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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

2,533 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 127

Wreck of the Ardencraig

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.— The certificate T. Dunning master of the ship Ardencraig, which was wrecked on the Scil[?]y islands early last month, has been suspended for…

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Steamer Warrimoo Ashore

Evening News · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 5

The Navigation Department received a message from Newcastle this morning stating that the Union Company's steamer Warrimoe went ashore on the mud in the barbor. She was…

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The Steamer Franklyn

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 4

The tramp steamer Franklyn, after having been docked here for cleaning and painting, took her departure yesterday morning for Newcastle, where…

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Steamer Struck by Lightning. Fremantle (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 9

The steamer Otterburn, which arrived from New York on Tuesday afternoon, met with a sensational experience during the voyage. On January 29, when a little north of the Equator,…

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A Rough Trip. Steamer Yongala's Experience. Vicious Gales and Flooded Decks

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 6

Captain Wm. Knight brought the Adelaide Company's passenger steamer Yongala into port at 5 a.m. to-day from Queensland after one of the most trying experiences the…

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Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 4.20 p.m. the New Guinea Wreck. Abandonment of the Vessel To-day's Marine Court Inquiry

Evening News · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 5

The Marine Court— Judge Murray and Captains J. J, Simpson and F. Bracegirdie [?] commenced an inquiry in the Sydney District Court this morning. into the…

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Wreck of the Elingamite

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 12

In view of the fact that it has been discovered Three Kings Island is wrongly charted an agitation has commenced for a revision of the finding of the Marine Court regarding the…

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Elingamite Wreck Revived. Re Survey of the Three Kings. Was Captain Attwood a Victim?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--The discovery recently made by H.M.S. Cambrian that the Three Kings were wrongly charted has revived consideration of the loss of the…

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The German Mail Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 10

The German mail steamer Grosser Kurfurst, which left Melbourne 6 a.m. Thursday, is due at Sydney early Saturday morning. On arrival she will berth at the N.D.L. Wharf, Circular Quay…

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Steamer Warrimoo Aground. Steams Off Safely. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 10

The Union Company's steamer Warrimoo, which had just loaded 1550 tons of coal, went aground in the harbour this morning shortly after leaving No. 6 crane at the dyke…

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Commercial Traveller's Samples. Alleged Theft From a Steamer. Man Committed for Trial

Evening News · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 5

Patrick James Monaghan, alias James Smith, 27, was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having on or about February is stolen eight ladies' costumes, eight…

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"Dodging the Cuerent." Wreck of the New Guinea. Finding of the Court. "A Most Dangerous Practice."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 5

The Court of Marine Inquiry in Sydney yesterday found that the wreck of the steamer New Guinea was due to most reckless navigation on the part of the captain…

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Another Big Steamer. for the Interstate Trade

Evening News · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 16

It is announced that the Howard Smith passenger fleet is to be augmented by the addition of a magnificent new liner of over 7000 tons, to be built in England for the Australian…

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The Latest Burglary in the City. a Safe Wrecked and Robbed

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 7

A burglary was perpetrated in the city on Friday night or early yesterday morning, when the premises of Mr. S. Walder, tent manufacturer, of 340 Pitt-street, city,…

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Made in Germany. for the Union Company. First English Steamer Built at Antwerp

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1911 · page 3

[?] the month [?] Comany [?]…

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Barque Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Monday.--A message was received by the Marine Board this morning, to the effect that a barque, under full salt, had gone aground near Troubridge Shoal. The vessel is…

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The Ville De Dijon Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 4

News has been received in Adelaide from Edithburg and Troubridge Island lighthouse stating that the three-masted French barque Ville de Dijon…

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Another Large Isherwood Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 11

Recently there was launched on the Tyne another large steamer of the Isherwood type. She is one of the largest yet built on the system of…

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A "Lucky" Steamer. The Aotea

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 12

The fact that the steamer Aotea has been successfully rescued from her rocky bed at Morville Point, on the coast of South Africa, after lying…

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Barque Stranded. the Villa De Dijon Ashore. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 10

Telegrams from Edithburgh and Troubridge Island lighthouse announce that the threemasted barque Ville de Dijon went ashore on Sunday night off Hungry Point, near Marion…

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