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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Steamer Bellinger Aground

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 5

FORSTER, Wednesday.—The steamer Bellinger, outward bound, grounded on the inner crossing this morning, She will probably get off by the next high tide…

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Steamer Bellinger Aground Forster

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 5

The steamer Bellinger, whilst outward bound, grounded on the inner crossing, this morning. She will probably, float off with the next tide…

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Land Sale on a Steamer

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 5

A land auction sale that is attracting a deal of attention, on account of the favorable position and pecuniary future value of the land, and also the novel way it is to he auctioned, is…

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Clan Ranald Wreck. in Difficulties for Hours. Gradual Listing Over. Bringing Survivors Ashore. Adelaide (S.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 9

A loud note of indignation was sounded by the men on the jetty regarding the policy of the harbourmaster, Mr. Allen, when the untoward news reached him. The first…

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Engineer and Fireman. Assault on a Steamer

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

Before Mr, Macfarlane, M the Water Police! Court this afternoon Norman Charles Petrie was charged with unlawfully. assaulting Frederick Fuicher on January 3…

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Clan Ranald Disaste[?] Reticent Survivors. "Something Must Have Occurred." Did the Steamer Strike Marion Reef ?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Tuesday Morning.--All the four white members of the crew of the steamer Clan Ranald Who survived, were very reticent when spoken to last night as to the actual cause of…

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The Clan Ranald Wreck. Discovery of the Survivors, Heroic Work by Settlers, Recovering Corpses From the Surf

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A strange feature about the loss of the Clan Ranald is that the fact the veasel was in distress was not reported earlier to harbormaster at Edinburgh. Her…

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The Wreck. Burial of the Victims. Two Large Graves. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 9

At Edithburgh Cemetery a gang of men are engaged preparing the graves. The operation is being superintended by Mr. A. H. Miller, curator and town clerk. One common grave…

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Appalling Shipping Disaster. Clan Ranald Wrecked. Forty People Lose Their Lives

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 49

One of the most terrible shipping disasters in the history of South Australia, resulting in appalling loss of life, occurred late on Sunday night in St. Vincent's Gulf. The big…

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Mysterious Explosion. Tragedy of a Wrecking Party

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--While a Trinity House wrecking party were blowing up a submerged barge near Yarmouth, the bout was blown to pieces, six men being killed…

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A Terrible Wreck. Forty Men Drowned

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 53

A shipping disaster, attended with great loss of life, occurred off the South Australian Coast on the night of January 31, the steamer Clan Ranald, 3596 tons, which left Port Adelaide on…

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Steamer Bellinger Aground

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The steamer Bellinger went aground on Tuncurry crossing yesterday morning. The pilot reported that the bar gave a depth of 9ft. 9in. at high-water…

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Shipping. a Steamer From Valparaiso. Passengers for the Islands

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 5

The largest vessel to arrive at Sydney this morning was the steamship Lord Derby. She is from Valparaise and is in command of Captain Hendriksen. The Lord Derby is a big cargo [?] of 3767 tons, and…

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Clan Ranald Wreck. Marine Board Inquiry. Evidence of the Chief Mate. the Captain Intoxicated. Cause of the List. Striking a Reef Denied. Navigation of the Vessel. Adelaide

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

A Marine Board inquiry was opened at the board room at the Customs-house, Port Adelaide, this afternoon into the circumstances connected with the wreck. The official report…

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Wreck of the Clan Ranald. Early Notice of Distress. a Wideawake Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Mr. Gottlie Herman Preuss, the farmer who first convoyed the news of the distress of the foundered steamer Clan Ronald to the Harbormaster at Edithburg, has…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Ashore at Broken Bay. All Hands Saved

Evening News · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 6

A vessel supposed to be the coasting steamer Narooma has been totally wrecked to the south-ward of Cape Three Points, at the northern head of Broken Bay. News of the disaster…

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Coastal Shipwreck. Unknown Steamer Lost. Ashore at Broken Bay. All Hands Saved

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

The alarming news reached Sydney about midnight that a steamship of about 400 tons, the name of which was unknown, had been totally lost to the southward of Cape Three…

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Coastal Steamer Wrecked. on Barrenjoey Beach

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 7

Shortly alter 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a coasting steamer of about 400 tons went ashore on a beach not far from Barrenjocy, where the Maitland was wrecked some years back…

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The Clan Ranald Wreck. Captain's Body Washed Ashore. Resumption Op Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Edithburg telegrams state that the body from the steamer Clan Hanald that was washed ashore yesterday has been identified as that of the captain. Deceased…

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