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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Adriatic Ashore 1600 Passengers on Board. New York

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 9

The White Star liner Adriatic. 24.541 tons, went aground in the harbor last night during a dense fog. She has 1600 passengers on board…

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A Carelesss Shot. Rifle Bullet Hits Ferry Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 11

A good deal of excitement was caused on board the Sydney Ferries steamer Kangaroo on Tuesday night as she was coming alongside one of the jetties in Neutral Bay. Without…

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Crushed Like an Eggshell Newfoundland Steamer's Fate. London, Wednesday, 11.35 p.m

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 8

The Algerine, a 500-ton steamer trading out of St. John's. Newfoundland, was caught between two solid walls of lee while. voyaging to the north of Baffin's Land, and was…

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Storm and Wreck. Thirty-five Drowned. Snowstorm Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 8

VANCOUVER, Tuesday Evening.--The steamer Rosecranz has been wrecked on the Peacock Spit, Astoria, on the southern bank of the Columbia River…

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The Kulambangra Damaged. Went Ashore at Wallis Island. Another Submerged Rock

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

It has transpired that the Lever Pacific Plantation Company's steamer Kulambangra is undergoing extensive repairs to her bottom consequent upon…

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Wreck of the Salazie. End of a Well-known Trader

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

The Salazie, one of the beat known M.M. liners, and certainly one of the oldest mail steamers, has made her last voyage, having been totally…

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The Schooner

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 7

Just mark that schooner westward far at sea—'Tis but an hour ago When she was lying hoggish at the qusy. And men ran to and fro…

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Steamer Moira

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 20

The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Moira, which arrived from Brisbane yesterday after her first trip sin[?] returning from Western Australia, will leave for the West again in March next. She will then resume he…

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Steamer Blows Up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 14

MOBELE (ALABAMA), Friday.--The boiler of the river steamer Tom Bigbee exploded, eight persons being killed. The vessel caught fire, and was burned to the water's edge. Many…

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Steamer's Perilous Plight

Globe · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 3

The P. & O. Steamer Narrung, outward bound from London with a large passenger list of emigrants, was caught in the Channel by the furious gale which swept the English Coast. After taking 80 minutes to turn about, she safely reached London. —For Letterpress see this Page…

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Casualties. Accident on Steamer Devon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 20

At about 8.30 am yesterday James Fairfull, 24, a wharf-1abourer, of 14 Churchstreet, Pyrmont, fell down the hold of the steamship Devon, at [?]irt's Wharf[?] Darling…

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Emigrant Steamer's Perilous Plight. Terrific Gale Forces Return. Seventy Feet Waves

Globe · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 3

The last week on the old year will long be remembered by mariners on the English coast. One of the most disastrous gales for years swept over the channel, doing immense damage…

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Seven Perish. Lumber Steamer Sinks. Off Cape Hatteras. Tampa (Florida), Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

The [?] Future laden with lumber [?] of Cape Hatteras. Only meagre d[?] of the catastrophe have come to hand but it is reported that seven…

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Seven Lives Lost. Timber Steamer Sinks. New York, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1913 · page 7

The steamer Future, laden with lumber, sank off Cape Hatteras last night. It is known that seven lives have been lost, but the fate of the other members of the crew…

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Airman Wrecked on a Lake

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1913 · page 19

A Swiss airman named Gysell had a narrow escape from being frozen to death while flying in a hydroplane over Lake Constance. He was caught in a violent snowstorm above…

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Steamer Aground

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 10

A telegram was received from Cape Hawke, stating that the steamer Commonwealth grounded on the North Spit at 10.15 p.m. on Saturday but floated off again at 8.50 a.m…

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Lumber Steamer Founders

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 10

TAMPA (Florida), Friday Evening.-- The steamer Future, lumber-laden, sank off Cape Hatteras. Seven of the crew lost their lives. The fate…

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Marine Disasters. Danish Steamer Wrecked. Seven Persons Drowned. London, Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

Brief particulars are forwarded of the loss of a Danish steamer called the Gk[?] The vessel was wrecked off Cape Girdle Ness, on the [?]st co[?]t of Aberde[?]shire, during the…

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Tales of the Storms. Wrecks Everywhere. Thrilling Rescue Story. Sailor Swum Ashore. London, Sunday, 11.40 p.m

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 9

The steamer Dunelin ran on the rocks at Blyth, Scotland, and thrilling rescues followed the disaster. Tremendous seas prevented the lifeboat…

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Departure of the Mail Steamer Sonoma

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 6

A large crowd gathered on M'Ilwraith, M'Eaeharn, and Co.'s wharf, Darling Harbor, to bid farewell to their friends departing by the American mail steamer Sonoma for American…

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