen, which was…

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Shipping Disaster. Forrest Hall Wrecked. Vessel Breaking Up. All Hands Saved. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 8

News has reached Wellington that the ship Forrest Hall, bound from Newcastle to Antofagasta, has been wrecked 60 miles south of the Three Kings…

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Forrest Hall Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 4

The following cable advice was received from Auckland last evening:— The ship Forrest Hall, from Newcastle to Chili, came ashore yesterday…

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Big Ship Wrecked. on the New Zealand Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Sunday.--The ship Forest, Hall, bound from Newcastle to Antofagasta, was wrecked somewhere near North Cape late on Friday night…

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The Penguin Wreck. Light on Tongue Point

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--The inquest or the victims of the Penguin wreck has not yet concluded, the jury desiring to obtain further evidence from the survivors concering…

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MOTORING. Ashore and Afloat. CARS

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 3

Saturday's hill climb unkler A.C.A. auspices was an unqualified success from the points of view or number of entries, weather, and attendance. The feature of the…

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The Pilot Steamer Ajax

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 4

F. T. Dunn writes:-- While the Ajax is dn dry dock at Cockatoo Island, and in the interest of all concerned, I should like to draw attention to the…

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Accident on the South Coast. Sailor of -The Ketch Arab Drowned. Three Others Disabled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

Mr. Frank H. Guy, the owner of the coasting ketch Arab, received a telegram yesterday from the captain of the vessel, reporting an accident to the boat's crew from the ketch…

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Steamer Burrawong Aground. Mouth of Manning River. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 7

The steamer Burrawong while attempting to cross in yesterday afternoon at 3.30 grounded on South Beach. The ship is in no immediato danger, and is still on the spit, but mu[?]…

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Fate of the Forrest Hall. Ashore Twenty Miles From Cafe Maria. the Crew Safe

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

AUCKLAND. Monday.--Further particulars regarding the wreck of the ship Forest Hall show that the vessel was driven ashore on a lonely part of the west coast, 20 miles south of…

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Smallpox at Perth. Steamer Redbridge Quarantined. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 7

The steamer Redbridge arrived at Bunbury from Kurachi on Saturday morning, flying the yellow flag, the ship's people suspecting that they had smallpox on board. Captain Smith…

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The Bar Harbors. Troubles of the Coaster. Another Steamer Aground

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 4

The North Coast bar harbors are still more or less in an unsatisfactory state, and reports received this morning state that another steamer, in addition to the Burrawong, has…

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Wreck of the Forest Hall. Latest From the Scene. Vessel's Back Broken

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—Captain Collins, in his account of the wreck of the barque Forest Hall, says the ship struck the beach at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, and is likely to…

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Wreck of the Forrest Hall. All Hands Saved. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 7

News of the wreck of the Forrost Hall was brought to Parengarenga on Sunday by Captain Collins and ma[?]e, who walked 12 miles across rough country. The rest of the crow…

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Penguin Wreck. Conclusion of the Inquest. Jury's Recommendations. Nautical Court's Finding. Captain's Certificate Suspended. Wellington (N.z)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 7

The inquiry concerning the Penguin disaster was concluded to-day, when the jury found — "(1) That Mrs. Brittain and others came to their death by the wreck of the Penguin;…

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Lady Mildred Wreck. Vessel Breaking Up. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 7

Mr. J. Semmens, of the Ports and Harbour Department yesterday received the following message from the lighthouse-keeper at Wilson's Promontory:—"There is a large…

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