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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

2,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 115

Wreckage on Badger Island. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 10

A report has reached here from the Straits Islands' police constable that on January 16 a man named Jas. Maynard found the man of a small boat on the west side of Badger Island. The mast, which had been broken…

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Disaster on the Seine. Barges Wreck a Bridge. a Costly Smash. London, Sunday, 1.20. a.m

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 9

A remarkable accident occurred in Paris yesterday. Two barges that were proceeding along the Seine collided with one of the bridges…

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Launch Washed Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 10

The lighthouse keeper at Barranjocy yesterday telegraphed to the Department of Navigation that a small motor launch had been washed ashore on Lobster Beach, which…

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Newcastle. a Jap Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 8

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday Captain Sumila, of the Japanese steamer Mitsuki Maru, was fined £100 in respect of a member of his crew who entered the Commonwealth. When the vessel was here in…

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The Missing Schooner. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 10

The master of steamer John Douglas, which has for the past week been engaged in searching for traces of the missing schooner Dancing Wave, has advised the Marine Board that the…

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Another Shipping Mishap. S.S. Wyrallah Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

When approaching the entrance to Gijppsland Lakes early yesterday morning, inward-bound from Sydney and Newcastle, the collier Wyrallah…

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Wreck of the Barque Torrisdale

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 17

The barque Torisdale, at one time well known in Australia on account of the frequency of her visits, has come to grief on the Pacific Coast. A…

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First Fruit Steamer. Orvieto Sailing To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 10

The R.M.S. Orvieto will be the first steamer of the Orient line to call at Hobart this season for a shipment of fruit for the English market. The Orvieto sails to-day, leaving the Quay…

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Shipping Disasters. Loss of a Spanish Steamer. Captain and Crew Missing. London, Wednesday, 12.5 a.m

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 9

A heavy fog that prevailed yesterday was responsible for several collisions amongst the shipping on the coast. The most serious disaster occurred on the…

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Turkish Warship Wrecked. Constantinople. Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 7

The Turkish irooclad, Astar-Tenhit has baan wrecked at Kara-buran (Black Cape), 22 miles N.E. of Gallipoli…

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The Dancing Wave. Supposed Wreckage. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 12

Some light has probably been thrown on the disappearance of the schooner Dancing Wave, which is supposed to have foundered during the recent cyclone which raged in…

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Has There Been a Disaster? Wreckage Found

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 4

Advices have been received from Townsville to the effect that the master of a fishing lugger had sighted floating off the Franklin Islands to the…

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Lynch Law in Russia. Mob Wrecks a Courthouse. London, Tuesday. 8.40 p.m

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 8

Five thousand infuriated peasants at Kharkov, in European Russia, attacked the local courthouse yesterday, and seized two horse thieves, whom they afterwards…

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Is It a Wreck ? Supposed Signals of Distress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- A telegram from Cooktown states that Mr. Schwartz, of Cape Bedford, heliographed yesterday, morning that he had heard several loud reports like cannon to…

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The Steamer Strathdon

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 4

The steamer Strathdon, which arrived at Newcastle on Tuesday last from Melbourne, is to load a cargo of Caledonian coal for a West Coast port…

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Missing Schooner. No Sign of Dancing Wave

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 7

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The master of the steamer John Douglas wired to the Marine Department today from Townsville, stating that he had searched the inner and outer reefs from…

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Turkish Ironclad Wrecked. Constantinople, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 9

The ironclad Assar-i-Tewfik has been wrecked at Karaburun. LONDON, Feb. 12. A wireless message from Constantinople…

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Shipwrecked Crew Rescued Pauline's Boat Picked Up. London, Wednesday, 9.35 p. m

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 8

The boat in which the captain and thirteen members of the crew of the Spanish steamer Pauline put off after the vessel was wrecked on the coast of Wigtonshire, Scotland, during…

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Danger to Navigation. Wreckage Adrift

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 8

A telegram was received yesterday by the Department of Navigation from the pilot at the Tweed River, stating that part of the wreck of the steamer Friendship had got adrift and…

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Wreckage. Is the Ketch Galgabba Safe?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 10

Captain Cummings, Deputy Superintendent of Navigation, yesterday received a report from the lightkeeper at Port Stephens that portion of a [?] with the name Galgabba…

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