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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

2,533 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 127

The Wreck of the Aotea

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 8

CAPETOWN, Monday.—Reuter's Agency stated that the dynamite on the A[?], amounting to 350 tons, was removed during the weekend to a bulk in the bay…

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Wreck Op the Aotea. Probable Total Loss. Removing the Cargo. Capetown, Jan. 22

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

The steamer Aotea, which went ashore at Moulle Point, close to the spot where, the steamer Maori was wrecked, was entering port for bunder coal…

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The Wrecked Aotea. Vessel Probably a Total Loss

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

The latest message from the scene of the wreck of the ss. Aotea, states that the vessel struck while entering port for bunkering; struck at 1.40 a.m…

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An Unfortunate Affair. Sold aud Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 12

Subject to her safe arrival at Cork, the well-known British four-masted barque Crompton was recently sold to foreign buyers. As prices now stand,…

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Rough Seas. Shift the Rosedale Wreck. a Blow on the Coast

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 6

Rough seas are reported from many coastal stations this morning. It was blowing hard from the south-east, and a number of vessels were bar-bound at the northern rivers…

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Steamer Foreric Leaking. Puts in at Talcahuano

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--The steamer Forerie, bound for Newcastle, has sprung a leak and been compelled to dock at Taleahuano, Chile…

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Steamer Foreric Leaking. to Be Docked in Chili. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 9

The steamer Foreric, from Newcastle, has put into Talcahuano, Chili, leaking, and will be compelled to go into dock. The Foreric has 2000 tons of cargo on…

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An Inferno at Sea. Steamer Parisiana Abandoned. Twenty Days on an Island

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 57

The Parisiana, owned by Messrs. Furniss, Withy, and Co., of West Hartlepool, England, left New York for Melbourne on October 29 With a valuable cargo. She proceeded by…

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The Wrecked Rosedale

Evening News · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 3

Mr. R. A. Bell, managing director of the North Coast, this morning received a telegram from the company's superintendent engineer. Mr. M'Allsier, who is at the scene of the wreck of…

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Steamer Eastern Aground. on Salamander Bank. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 7

The E. and A. liner Eastern left Pinkenba at 1.30 this afternoon for Sydney and Melbourne. At about 4.30 she grounded on the inside Salamander bank, which is 2½ miles…

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Steamer Eastern Aground. Unsuccessful Attempt to Refloat. Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 5

The E. and A. steamer Eastern is fast on the sand just inside the Salamander Bank, about 2 12 miles from the Bulwer pilot station, near the mouth of the Brisbane River. She…

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Not Enough Wharfs. Steamer Delayed a Week. Passengers Transhipped to Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 7

With the slightest rush of shipping the wharf accommodation of the port of Sydney becomes inadequate. Excellent proof of this has been afforded this week by the Harbour…

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Wreck Op the Aotea. Salvage Operations. Capetown, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 7

Renter's correspondent states that a contract for salving the steamer Aotea has been concluded. Given continuance of the present perfect…

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Rosedale Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 8

Engineers are now at work on the wrecked steamer Rosedale, doing their utmost to get her off the Bellinger bar. The Navigation Department is watching these exertions with considerable interest, for at any time…

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Rioting Tailors. Wreck Two Big Shops. Several Arrests. Chicago

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 5

A riot of garment workers occurred in the city today. The rioters made a formidable attack on two of the large tailoring establishments in…

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The Rosedale Wreck. "May Become a Menace."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 8

The Navigation Department has boon advised by the pilot at Bellinger Heads that the wreck of the steamer Rosedale is in a parlous condition, and that a number of engineers are…

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New Union Steamer

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday evening.—The steamer [?]humats which is being built for the Union steamship Company of New Zealand, has been launched at Antwerp…

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Steamer Eastern Aground. in the North Channel at Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The steamer Eastern, which left Pinkenba yesterday, for Sydney, took the ground near Bulwer pilot station, Moreton Bay. A tug was despatched, and attempted to…

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The Wreck of the Aotea. "No Cure, No Pay." London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 7

The underwriters are quoting 70 per cent. on the steamer Aotea. A contract on the "no cure, no pay" system has been made to float the vessel…

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Wreck of the Aotea

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

Advices received from London state that the underwriters are quoting 70 per cent, on the steamer Aotea. A; contract on the "no cure, no pay"…

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