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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Collie Coal for Bunkers. Steamer to Load at Bunbury. Supplies Coming From Bengal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

PERTH, Monday.--The wheat steamer Gladstone, which is to load at Geelong, bunkers 1650 tons of Collie coal at Bunbury. This is the largest single order to date…

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Shipping Disasters. Collision Off Irish Coast. Steamer Sinks in Three Minutes. Australian Liner Damaged. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

During a dense fog in St. George's Channel yesterday, the Ellerman steamer Arcadian, bound from London for Glasgow and Basra, came into collision off…

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Wreck on American Coast. Twelve Lives Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

The British steamer Johanna was lost at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The mate and 11 seamen were drowned. The remainder were rescued…

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Steamer to Be Refloated

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Ayrshire is unloading with a view to being refloated, and towed to the Mersey for repairs…

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Steamer Ardmount Brings Sugar. No Surplus Coal Aboard

The Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 4

The stearner Ardmount arrived from Java via Adelaide this morning. On leaving Java the vessel had about 6000 tons of sugar aboard. Part of this cargo was discharged…

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Steamer Minimbah Sails. for the North Coast Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--The North Coast. S.N. Company's new steamer Minimbah, built by Murdoch and Murray Company, and intended for the trade between Sydney and…

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Steamer Surrounded by Sharks. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

When the steamer Banffshire anchored in Gage Roads, preparatory to entering Fremantle yesterday, a school of sharks, numbering several hundreds, surrounded the vessel and…

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The Tuskar Head Collision. Steamer Ayrshire Lists. Three Holds Partly Filled with Water

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The steamer Ayrshire, which was beached at Holyhead after the collision with the Arcadian, has listed…

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Another Idle Steamer. the Kyarra Arrives To-day. Her Crew to Be Paid Off

The Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

The A.U.S.N. Co.'s fine Inter-State passenger steamer Kyarra has been added to the already large number of vessels laid up owing to the inability to obtain coal. The…

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Shipping Disaster. the Waikare Wrecked. While on an Excursion. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

The Union S.S. Company's steamer Walkare, with 150 excursionists on board, struck a rock, and the stokehold filled with water. The vessel was beached at Dusky Sound,…

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Steamer Ayrshire Still Beached

The Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

The Sydney Marino Underwriters and Salvage Association are in receipt of a cable to the effect that the steamer Ayrshire is still beached. Her fore hold is full of…

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Another Steamer Laid Up

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 6

The idle fleet of oversea, interstate, and coastal vessels now in Sydney Harbor was added to by the temporary withdrawal yesterday of the steamer Kyarra from the West Australian…

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The Waratah. a Steamer Suggested

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- The Lord Mayor points out that a British steamer now in an custom port, which has already coaled, would he very suitable for the search for the…

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Steamer for Ocean Island. Phosphate Co.'s Coal Reserve. Baralong Sailing for South Africa

The Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

The Norwegian steamer Promise is to leave Sydney on Saturday for Ocean Island and Nauru with stores. She is the first steamer to leave here for Ocean Island for…

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The Waikare Wreck. Passengers and Crew Safe. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

Latest advices regarding the wreck of the Walkare in Dusky Sound are to the effect that the passengers and crew landed all well. The steamer's stem is on an island, and the…

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Wreck of the Waikare

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

Latest advices regarding the wreck of the Waikare in Dusky Sound are to the effect that the passengers and crew landed all well…

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The Wreck of the Waikare. H.m.s. Pioneer to the Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--The warship Pioneer left the Bluff at 5 o'clock this morning for the stranded steamer Walkare in Dusky Sound. The weather is favorable, and she…

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A Steamer Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 8

PORT MACQUARIE, Thursday.--The steamer Macquarie. which was timed to leave here yesterday afternoon, was unable to get away on account of the bar having shoaled up. There…

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Measles on Mail Steamer. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 5

When the R.M.S. Orvieto arrived to-day the port health officer found that out of 28 cases of measles aboard there were seven children suffering from the complaint, who were bound…

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The Steamer Cycle. to Load Coke for B.h. Proprietary

The Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 5

The steamer Cycle came out of dock yesterday and was berthed alongside Howard Smith's wharf. The Cycle took in a quantity of coal at Newcastle prior to the strike,…

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