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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Everton Grande Ashore. on Kangaroo Island. Efforts to Refloat Fail. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 13

It was reported from Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, to-day, that a large steamer, supposed to be the Bechuana, was ashore on the Spit, close to that port. Subsequent investigations…

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Everton Grange Ashore. at Kangaroo Island. Probably Be Re-floated To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 21

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The steamer Everton Grange went aground on the sandspit at Kingscote, Kangaroo island, at 2 o'clock this morning. There are 190 passengers, mostly immigrants,…

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Fire on a Steamer. Newby Hall Puts Into Port. Fire in the Main Hold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 13

CAPETOWN, Friday.--The steamer New by Hall, bound from Australian ports to South Africa, has put into Lorenzo Marques (Delagoa Bay), and reported that a. fire, the…

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Manly Council Insolvent. The Finances in a State of Wreck How the Council Was Saved at Chirstmas

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 1

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Steamer Papanui

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 14

A cable message from Nagasaki on Wednesday, stated that the Papanui arrived in very good order, and all well. She left Melbourne on December 5, and has made, the rate of about 7½…

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Train and Steamer Robbed. a Suspect Arrested. New York

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

Intelligences from Portland states that in connection with the robbery of the mail car of the North Pacific express, while on its way from St. Paul to Seattle. James…

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Suffered After Every Meal. Life was a Burden With Severe Indigestion. Health Completely Wrecked—Pale, Thin and Miserable—Cured by Dr. Williams Pink Pills

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 3

Mrs. James Moody, of 34 Arundel-street, Fremantle, W.A., found her health completely wrecked by Indigestion. Do what she would, she didn't get any relief until…

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Collision at the Heads. Steamer and a Ketch

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 9

A slight collision occurred between Sydney Heads shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The steamer Romford was proceeding to sea, bound for Las Palmas, and when between…

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The Steamer Beckenham

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 4

While on her way to the Pacific Slope from Tasmanian ports, where she will shortly commence loading a cargo of hardwood, the steamer…

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The Steamer Thumata. to Load at Prederickstadt

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 4

Messrs. R. S. Lamb and Co. have been advised that the new steamer Ihumata, now being built for the trade between Australia and New Zealand,…

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Saved From Wreck

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 1

The auxiliary vessel Holmdale, in from New Zealand yesterday, with a timber cargo, is well known at Sydney, but by another name. She was formerly the auxiliary schooner…

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The Suva Steamer. Banana Shipments Increasing. News From Fiji

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 6

Captain Savage brought the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Suva into port from Fiji this morning after a fine-weather run. She brought 4495 bunches and 683 cases of…

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Afdencraig Founders. Lost Off the Scilly Isles. Vessel Ashore in a Fog. All Hands Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Night.--The ship Ardencraig, homeward bound with a cargo of wheat from Melbourne, went ashore in a fog at the Scilly Islands…

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Wreck at Sea

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

While at Capetown on Dec. 17, the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s R.M.S. Turakina, which arrived at Hobart on Thursday last from London, received…

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Was It Wreckage?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

The steamer Strathleven, which arrived in Newcastle yesterday from Dunedin, was a day behind time, due to rough weather. Captain Todd reports that when 180 miles from…

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New French Mail Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 12

The Messageries Maritimes will be launching shortly a new 10,000-ton mail steamer a their yards, at [?] Ciotat. The new vessel, which will be named Paul Lecat, will unite all the comforts of an up-to-date mail…

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The Stranded Steamer Everton Grange

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Marine Department received a telegram from the harbormaster at Kingscote to-day to the effect that the tug Wato, helped by the working of the…

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New Coasting Steamer Maianbar at Fremantle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 11

Mr. R. A. Bell, the managing director of the North Coast S.N. Co.. yesterday received a telegram from Fremantle announcing the safe arrival of the company's new steamer Maianbar at…

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Hard and Fast. on a Submerged Reef. Russian Steamer's Awkward Situation. St. Petersburg

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 1

The steamer Russia. 8696 tons, struck a submerged rock off the Russian coast while bound from New York to Libau, on the Baltic…

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Danger to Navigation. Old Wreck at the Bellinger River

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 10

A report has been received from the Bellinger River to the effect that the wreck of the schooner Elliston is a danger to navigation. The vessel, which was wrecked some years ago,…

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