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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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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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Another Wreck. Schooner Australia Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 4

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

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Schooner Ashore. All Hands Rescued. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 7

The schooner Australia, owned by Allan Taylor, while attempting to cross the Macleay bar yesterday, ran ashore on a sandbank at the rear of the north breakwater…

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Australia a Wreck. Little Hopes of Salvage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 8

The coasting schooner Australia, which went ashore on the North Spit at the South-west Rocks on Wednesday, is in a bad way. The Sydney Murine Underwriters' Association…

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Schooner Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 16

The schooner Australia belonging to Allen Taylor and Co., Limited which went ashore on Wednesday on the North Spit, South-west Rocks, had canted considerably yesterday by…

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Steamer Burnt at Sea. All on Board Perish

Evening News · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 2

CONSTANTINOPLE, Friday Evening.—It is reported that the Turkish steamer Hurried carrying Moslem pilgrims. had been burned at sea and that all on board perished…

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New Steamer for Australian Trade. Themistocles Sails From London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 11

The advent of the magnificent steamer Themistocles, of the Aberdeen line, is being looked forward to with interest. This vessel was recently launched from the yards of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, and left London on…

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A Sailing Ship that Sank. Wrecked Sailors Watch Their Ship Disappear

The World's News · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 13

Distress guns fired from the Bishop Lighthouse, Scilly, on January 11, quickly drew ft large crowd to the water's edge, where, however, they could see nothing owing to the dense…

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The Wreckers at Lithgow

The International Socialist · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 3

A WEEK or two back a number of miners working for the Hoskins' firm at Carcoar went on strike for a small increase in their wages—which…

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Wreck of the Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 12

A telegram from the pilot at the Mscleay River yesterday stated that the wrecked schooner Australia had canted seaward, and that heavy seas were breaking over the vessel…

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Army Aeroplane Wrecked

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1911 · page 19

A new military type Farman biplane, recently purchased in France for the War Office, was wrecked at Farnborough last month while being piloted in its first…

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Sale of Wrecked Schooner

Evening News · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 5

Fraser. Uther, and Company, sold this afternoon the wreck of the schooner Australia, as she now lies on the North Spit, near the entrance to the Macleay River, with donkey boiler…

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Fire on a Pilgrim Steamer. a Happily Ill-founded Report

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 7

CONSTANTINOPLE, Friday.--It is reported that the Turkish steamer Hurrieet, which was currying Moslem pilgrims, has been burned at sea, and that all on board…

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The Manning Bar. in a Shocking Condition. Steamer Held It for Nine Days

Evening News · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 2

The North Coast Company's new steamer Maintant had not very long to wall for her first experience of being barbound at the Manning Heads She weathered one trip successfully, e…

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Glenbank Wreck. No Trace of Survivors. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 9

The lugger Pearl, which left Cossack on the 13th inst to search for the wreck and survivors of the Glenbank, has forwarded a report in by the Fleul, one of the Banger's…

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Another Wreck. Schooner Australia Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 15

A telegram received by the Acting Superintendent of Navigation (Captain Hacking) on Thursday from the pilot at the Macleay River states…

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"Wireless" on a Cargo Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 15

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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"No Criminal Neglect." Accident on a Steamer

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 6

The inquest into the death of David Mannix, the young wharf laborer, who was killed on the 13th last, through falling down the hold of the steamer Palermo, at Darling…

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Collision Between Mail Steamer and Yacht. Marine Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 8

HOBART, Monday.--At the inquiry into the collision between the R.M.S. Orontes and the yacht Thelma, the Orient Company being represented by counsel, the evidence disclosed that…

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Wreck of the New Guinea

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 8

The steamer Stormberg arrived at Green Cape yesterday from Melbourne, with a wrecking party, to carry on salvage operations at the wreck of the steamer New Guinea. The vessel and carge, it will be remembered, were sold…

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