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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Big Steamer Lost. Wreck at Disaster Bay. New Guinea Strikes in a Fog. Crew Take to Boats

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 9

Within a few hours of striking the rocks on the extreme South Coast yesterday the steamer New Guinea--a vessel of 2674 tons--became a total wreck, and under shelter of the high…

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On the Rocks. New Guinea Ashore. in Disaster Bay. Dense Morning Fog. All the Crew Safe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 9

The interstate steamer New Guinea has been wrecked at Disaster Bay, near Green Cape. The heavy weather which has prevailed on the Australian coast off and on for the past six or…

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Casualties. Fatal Fall Down a Hold. Accident on a Cargo Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 7

A serious accident occurred on the P. and O. Company's cargo steamer Palermo, lying at the No. 5 berth, Pyrmont, yesterday afternoon, resulting in a wharf labourer being killed and…

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Wreck of the New Guinea. Vessel Under Water. (Continued from page 6.)

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 7

EDEN, Tuesday Afternoon—The latest news from the scene of the wreek of the New Guin as is that the vessel it and a water but the bridge is still visible.The [?] and on…

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New Guinea Wreck. Vessel Full of Water. Crew Coming to Sydney

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 6

The steamer New Guines, which weat ashere in a for at Dissater bay, aear Green Cape, 113 miles south of Sydney Heads on Monday Morning is a total wreck. Water soon found its way…

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The New Guinea Wreck. Vessel Broadside on to the Rocks. Tearing Her Bottom Out. Tug Despatched to the Scene

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 6

The steamer New Guinea, which went ashore in Disaster Bay, near Green Cape, yesterday, is in a bad position. She was steaming for Sydney through a fog when she…

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Tug Despatched to the Scene. Salvage Officer to Visit Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 9

When the news of the disaster to the New…

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Steamer Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 12

Messrs. Holymans and Sons' steamer Amy, which went ashore on the bar, St. Helens, on Saturday night through the steering gear failing, is still aground. The cargo has been…

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Stolen From a Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 12

Edward Doyle (35) and Henry Heaney (30).were each fined £5, in default two months, at the Water Court, for having a bug containing 45 tins of cocoa in their custody, reasonably . suspected of having been stolen, at…

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The Steamer Amy Aground

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 4

News received from Hobart states that Messrs. Holyman and Sons' steamer Amy, which went ashore on the bar at St. Helens on Saturday night,…

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New Guinea Wreck. Departure of the Crew

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 9

EDEN, Wednesday.—Capatain Cuthbert arrived ar Green last night and the tag Heroic left again for Sydney at 8 o'clock. The third engineer, carpenter, one seaman, the…

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The Wreck of the Annesley

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. A. H. Hutton, in delivering judgement in the Board of Trade inquiry in regard to the wreck of the barque Annesleym which struck Tuska Rock, off the…

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Glenbank Wreck. No Further Survivors. Roebourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 11

The police cutter, with Constable Rogers in charge, which left on Friday last for Legandre Island, the scene of the wreck of the barque Glenbank, returned to Cossack this morning,…

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A Total Loss. the Wreck of the New Guinea. Only the Bridge Visible. Experiences of the Crew. Boat Blown Out to Sea. Eden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 11

Latest advices from Green Cape state that the steamer New Guinea has slipped back from the rocks, and the bridge is only now visible above water. The captain, chief engineer,…

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Wreck of the Annesley. Finding of the Court. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 11

Mr. A. H. Hutton, in delivering judgment in the Board of Trade inquiry in regard to the wreck of the barque Annesley, which struck Tuska Rock, off the coast of…

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The Wrecked New Guinea

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 4

Very littele hope is now held out for the steamer New Guinea, so perilous is her condition. Yesterday afternoon a message came to hand stating that…

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The Glenbank Wreck. Official Report of the Disaster

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 10

FREMANTLE, Tuesday,--To-day the Acting- Chief Harbormaster at Fremantle, Captain Winzar, received the following Wire from the wharfinger at Roebourne concerning the…

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Wreck of the Annesley. the Court's Finding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--In delivering judgment on the wreck of the Annesley, the Court held that the vessel had not been navigated with proper seamanlike care…

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The Wreck of the New Guinea. Privations of the Men. Vessel Settling Down

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co, owners of the steamer. New Guinea, which went ashore at Disaster. Bay, near Green Cape, yesterday, received a…

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Wreck of the Glenbank. No Trace of Crew

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 9

ROEBURNE (W.A.), Tuesday.--The police cutter, with Constable Rogers in charge, which left on Friday last for Legandre Island, the scene of the wreck of the barque Glenbank,…

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