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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

2,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 113

Coastal Steamer Delayed. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

The steamer Cavanba cannot got away until the sea moderates. Having broken some of her lines she is now in bay with better than half her cargo. The Rocklily is also in the…

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Brewarrina Wrecked. a Terrible Visitation. Brewarrina

The Star · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 4

Brewarrina has gone through a trying experience. On Friday night the district was visited by the most terrific cyclone over experienced in these parts, and it is estimated…

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Gale in the Channel. Destroyer Eden Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--There has been a great tempest in the English Channel. The destroyer Eden broke from her moorings, and was stranded at Dover and…

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Motoring. Ashore and Afloat. Cars

The Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

New premises are to be erected in Melbourne for the Automobile Club of Victoria. The Motor Traffic Act comes into force to- day. Motorists who have not yet registered…

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A Distinguished Party.. on the Mail Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

ADELAIDE Tuesday.—Lord Kitchener, Lord Dudley, Dowager Countess of Dudley, Sir John Forrest (Federal Treasurer), arrived, by R.M.S. Osterley from Fremantle this morning. Lordd…

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A Steamer Returns to Port. Perth Meets Heavy Weather

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 7

At a late hour last night the steamer Perth, belonging to the Melbourne S.S. Company, Ltd., which has just been recommissioned after a long period of enforced idleness as a result…

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Second Edition Alleged Smugglers. Exciting Harbour Chase. Police Pursue Fleeing Skiff. Fierce Encounter Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 7

After an exciting chase on the harbour and a fierce struggle ashore, a party of Water Police, shortly before midnight last night, succeeded in capturing two suspects and gained…

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The Barque Imacos Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 13

The Union Company's steamer Tofua, which arrived at Auckland on 26th ultimo from Sydney, via Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, brought news of the…

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Wreck of the Ketch Whaup. Shipping Inspector's Report

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The shipping Inspector (Captain Forrester) at yesterday's meeting of the Marine Board reported having hold a preliminary inquiry into the circumstances attending…

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New Steamer Matunga

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 4

One of the most important arrivals at Fremantle last Monday was the steamer Matunga, owned by Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., and…

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Steamer Strathnairn Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association, Ltd., received a cable yesterday which stated that the steamer Stra[?]ra has returned to Baltimore, after having been in collision…

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Steamer Kent in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association yesterday received the following cable from London:-- "Steamer Kent, bound to London, arrived at Port Said; has been in collision…

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New Steamer Matunga. Reaches Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company's new steamer Matunga arrived at Fremantle yesterday, having loaded a cargo of coke for that port from Barry, in England…

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Collisions at Sea. Steamer Kent Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 9

According to a cable message received yesterday by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association, Limited, the Federal steamer Kent, which salled from…

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Steamer Ashridge Delayed. Seventy Unionists Wanted

The Star · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 4

As a result of the resolution carried at last night's meeting of the Wharf Laborers' Union not to work vessels that had received non-union hewn coal, or which had…

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Steamer on Fire. Burning of the Bismarck

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 34

The Norwegian steamer Bismarck arrived at Iquique, Chile, on November 13 last, for the purpose of loading 7000 tons of nitrate, and had loaded about 2360 when a fire was discovered on board on November 18. A terrific explosion followed, and the steamer immediately foundered. No lives were sacrificed, but the crew lost all their belongings…

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Bunkers Exhausted. Steamer Returns to Port. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

The steamer Cara, which left Newcastle on Thursday evening last for Westport, returned here this morning, owing to her supply of coal running short…

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100,000 Carcases of Mutton Large Cargo by Houlder Steamer

Evening News · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

The Houlder liner Everton Grange is to leave Darling Island to-night for London and Liverpool, via ports. She will take away a large number of passengers and a large cargo, the…

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Doctors Enthusiastic Over New Discovery. Dr. Hartmann Solves Neurasthenic Mystery. Explains the Brilliant Success of the New Treatment for Nerve Wrecks. How Nervous Disorders Arb Cured by Brain Feeding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 14

"Neurasthenia has been the Central Africa of medicine--an unexplored territory into which few men enter." These words are eloquent testimony to the great mystery that surrounds the…

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The Steamer Strathfillan

The Star · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

The steamer Strathfillian is still discharging at Cockatoo Island. It is expected that she will be taken to the gasworks as soon as enough coat is unloaded so that she will be on…

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