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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

2,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 113

Ketch Abandoned. in Sinking Condition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--The steamer Time arrived at Brisbane to-day with the captain and crew of the ketch Whaup, which was abandoned off Double Island Point on Sunday night…

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Ketch in Trouble. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 7

Information was received this afternoon by the water police that the ketch Wheup, which left Brisbane about four days ago for Bundaberg, had been discovered in difficulties by…

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Motoring. Ashore and Afloat. Cars

The Star · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the members of the Automobile Club of Australia held their opening run to Port Hacking. Fourteen cars, accommodating 50 members and friends,…

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The Stranded Steamer Kaipara

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 13

A message received last week by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association stated that the salvage operations are proceeding…

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Steamer Mallina in Trouble. Caught in a Current

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--while the steamer Mallina was proceeding down the river this afternoon on a voyage to Suva, she was caught by the tide rounding Kangaroo Point, and carried…

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The Steamer Quito. Free Labor to Be Used. to Unload Government Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 8

The steamer Quito was expected to reach Sydney Harbor yesterday afternoon with the first 6000 tons of Bengal coal for the Government. How the stevedores came to suppose she would…

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Japan Coal for Sydney. Steamer Strathfillan Due. with Large Cargo on Board. What the N.S.W. Government Is Paying

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

The steamer Strathfillan, from a Japanese coal port, is due at Sydney about Thursday with over 6000 tons of coal on board. The cargo is described as best Mineji, a first-class…

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Wreck of the Steamer Waikare

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 27

THE Waikare was wrecked in Dusky Sound (N.Z.) during the first week in January. She struck an uncharted pinnacle…

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The Waratah. Search Steamer's Programme

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Waratah Search Committee met this afternoon, and decided to cable the following Instructions to Lieut. Seymour, the officer detailed by the Admiralty to…

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North Coast Company's New Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 5

Mr. R. A. Bell, the general manager of the North Coast S. N. Company, his received a cable advising that the Company's new steamer Minimbah, specially designed for the North Coast trade, left Port Said on the…

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Fire at Cireular Quay. Outbreak on a Steamer

Evening News · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 6

A fire occurred this morning on board the G.M.S. Prinz; Sigismund, lying at Circular Quay, and for a time blazed fiercely, until the crew, who had got promptly to work with the ship's…

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Mail Steamer for Walgett. the Wandering Jew to the Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 10

BREWARRINA, Tuesday.--Messrs. Martin and Johnson inform our correspondent that the steamer Wandering Jew, Captain George White in charge, left here at midnight on Saturday…

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Barque Amicas Lost. Strikes Reef on N.Z. Coast. Wreck Destroyed by Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—The Norwegian barque Arnicas struck on a reef off Haapai, and was beached. The vessel subsequently caught fire owing to some cause which is…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 11

About 6 a.m. yesterday the coal in the port bunker of the German mail steamer Prinz Sigismund, lying at the Circular Quay, suddenly burst into flames. The crew promptly…

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Fire on 'A Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 11

Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday morning an outbreak of fire was discovered on the German mail steamer Prinz Sigismund, lying at Circular Quay. The fire was due to spontaneous…

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Barque Driven Ashore. the Alexander Black on a Reef

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 9

The Sydney Underwriters yesterday received rows that the British barque Alexander Black had gone ashore on a reef near Kahului, in the Hawaiian Group. The vessel was driven ashore in a heavy north-westerly gale, and…

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The Walgett Mail Steamer. Offer Declined by Department

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 9

BREWAERINA, Wednesday.--Messrs. Martin and Johnson, who proposed to run a biweekly river mail service from Brewarrina to Walgett, state that the Postal Department has declined…

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A Puzzle for the Zoo. Walking Fish From China. Arrives by the Steamer Eastern an Interesting Menagerie

The Star · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 6

The authorities at the Sydney Zoo need to load un their gun and be prepared for new trouble. Having slain the brown bear because they did not know what else to do…

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An Island Wreck. Total Loss of the Macos. Disastrous Explosion Follows. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 10

The Union Company's steamer Totua, which arrived here to-day from Sydney, via Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, brought news of the wreck at Lifuka of the Norwegian barque Imacos…

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The Barque Imacos Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 4

The Union Company's steamer Tofua, which arrived at Auckland yesterday from Sydney, via Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, brought news of the…

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