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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

2,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 113

Damaged Steamer Kaipara

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

Messrs. Hutchinson and Campbell, of Wellington, are the successful tenderers, at £6000, for the structural repairs to the steamer Kaipara, which was damaged by striking a rock in…

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A Dismasted Schooner. Australia Arrives at Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

The schooner Australia, of 92 tons, belonging to Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd., and employed in the coastal timber trade, arrived in Sydney yesterday in a partially dismasted…

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Rolled Her Mainmast Out. Schooner Australia Crippled

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 12

The schooner Australia limped into port yesterday morning, with a broken mainmast. The vessel, which belongs to Messrs. Allen Taylor and Co., and is employed in the coastal…

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Wool Steamer From Sydney Disabled

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

The Sydney Marine Underwriters and salvage Association has received a cable stating that the German-Australian Company's steamer Varzin has been towed to Boston, With…

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Mail Steamer Delayed. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

Passengers by the R.M.S. Mantua were subjected to much inconvenience by the delay of the vessel at Fremantle. She was originally timed to leave for London at noon on…

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Saved by "Wireless." Sinking Steamer Calls Aid

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Alaska-Pacific liner Kentucky sank off Cape Hatteras, through the seams opening during a storm…

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North Coast's New Steamer. Minimbah Sails From Colombo

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

Mr. R. A. Bell, the general manager of the North Coast S.N. Co., yesterday received a cable advising that the company's new steamer Minimbah arrived at Colombo on Monday, from the…

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Dredge Founders at Sea. Steamer's Fortunate Presence. Perth (W.a.)

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

The master of the steamer Schlesion, which reached Fremantle on Monday, reported that on January 14, where the vessel was about six hours' steam from Capetown, the dredge Cerny,…

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The Accident to the Eden. Ran Ashore at Cape St. George. Marine Court Inquiry. Master Held to Blame

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse, with Captains C. Taylor and J. B. Carpenter as assessors—commenced an inquiry in the Sydney District Court this morning into the…

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Dastardly Outrage. Attempt to Wreck a Culvert

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

An attempt was made early on Friday morning to blow up portion of the East Greta Company's railway at Cessnock. The spot where the attempt was made is a culvert situated…

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Gordon's Poem, "From the Wreck."

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 18

Let an erroneous assertion but once appear in print, either invented or based on mere rumour, and the tenacity with which it afterwards holds its ground is most wonderful…

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Law. Wednesday, February 9. Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse and Captains C. Taylor and J. B. Carpenter, assessors.) Stranding of the Steamer Eden

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 10

At the Marino Court Inquiry Into the stranding of the Illawarra and South Coast Steamship Company's steamer Eden, Mr. Curtis, of the Crown Law Department, appeared for the…

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Waikare Wreck Sold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 8

Our New Zealand correspondent cabled yesterday:— "The wreck of the Union S.S. Co.'s steamer Wa[?]kare, which came to grief in Dusky Sound while bound with excursionists on a cruise of the West Coast…

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Wrecked Waikare Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 4

A cable from Wellington states that the wreck of the Union S.S. Co.'s steamer Waikare, which came to grief in Dusky Sound while bound with…

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Interstate Steamer Alterations

Evening News · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 8

The Interstate Steamship Companies announce that, beginning Saturday. February 19, the regular weekly through sailings between Sydney and Fremantle will be resumed, The first…

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Lives for Gold. Steamer's Rapid End

The World's News · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 21

A collision which resulted in the loss of 12 lives took place in the Irish Sea on the morning of January 2, as related by cable at the time…

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The Damaged Steamer Ayrshire Passengers and Cargo Coming On

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 12

Messrs. Birt and Co., Ltd., have received cable advice that the undamaged cargo from the steamer Ayrshire, which was in collision, has been transferred to the steamers Suffolk and…

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Law Report. Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse and Captains C. Taylor and J. B. Carpenter, assessors.) the Accident to the Steamer Eden. Master's Certificate Suspended for Six Months

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 8

This was a case in which Stephen Bishop, master of the Illawarra S. N. Company's steamer Eden, had been called upon to show cause why his certificate as master of the…

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Wreck of the Waikare. Women in the Hour of Peril

The Star · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 13

Though the wreck of the Walkare is ancient history as a nows item, there were many humorous incidents, from a woman's point of view, which have not yet appeared in print…

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Terrible Shipping Disaster. Mail Steamer Founders. 133 Lives Lost. Only One Survivor. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 7

The General Chanzy, a mail steamer, belonging to the Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique, running between Marseilles and Algiers, foundered on…

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