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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Awful Plight. British Liner Wrecked. Nearly 400 Passengers Aboard. Rescue Boats Smashed. Lisbon, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 7

A terrible shipwreck is briefly reported in telegrams to hand late to-night. The disaster occurred off Lelx[?] the outport of Oporto, three miles north of the month…

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A Barque Wrecked. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 9

The barque Marechal de Noallles (2707 tons), sound from Glasgow to New Caledonia wtth a large of coke, han been wreeked off Minehead. All the members of the crow are safe…

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Wreck of a Marque

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 9

The Russian barque California was dashed on the rocks on the Northumberland coast, and 10 of the crew were drowned…

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Some Well-known Vessels Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

Cable advices received from London report the following maritime disasters:—The steamer Clan Mackenzie, 5018…

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A Blow in the Dark. Sonoma Strikes Wreckage. One Propeller Out of Action

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 9

The Oceanic S.S. Co.'s steamer Sonoma, which left Sydney last Saturday with a large number of passengers and mails for San Francisco, has struck some wreckage, and has lost the use of…

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Storm and Wreck. Gales in Mid-atlantic. Experiences of Liners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 9

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Wednesday Evening.--The liner Abyssinia has arrived safely after being adrift rudderless. Repairs were effected by the engineers at sea…

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Ketch [?]Na Repaired

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 22

The auxiliary ketch [?]a, which left Sydney [?] [?]ly for Part [?]hy, and was afterwards reported at Cape Hawke with her engines disabled, put in at the latter place. The necessary repairs were effected…

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Steamer Veronese Wrecked. Lisbon, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 21

The English liner Voronoso (7063 tons), bound for Brazil, with 37 passengers aboard, has been wrecked in a gale on the Portuguese coast…

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Steamer Neptunus Safe. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 21

The Swedish steamer Neptunus, which was supposed to have foundered on the Dogger Bank with all hands during the recent tempestuous weather, has arrived safely at…

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Steamer Demosthenes Delayed. Firemen Missing. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 22

The steamer Demosthenes was held up for seven and a half hours to-day, anchored off Williamstown, owing to the discovery that three firemen were missing. The remaining…

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Steamer Damaged. Strikes a Rock. Off Sugar Loaf Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 21

News was received in Sydney yesterday that the North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Brundah had struck a rock while on her way from Sydney to the Richmond River, and had…

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Vessels Collide. One Steamer Sunk. Crew Rescued. London

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 9

The steamer Auchenarden collided with the La Blanca, near the Mersey, last night. The former vessel sank, but the La Blanca picked up all the crew, with the exception of…

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Steamer Held Up. Union Tactics. Arbitrary Demands at Hobart. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 21

Serious labour troubles were experienced in Hobart in connection with the unloading of the R.M.S. Corinthic, which arrived on Wednesday from London, via…

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Sunk in the Night. Steamer Hurled with 40 Hands to the Bottom in the Grey of Early Morning. Dreadnought Injured

Globe · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 7

The new Dreadnought battleship Centurion last month came into collision off Portland with a steamer, which apparently sank with all hands, leaving on the surface of the sea no…

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Tempest-tossed. Shipping Disasters. Wreck of the Veronese. Sixteen Lives Lost. Lisbon, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

The English liner Veronese, [?] tons, bound for Brazil, with 37 passengers aboard, has been totally wrecked in a gale on the Portuguese coast…

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Storm and Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Evening.--The Furness liner Avala, 3751 tons, bound for Boston, has returned to Queenstown, the captain and several of the crew having been injured in a…

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Excitement on a Steamer. Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 10

The coal in the bunkers of the Adelaide Steamship Co.'s steamer Yankalilla, lying at the Dyke, heated to-day, and caused some little excitement…

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Melbourne News. Melbourne, Saturday Night. Strike on a Steamer

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 9

The English firemen on the s.s. Demosthenes, which left Port Melbourne yesterday, struck for double pay, because two Australian firemen were receiving higher wages than they were…

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Russian Steamer on Fire. Abandoned at Sea. London

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 5

The Russian steamer Etonla has been abandoned on fire in the Indian Ocean. Thirty-one persons were saved and eleven are missing…

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Steamer Taiyuan. Expected at Broadmount Last Night. Brisbane, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 10

The steamer Taiyuan, which left Brisbane for China on Tuesday, should have reached Keppel Bay on Friday morning. Up till this afternoon no news was heard of her and it was feared…

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