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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Little Schooner's Record

The World's News · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 3

There has arrived in the Thames the three-masted, schooner El[?]th Roberts, of only 99 tons, and manned by three men and a boy. She has sailed from Aracaju, in Brazil, to…

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A Steamer Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Postmaster-General to-day authorised the detention at Adelaide till 6 p.m. of the Orient liner Otway, in consequence of difficulties in coaling the…

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Foundered. Steamer Goes Down in Three Minutes. Australia Liner Beached Collision in the Irish Sea. London, Monday, 4.13 a.m

The Star · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 5

During a heavy fog in the Irish Sea yesterday the steamer Ar[?]adian, from London to Glasgow and Basra, [?]ollided with the Federal-Houlder finer Ayrshire, bound from…

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A Yacht Ashore. Is the Crew Safe?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 15

LAUNCESTON, Friday.--News was received in the city to-night that the yacht Ayesha had drifted ashore four miles east of Low Head. The mast was broken, and the centreboard missing…

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New North Coast Steamer. Trial Trip of the Minimbah

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 15

The North Coast S.N. Company is in receipt of advice from Glasgow that the new steamer Minimbah has run her trial trip on the Clyde, and averaged 10 12 knots, the weather at the…

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Passengers Ignorant of Fire on Steamer

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 12

The liner Celtic arrived at Liverpool with the cotton in the hold on fire. There were 400 passengers on board, but they had no knowledge, of the outbreak until the…

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An Unlucky Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Another outbreak of fire occurred to-day in the bunkers of the oil ship Frankdale but it was speedily subdued. Only last Wednesday a similar fire occurred in…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 4

Cable advice received last evening states that the steamer Anglo-Saxon, which left Wellington for London last Friday evening, returned to that port…

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The Steamer Kyarra. Threatened Withdrawal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Kyarra sails for Sydney to-morrow, and on arriving there on Wednesday there is every prospect of her being withdrawn…

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The Boarding of the Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The central quarantine authorities who were inclined to view with great seriousness the boarding by General Hoad and Colonel Kirkpatrick of the Dutch…

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Queensland. Coastal Steamer Alterations. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 7

Several important alterations have been made by the A.U.S.N. Company in regard to the new mail service to the Northern ports, which now becomes operative. The Bingera…

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Death of Dr. Berryhill. on Board the Steamer Wyreema

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 7

Shortly after the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Wyreema cleared the Pile Light, Brisbane, en route to Sydney, on Friday evening, Dr. A. F. Berryhill, a saloon passenger, who was ailing…

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Wrecked Yacht Ayesha. No Tidings of Crew. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 7

There is very little additional information with regard to the fate of the crow of the yacht Ayesha, which was discovered on the beach near Georgetown on Friday. From the…

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Foundered. Steamer Goes Down in Three Minutes. Australian Liner Beached. London, Monday, 4.13 a.m

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 1

During a heavy fog in the Irish Sea yesterday the steamer Arcadian, from London to Glasgow and Basra, collided with the Federal-Houlder liner Ayrshire, bound from…

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Motoring. Ashore and Afloat. Cars

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 8

Entries close on Thursday for the Motorcycle chill's hill climb to be held at Baden Hill, Coogee, next Saturday. The prizes are £1 10s and 10s. Competitors will be…

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Tenders for Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Tenders for a steamer to go in search of the missing Lund liner Waratah closed at 3 o'clock to-day. The Lord Mayor, the hon. treasurer of the search…

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Steamer Johanna Wrecked. Twelve Seamen Lose Their Lives

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The mate and eleven seamen of the British steamer Johanna have been lost off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, U.S.A…

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The New Dutch Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

Mr. L. E. Cocheret has received a cable message stating that the Royal Dutch Packet Co.'s steamer Van der Hagen, en route from Batavia, left…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 13

Cable advice received last Sunday states that the steamer Anglo-Saxon, which, left Wellington for London last Friday evening, returned to that port…

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Steamer Burringbar's Trials. Does 14 Knots. New Vessels for the Coastal Trade

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

The steamer Burringbar, the latest addition to the North Coast S.N, Company's already fine fleet of steamers, underwent her steam trials over the measured mile…

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