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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

2,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 113

The Stranded Steamer Kaipara

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

Another message received yesterday by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association stated that the salvage operations are proceeding…

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Island Steamer at Balmain Colliery

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 5

The steamer Moresby, or the Burns, Philp, Island mail line, has been alongside the Balmain Colliery Wharf, and it is understood has received sufficient coal for the nest trip to the…

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54,000 Miles by Sea. a Wheat Steamer's Voyage

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 6

The steamer Harfleur is loading wheat at Darling Island. Sydney, for the United Kingdom, and the vessel will take in over 80,000 bags. This Harfleur left London 12 months ago…

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Search for the Waratah. Steamer Wakefield Engaged. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 9

Sir, J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, has arranged for the steamer Wakefield to search for the Waratah among the islands of the South Atlantic,…

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Search for the Waratah. Steamer Wakefield Engaged. Waiting for British Subscriptions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sir J. W. Taverner, Victorian Agent-General, has arranged for the steamer Wakefield to search for the Waratah among the islands, and trade a…

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Coal From Newcastle. Tyser Steamer Secures Bunkers. a Charter Foe South Australia

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 6

The Tyser steamer Star of New Zealand, which arrived at Sydney on January 11 from New York, via ports, en route to New Zealand, has been detained, owing to the scarcity of…

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The Union Company's Steamer Waikare, which struck an uncharted rock at Dusky Sound, New Zealand, on January 4

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 49

The waikare, with 270 passengers had complete the sounds [?]for the open sea at full speed when the disaster occurred . This photo the day after the the vessel was beached; but she slipped into deep water some hours after [?] Marine Court, sitting at Dunedin, in its decision…

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Devoured by Sharks. Heartrending Scenes at a Shipwreck

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 10

By the liner Touraine, of the Messageries Maritimes Company, there arrived at March seilles recently five Survivors of the shipwreck of the French mail steamer Seyne, which was…

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The Waikare Wreck. Captain and Crew Complimented

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 11

With reference to the official inquiry into the total loss of the Union S.S. Company's steamer Waikare, in Dusky Sound, our Wellington (N.Z.) correspondent, writing under…

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Oil on Troubled Waters. N.d.l. Steamer's Wild Experience

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 4

The steamer Heligoland, one of the N.D.L,. fleet, from Bremen to Sydney, via South Africa and ports. Is due on Monday next. The vessel left Bremen on November 6, and had and uneventful trip to Capetown…

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The Steamer Jason. Deserted by Wharf-laborers. Trouble About Bunker Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 4

The steamer Jason, which is lying at the Central Wharf, Miller s Point, was the scene of some excitement yesterday morning. There were about 80 unionist wharf-laborers engaged…

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The Waikare Wreck. Brisbane, Wednesday. [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 7

Captain R. S. Taylor, surveyor to Lloyd's Register, will leave Brisban[?] to-morrow for New Zealand to proceed to the wreek of the Waikare on behalf of interests concerned…

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Temporary P. and O. Mail Steamer. R.m.s. Persia at Fremantle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 7

The P. and O. R.M.S. Persia called at Fremantle yesterday, en route from London, via ports, to Sydney. It will be remembered that when the R.M.S. China was leaving her berth…

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The Coal Crisis. the Wharf Laborers. Extension of Miller's Point Trouble. Steamer Achilles Stock Up. Unionists Refuse Work Beside Non-unionists

The Star · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

One hundred wharf laborers were advertised for, to begin work on the steamship Jason, lying at the Central Wharf, Miller's Point, at 8 a.m. to-day. The unionists had…

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Humors of a Wreck. the Women's Point of View. How They Left the Waikare

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 8

A brightly-written account of some of the incidents connected with the wreck of the Walkare, from the pen of one of the lady passengers, appears in the "New Zealand Times "…

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Coal for the Mailboats. Arrival of P. and O. Steamer Banca

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 16

The P. and O. Company's turret cargo steamer Banco arrived last night from Bombay, via Delgoa Bay. She has on board 6740 tons of coal for the use of the company's mail steamers…

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P. and D. Turret Steamer. the Banca Arrives. with 6740 Tons of African Coal

The Star · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

The P. and O. Company has shown by the expedition with which it has landed big cargoes of coal at Sydney during the present crisis that it is equal to an emergency…

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Latest Sporting "Evening News" Office, 6.30 p.m. a Portion of This Afternoon's News Will, Be Found or Page 5 of This Issue.] Eight Hundred Men. Repairing the Wrecked Railways. Hundred and Fifty Washaways

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 9

The Railway Department has 800 men at work repairing railway lines where damage has been caused by the floods. It is expected that the work of restoring traffic everywhere will soon…

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Accident to a Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 16

BRISBANE, Saturday.--The steamer Porpoise berthed at the railway wharves, received slight damage this morning while loading coal railway truck, containing six and a half tons of…

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Trail of the Flood. Great Havoc Around Tamworth . Bridges Wrecked; Roads Ruined . Farmers' Heavy Losses. by Our Special Reporter

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 3

The swirling waters of the flooded Peel and Cockburn Rivers have left a trail in the Tamworth district which will not generally be effaced for some very, considerable time, while in…

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