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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

2,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 113

Shipping Disasters. General Chanzy Wreck. Gunpowder on Board. Sole Survivor's Sufferings. London, Feb. 13

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

French newspapers report that the mail steamer General Chanzy, of the Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique, which foundered off the north coast of Minorca, had…

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The Wrecked Tug. Port Jackson Heels Over. Return of the Champion

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

The steam tug Champion, which was despatched from Sydney on Sunday to the scene of the stranding of the tug Port Jackson, about five miles to the northward of the Norah…

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Wreck of the Tug Port Jackson

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 14

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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Wrecked Waikare Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 12

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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Salvage From a Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Monday.--To-day the small steamer Croydon, sailed from Port Adelaide for the wreck of the steamer Wiliyama, near Rhino Head, at the foot of Yorke's Peninsula for the…

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The Port Jackson Wreck. How the Disaster Occurred

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 9

Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tug Champion returned to Sydney yesterday morning, with Capt. T. Clayton, the firm's marine superintendent, on board, and reported the tug Port…

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The Loss of the Lima. Many Persons Still on Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--The Pacific Navigation Co.'s steamer Lima was bound from Liverpool to Callao, via South American ports, when she was wrecked on Huamblin…

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Wrecked Mailboats. Fate of the General Chanzy. Was There an Explosion ? Search for the Bodies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon --French newspapers assert that the steamer General Chanzy, which was wrecked, with tremendous loss of life, on the coast of the Island…

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The Steamer Waratah

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 51

The Premier of Victoria, Mr. Murray, received the following cable from the Premier of Natal South Africa, on February 13: -- The instructions contained in your code telegram to-day…

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Working on Sunday. a Steamer's Cargo

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- In the Custom-house, Port Adelaide, on Tuesday, the State Collector inquired into the circumstances of the working of the cargo of the steamer Kyarra at Port…

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Explosion of Firedamp. Sinks a British Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- The British steamer Aboyne has been sunk in the River Tagus by an explosion of firedamp. Five of the crew were seriously injured…

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Missing Steamer Loodiana. Not Sighted Yet. Fremantle

The Star · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 6

During the voyage of the Moldavia, which arrived at Colombo yesterday afternoon, a sharp lookout was kept for the mission British-India Loodiana, which left…

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Fire Damp Explosion. Sinks British Steamer. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

An explosion of fire damp among coal sank the British steamer Aboyne in the river Tagus, Portugal. Five men were seriously injured…

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R.m.s. Osterley. First Fruit Steamer for Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 10

The first mail steamer calling at Hobart for fruit this season will be the R.M.S. Osterley, of the Orient Line. She starts on her homeward trip to-day, leaving the Quay at noon…

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The Waratah. and That Mysterious Ship. Probably a Whalers' Steamer

Evening News · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 8

Captain R. Rallier Du Baty, of the ketch John B. Charcot, which made a sensational voyage from Kerguelen Island to Victoria recently, is now in Melbourne. He was spoken…

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NEW A.U.S.N. Steamer. the Levuka Launched. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

The Australian United Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Levuka was launched on the Clyde yesterday. The Levuka has been specially designed and…

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Race of Resuers. to Wrecked Lima. Eighty-eight in Rigging. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

Six steamers from Valparaiso are racing at full speed to Huamblin Island, off the coast of Chili, where there are 88 people still clinging to the rigging of the wrecked…

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Shipping Disasters. General Chanzy Wreck. the Survivor's Story. Explosion and Panic. a Providential Escape. London, Feb. l4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

M. Marcel Rodel, the sole survivor of the wreck of the steamer General Chanzy off the north coast of Minorca, was asleep when the vessel struck…

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The Wrecked Tug. Statement by Captain. a Fatal Delay. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 8

The captain, Mr. George Bradshaw, and the engineer, Mr. W. Riddington, of the tug Port Jackson, which was wrecked on Saturday, came to Newcastle to-day and made a further…

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The Wrecked Port Jackson

The Star · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 6

An inquiry is to be held at Newcastle to-morrow into the circumstances surrounding the loss of the Sydney tug Pon Jackson near Bird Island on Saturday last. News from the scene of the wreek to-day states that…

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