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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

2,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 113

Coastal Wreck. Tug Port Jackson Totally Lost. Drifts Ashore While Disabled. All Hands Saved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 6

The Port Jackson one of the best-known tugs employed in towage work in Sydney and Newcastle harbours, became a total wreck late on Saturday night, about five miles north…

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Totally Wrecked. Fate of the Tug Port Jackson. Drifts Ashore in a Disabled Condition. Crew Safe

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 7

The Port Jackson, one of the best-known tugboats running out of Sydney and Newcastle, was totally wrecked on Saturday night south of Catherine-hill Bay…

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Third Edition. a Steamer Wrecked. Fifty Lives Lost. London, Feb. 13, 1.25 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 7

The Pacific Navigation Company's steamer Lima, 4946 tons, has been wrecked in the Straits of Mage[?]an. Fifty people were drowned…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Another Steamer Wrecked. Fifty Lives Lost. in the Straits of Magellan

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Lima, 4946 tons, has been wrecked in the Straits of Magellan…

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Was It the Waratah ? Strange Steamer Sighted. London

The Star · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 1

The whaling schooner Ulva has reported at Durban that she sighted on November 23, in a snowstorm, a large two-funnel steamer under sail south of Marlon Island, about 600…

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The Waratah. Steamer Under Sail. in the Far South. Seen During a Snowstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday Afternoon. — The whaling schooner Ulva has reported at Durban that she sighted, during a snowstorm, on November 23, a large two-tunneled steamer…

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Whaler's Strange Report. Steamer Under Sail. Is It the Waratah? London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 7

The whaling schooner Ulva has reported at Durban that she sighted on November 23, in a snowstorm, a large two-funnel steamer under sail south of Marion…

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Back at Work. Southern Coal Miners. a Start This Morning. Shipping Getting Ready. Big Steamer Under Orders

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 8

The southern mines, with the exceptions, re-started work this morning. The three standing out were the Metropolitan, North Bulli, and South Clifton. The first-named did…

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Wreck of the Tug Port Jackson

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 4

Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tug Port Jackson, which is well known in Sydney and Newcastle, went ashore late on Saturday night, about five miles…

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Fatal Wrecks. Mail Boat Founders. One Survivor Out of 134 Persons. Passengers Drowned in Their Berths

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.—The French mail bout, General Chanzy, belonging to the Compagnie Generale Transtlantique, and running between Marseilles and Algiers…

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Motoring. Ashore and Afloat. Boats

The Star · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 8

At the last monthly meeting of the M.B.C. several mutters of importance were discussed amongst them the advisability of obtaining, the houseboat General Gordon as a…

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Firedamp on a Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—An explosion of firedamp caused the british steamer Aboyne to sink in the Tagus. Five of those on board were seriously injured…

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Steamer Manawatu Refloated. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 8

The steamer Manawatu, which ran ashore on the bar at Inverloch some weeks ago, has been floated off. The vessel was practically undamaged…

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Steamer Under Sail. Is It the Waratah? Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 7

Mariners of long experience are disinclined to believe that the steamer seen under sail by a party of sealers was the Waratah. The general feeling in shipping circles to-day was that…

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For London Via Hobart Mail Steamer Osterley. Over 600 Passengers

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

The Orient R.M.S. Osterley will leave East Circular Quay at noon to-morrow for London, via Hobart ports. The mail steamer takes away over six hundred passengers from Sydney…

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Explosion of Firedamp. on Board a Steamer. London, Monday, 4.30 p.m

The Star · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 1

An explosion of firedamp amongst a cargo of coal sunk the British steamer Aboyne in the River Tagus. Five of the crew were seriously injured…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Accident on the Steamer Age. Meston v Howard Smith Company, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

This was an action instituted by Samuel Meston, trimmer, of Pyrmont, to recover from the Howard Smith Company, Ltd., £200, as compensation for injuries received through…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. General Chanzy Wreck. Harrowing Details

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—M. Marcel Rodel, the Customs officer, who is the sole survivor of the General Chanzy disaster, was asleep when the vessel struck. A terrible explosion…

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This Lima Wreck. One Hundred and Thirty Lives Lost

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

Further particulars in connection with the wreck of the Pacific Navigation Company's liner, Lima. in the Straits of Magellan, state that the…

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Loss of the Lima. Wrecked on Chillan Coast. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 7

The steamer Lima, while bound from Liverpool for Callao, Peru, was wrecked on Huamblin (Socorro) Island, off the coast of Chili…

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