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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

1,892 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 95

Wreck Oe the Forrest Hall

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 4

Latest news received from Auckland last evening advises that Captain Collins and mate walked 12 miles across rough country to Parengarenga. The…

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Wreck of the Lady Mildred

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 4

Mr. J. Semmens, of the Victorian. Ports and Harbour Department, received the following message from the lighthouse-keeper at Wilson's…

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The Beechdale a Total Wreck

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 13

Cable, advice received from London last Tuesday states that the British barque Beechdale, in ballast, from Delagoa Bay, for Newcastle, N.S.W., was…

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Forrest Hall Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 12

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

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The Wreck of the Penguin

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 4

It is clear Hint the nautical Court which sat to Inquire into the cause of the recent wreck of the Penguin in Cook Strait, with calamitous loss of life, has made an…

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Coping with the Wily Chinee Minister Inspects Steamer

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

The Minister for External Affairs paid a visit to the E. and A. mail steamer Eastern at Melbourne on Monday, in order to see for himself the working of the system of supervision under…

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Wreck of the Forrest Hall. Statement by the Captain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Captain Collins, master of the Forrest Hall, states that the ship struck the beach 20 miles below Cape Maria about 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, and is…

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The Steamer Clan Ranald. Prospects of Salvage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Captain R. S. Taylor, the special officer representing tho Salvage Association of London, who arrived from Brisbane a few days ago to report on the question…

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Pilot Steamer Ajax. What Captain Hacking Says. a Splendid Seaboat

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

A "Star" reporter saw Captain Hacking, Acting-Superintendent of the Navigation Department, this morning regarding the statement of Captain Fred Dunn in…

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Wreck of the Lady Mildred. Marine Court Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Yesterday.--The Court of Marine inquiry to-day held an investigation into a charge of reckless and careless navigation preferred against Captain William Wills,…

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Lady Mildred Wreck. Charge of Careless Navigation Captain Wills' Statement. Failure to Answer Helm. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

In connection with the stranding of the [?]mer Lady Mildred, the Court of Marine Inquiry was held to-day. Captain Wills, master of the Lady Mil[?]red, was charged with having…

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Assault on a Ketch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

At the Water Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. L. King, S.M., Gottiried Jansson, 40, a Swedish seaman, was c[?]ged wtih, being a law[?]y engaged seaman on the Ketch Wave, that he did assault…

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New Union Steamer

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand's steamer Kurow has been launched at Sunderland. [The Kurow is intended for a cargo steamer…

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Franco-canadian Convention. Steamer Subsidy Increased

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Owing to the settlement of the Franco-Canadian Convention, Canada is increasing the subsidy for direct steamships from £15,000 to £40,000 annually…

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Useless, or Seaworthy? the Pilot Steamer Ajax

The Australian Star · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

In reply to Captain Hacking's statement regarding the stable and sea going qualities of the Ajax in a gale, I, having been master of that vessel, flatly deny ever…

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Trade with Germany. Big Cargo by the Steamer Gottingen

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

A further Illustration of the growth of the trade with Germany is afforded by the cargo shipped by the steamer Gottingen, one of the large steamers ol the North German Lloyd…

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Launching the Kurow. a New Maoriland Steamer. LONDON, Thursday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 1

The Union Steamship Co.'s new steamer Kurow has been launched at Sunderland. The Kurow is a modern cargo steamer of 2500 tons gross register, for the New Zealand…

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Wreck of the Lady Mildred. Captain's Certificate Suspended. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

At the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day, the certificate of Captain Wills, master of the collier Lady Mildred, which was wrecked near Waterloo Point shortly after midnight on…

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Forrest Hall Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 8
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Captain Bollons, of the Government steamer Hinemoa, telegraphed to the Marine Department from Cape Maria, Van Dieman:— "Forrest Hall a complete wreck. The hull…

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