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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Burnt Steamer Parisiana

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 7

A graphic account of the fight with the flames on the Parisiana from bur Perth correspondent will be found on Page 10…

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Midnight Rescue by Lifeboat. Heroism in the Teeth of a Gale

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 22

LONDON, December 17. The gallant rescue of eight half-starved sailors who had been battling helplessly with gales in the Channel for a full…

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The Steamer Aotea Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

Cable advices received state that the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co.'s steamer Aotea, bound from Liverpool to New New Zealand ports, with a general…

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How the Zingara Went Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

By the New Zealand mail some further details are available of the strand-, ing of the scow Zingara. When the scow was being towed out of Karamea,…

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Steamer Aotea Wrecked. Where the Maori Was Lost. All Hands Safe. Capetown, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 23

The steamer Aotea is ashore at Moville Point, close to the spot where the steamer Maori was wrecked. The Aotea is lying broadside on the…

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Unknown Steamer on the Reefs. Flying British Flag

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 9

VANCOUVER, Sunday.--A steamer, flying the British Hag, is ashore on the reefs near Cape Florida. U.S.A. The vessel's identity is unknown…

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Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co.'s New Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

The steamer Mindere, ex-Iberia, purchased in London a few months ago by Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. for their Island trade, is expected to leave on…

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Aotea Ashore. on South African Coast. Vessel Bumping Badly. Little Hope of Saving Her. All Hands Safe

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 9

CAPETOWN, Sunday. -- The steamer Aotea is ashore at Moville Point, close to the spot where the Maori was-wrecked. The Aotea lies broadside on the beach,…

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Red-hot Steamer. the Parisian a Fire. Crew's Awful Plight. Brave Effort to Save the Ship. Trials of the Marooned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 9

PERTH, Sunday.--The fate of the steamer Parisiana recalls in some respects that of the Carnarvon Castle, which was four years ago abandoned on fire 600 miles from the West…

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Late Cable News. Receded To-day. The Aotea Wrecked. Vessel Total Loss. Latest Details

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 8

CAPETOWN, Sunday.—The steamer Aotea, from Liverpool, December 26, for New Zealand, is ashore at Monile Point, close to the spot where the steamer Maort was wrecked…

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Wrecked Church Rebuilt

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 10

St. James Church west Kogarah, of which Archbishop Wright laid the commemoration-stone on Saturday has had a somewhat remarkable history…

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The Steamer Janus

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

The Currie liner Janus, which for some little time has been employed in the Indian coastal trade, will renew her acquaintance with Australian…

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"Wreck of the Aotea. Ashore in Calm Weather. Likely to Become Total Loss. Crew Still on Board

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 7

CAPETOWN, Sunday Afternoon.--The steamer Aotea, which went ashore near Moulle Point, was entering port for bunkering when she struck at 1.40 a.m. on a rocky…

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Railway Company's Steamer Stranded. Passengers Rescued by Lifeboats

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Great Central Railway Co.'s steamer Lincoln has been stranded in a fog on Hasborough Sands, Cromer…

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Steamer Lincoln Stranded. Passengers Rescued. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 9

The Great Central Railway Company's steamer Lincoln was stranded on Haisborough Sands, Cromer, a watering-place in Norfolk…

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Western Australia. Fire on a Steamer. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 10

Late on Saturday night a fire occurred amongst some fodder in the steamer Koombana, but was quickly subdued wilhout any damage to the ship…

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Collision Off the Goodwins Steamer Badly Damaged. London

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 1

Two large steamers collided off the Goodwin Sands yesterday evening. They were the Lincoln, a Grimsby-owned vessel, and the Tano, of Bristol…

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Launch of the Maloja. the New P. and O. Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

Mail advices state that the twin-screw steamer Maloja, built by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., for the P. and O. Company, was launched at Belfast…

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Fire on the Steamer. Burning for Ninety Minutes. Capetown, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 9

Reuter's Agency states that the dynamite on the Aotea, amounting to 350 tons, was removed during the week-end to a hulk in the bay…

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Rough Weather on North Coast. Wrecked Rosedale Shifted

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 7

The NAvigation Department has received a telegram from the Pilot at the Bellinger Heads stating that the rough weather which was ex-pertonced at the northers ports this morning,…

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