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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Steamer on a Reef. Unknown Vessel Stranded. Funnel and Mast Missing. No Signs of Crew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

A large steamer is reported to have been sighted recenlly lying stranded on Lihon Reef, off the Queensland coast, with her mainmast and funnel missing, and apparently…

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Perils of the Sea. Two Wrecks Reported. Rio De Janeiro

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

News has been received here that the steamer Workman ([?]116 tons) is ashore, Her cargo is Insured for £150, 000. It is feared that she will prove a total loss…

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Wrecks in North America. San Diego, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

A yacht belonging to the Immigration Department and two fishing craft were blown ashore, and dashed in fragments, by the storm that is raging on the Pacific Coast…

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One by One. Shipwrecked Mariners Perish. Steamer Ashore in Snowstorm. Thirty-five Lives Lost. Vancouver, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 8

Peacock Spit, Astoria, on the coast of Oregon, has been the scene of a terrible shipwreck. In the midst of a blinding snowstorm, the steamer Rosecre[?] ran on to the Spit, and…

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Steamer [?]Kala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 20

The survey of the engines of the steamer [?]kala at Suva recently rev[?]ealed the fa[?]t that the repairs [?] not be so extensive as was a[?] [?]st ant[?]cip[?]ted. [?] a[?]pears that the fame had been…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore Disaster Off English Coast London, Tuesday, 10.35 p.m

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 8

A quantity of wreckage, marked Denbigh Castle, has been washed ashore at Bridport, Dorset. Violent weather has again been prevailing…

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Sick Seaman Comes Ashore. Shipping Agents Fined £100

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 10

It is certainly hard luck for the agents or owners of a vessel sometimes that they have to pay £100 to the revenue of this country because prohibited immigrants escape from a…

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Loss of a Schooner. Disaster on Virginian Coast. New York

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

With one member of her crew reported dead and several injured, the schooner Bessie Witing lies wrecked oft the coast of Virginia…

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Lihou Reef. Stranded Tramp Steamer. Identity Unknown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 19

Considerable Intercut has been aroused in shipping circles regarding the identity of the unknown tramp steamer which was sighted on Lihou Root by the auxiliary ketch Muwo…

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A Random Shot. Bullet Hits Ferry Steamer. Passengers' Narrow Escape

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 9

A firearm discharged at random on the harbor on Monday night by an unknown person was responsible for a bullet striking one of the p[?]nets on the starboard side of the Sydney…

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Oil Steamer Goes Down. Most of Crew Drowned. New York

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

The oil tank steamer Rosecrans is ashore on Peacock Spit, at the mouth of the Columbia River. The vessel struck during a blizzard, which…

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New Steamer. the Wandilla Arrives. Long Non-stop Run. Passengers From Glasgow

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 9

Under command of Captain J. Sim, one of the oldest masters in the Adelaide Company's service, the new liner Wandi[?]a, the second of the company's trip of 8000 top[?]rs, arrived at…

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Scribes and Firemen. Case of the Steamer Maori Wellington (N Z [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 9

the trouble with the firemen of the Unton steame[?] M[?] is about to end. It will be remembered that the men resented imputations which a press Association…

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The Last Boat. a Sensational Rescue. Steamer Saves Sinking Barque's Crew. Philadelphia Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 9

The British steamer Sydney rescued the captain, his wife, the made and eight seamen who formed the crow of the coal-inden barque Carrie Winslow under sensational circumstances…

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Wrecked in the Paterson River

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

ON Boxing morning the Guthrey, with flags flying and between three and four hundred happy…

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Lihou Reef Wreck. Dr. Cassidy Positive. an Old Identity

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 1

Dr. Cassidy, of Paddington, who has interested himself in salvage Venturis on lost ships on the eastern coast during the last few years, has no doubt about the identity of…

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An Old Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 8

The steamer reported ashore on Lihou Reef, off the Queensland ocast, proves to he an old wreck -- that of the Queen Christina. She was stranded there on her passage from the East…

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New Steamer Wandilla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 10

The Adelaide S.S. Company's new steamer Wandilla arrived from the Clyde yesterday. Like her sister ship, the Warilda, the new arrival is a fine type of interstate liner, and some fast runs between the various…

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Large New Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 10

It is stated that a new 14,000 ton steamer, similar to the Niagara, has beenn ordered by the Union Steamship Company, of New Zealand, for the CanadianAustralian line. The new steamer will take the place…

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French Mail Steamer Wrecked. Fate of the Salazie

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 6

News has been received by the M.M. Co. of the loss of the French mail steamer Salazie, which for many years was employed in the French mail service to Sydney and Noumea…

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