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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

2,533 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 127

Mail Steamer Wharves. the New Suggestion. Harbor Trust Declines to Discuss

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 8

The scheme brought forward by a leading man as a substitute for the Harbor Trust's proposal in regard to Bennelong Point is evoking much comment in shipping circles…

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New Guinea Wreck. Sold for £190. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 8

The wrecked steamer New Guinea, with a cargo valued at £20,000, was sold at auction to-day for £190, the purchaser being Mr. J. G. Alkman, M.L.C., who made a large prout out…

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Wreck of the New Guinea Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 4

The wrecked steamer New Guinea, with a cargo valued at £20,000. was sold at auction yesterday for £190, the purchaser being Mr. J. G. Alkman,…

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Wreck of the Speculant Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 18

The barquentine Speculant, which was wrecked at Cape Patten on the 10th inst., was sold at auction yesterday for £15, the purchaser being Mr…

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The Wrecked Barque Annesley

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 18

A cable from London states that Mr. A. H. Hutton, in delivering judgment in the Board of Trade inquiry in regard to the wreck of the barque…

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New Guinea Wreck

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 2

The wreck of the steamer Now Guinea was sold by auction in Melbourne yesterday for £190, the purchaser being Mr. J. G. Alleman, M.L.C., who intends to charter a steamer…

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Wreck and Cargo Sold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The wreck and cargo of the steamer. New Guinea were offered for sale by auction to-day. The wreck contained a cargo of general merchandise, agricultural…

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"Wireless" on a Cargo Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 4

The Hansa liner Birkenfels, now in Australian waters from New York, where she loaded under the auspices of the United Tyser Line, possesses…

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The Country. River Steamer Burnt

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 7

PORT MACQUARIE, Tuesday.--The small steamer Shamrock, which was used on the Camden Haven waters to tow the barges in connection with the building of the breakwater,…

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Australia to Hull. Direct Steamer Service

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 15

Mr. E. Bechervaise, the Australian agent of the Hull and Barnsley Railway Co., is in Sydney for the purpose of consulting with the agents of the oversea steamship companies on…

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Schooner Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 8

SOUTH-WEST ROCKS, Wednesday.--The schooner Australia is ashore on the North Spit, The vessel is full of water. All hands were rescued…

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Schooner Australia Again Ashore

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 6

The acting secretary of the Department of Navigation received a telegram from the pilot at Macleay River this morning, stating that the schooner Australia was ashere on the North…

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A Schooner Ashore. All Hands Safe

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 8

A telegram received by the Acting Superintendent of Navigation (Captain Hacking) this morning from the pilot at the Macleay River states that the schooner Australia…

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Stranded Whales. Thirty-seven Reported Ashore

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 6

News that would fill the heart of a whaler with delight has been received in Melbourne by Messrs. W. Cowper and Son, the well-sown shipping agents. It arrived by…

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Stranded Whales. Thirty-seven Ashore in Tasmania Hobart

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 10

Thirty-seven large whales are ashore on Perkins Island, near the entrance of the Duck River, on the north-west coast. They are within easy reach of several ports. That…

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Scarcity of Wharf-laborers. Mail Steamer Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 8

Owing to a shortage of wharf laborers to handle the outward cargo for the East, the Japanese mail steamer .Nikko Maru was seriously-delayed yestorday, ahd it was not until…

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Short of Coal. Steamer Boveric's Experience. Timber Cargo Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 3

The big tramp steamer Boveric arrived in the harbor yesterday morning after an eventful passage. The Boveric is owned by Andrew Weir and Co., of Port Glasgow, and left San Francisco on January 5 for…

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Not Enough Labour. Extraordinary Shipping Demand. Japanese Mail Steamer Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 8

Manual labour is very scarce. Shipping firms have been finding this out to their sorrow for months past. They have had to "tie up" large vessels, either in the matter of…

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Short of Coal. Steamer Boveric in a Gale. Timber Cargo Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 9

By the arrival yesterday of the steamer Boveric from San Francisco, via ports, additional particulars were obtained of the sensational voyage which that vessel had prior…

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Steamer Knight of the Garter. Extent of the Damage. Docked at Port Chalmers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 8

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--The steamer Knight of the Garter, which was stranded in Bluff Harbor last week, wab docked at Port Chalmers to-day. Examination shows she…

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