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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Steamer Rosedale Afloat. Good Salvage Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 7

BELLINGER HEADS, Wednesday, -- The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Rosedale, which went ashore here last week, was floated at 6 o'clock this morning. A considerable…

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Fails of Halladale Wreck. Destruction of Cargo. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 8

Thousands of cases of benzino are coming ashore from the wreck of the Falls of Halladale at Peterborough, and also a large quantity of valuable timber such as mahogany…

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SHIPPING The Airlie's Voyage. Strange Proceedings at a Wreck

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 5

One of the first ships to reach port this, morning was the Barns philp liner Airlie, from Singapore and Javn Captain Wilson is in command he repor[?] exceptionally dirty weather [?] though…

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French Ship Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

News received from Adelaide last evening states that the French ship Jules Gommes, of 2234 tons. bound from Antwerp to Port Pirie, with coke,…

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French Ship Ashore. Adelaide, Thursday!

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

The French ship Jules Gomez, of 2234 tons, bound from Europe to Port Pirie, went ashore on Wednesday on Warren Beach, Spencer Gulf. She is expected to float off at high…

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Overdue Steamer Nederland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--There is still no news of the Dutch ship Nederland, now some weeks due from Frederickstadt. To-morrow the vessel will be 142 days out, and will be…

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Sensation at the Heads. Steamer Nearly Cut Down. Narrow Escape From Disaster. Early Morning Incident

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 5

When the Burns-Philip Island steamer [?]alaita approaching Sydney Heads from the New Hebrides and Lord Howe Islands early this morning she narrowly…

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Wrecked in Torres Straits. Rescue of Castaways

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Captain Poricwyd, of the steamer Le Maire, from Batavia, via ports, which arrived this morning, reports that on Saturday last, when passing Burkitt Island, in…

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Fire on an Oil Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 6

News was brought to Sydney by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s steamer Airlie of the loss of the steamer Kalomo in Singapore Harbor. The vessel was laden with 88,000 cases…

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Incident at the Heads. Steamer's Narrow Escape. Collision Narrowly Averted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 14

Passengers by the Malaita, one of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s island traders, reported on arrival that the vessel had a narrow escape from collision at Sydney Heads yesterday…

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In the Fatherland. Prince Bulow's Trouble. Dissension with the Bloc. Spirits Monopoly Bill Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 13

LONDON, Friday. -- Dissensions have arisen between the German Chancellor (Prince Bulow) and the members of the Bloc. The Conservatives oppose the death…

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The Arapawa Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 12

Cable advice received last Wednesday from Wellington states that the Patea Shipping Company's new steamer Arapawa, which only arrived from the…

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French Ship Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 14

News received from Adelaide last Thursday states that the French ship Jules Gommes, of 2234 tons, bound from Antwerp to Port Pirie, with coke,…

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Great Steamer Sunk. Collision in a Fog. All Hands Saved. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 7

The White Star liner Republic, 15.378 tons, yesterday came into collision with an unknown vessel in a dense fog off Nantucket, Massachusetts…

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Wreck of the Falls of Halladale

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 14

It is reported from Melbourne that thousands of cases of benzine are coming ashore from the wreck of the Falls of Halladale at Peterborough,…

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Barque Abandoned. Wreck of the Aleida

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 7

The Norwegian barque Aleida, which went ashore on Surprise island in the Pacific some weeks ago, while on a voyage from New Zealand, has been abandoned a total wreck…

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Reputations. Wrecked and Made. DOMlNATING Influence of Noble. Hardsley Survives an Ordeal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 8

The first day's play in the match between Victoria and New South Wales commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday has provided several good reasons why Bardsley should…

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Steamer Sunk at Watson's Bay

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 6

The steamer Lynda Davis, a small harbor vessel, during the gale on Saturday afternoon, foundered in "Watson's. Bay after a collision with the steamer Jenny Lind. The two vessels…

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Newcastle. Steamer's Depleted Bunkers. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 8

The steamer Tiberius, which reached Newcastle on Sunday from Chill, arrived with only about two tons of coal in her bunkers. Captain Sander reported that he had fine weather…

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Steamer's Strange Experience. Ploughing Through Locusts

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

FREMANTLE, Tuesday.—The steamer Uganda, which arrived at Fremantle on Sunday from Calcutta, en route to Sydney, had a strange experience on the voyage. When steaming along…

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