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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

50 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3

An Immense Passenger Steamer Crashing Into an Iceberg

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 14

St. John, Newfoundland, Nov. 9.—The steam-ship Arizona, of the Guion Line, which sailed from New York under the command of Capt. Thomas Jones, on the 4th of November,…

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Arrival of the Steamer Indus at Adelaide. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Adelaide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 11

The P. and O. Company's steamship Indus arrived at 10 o'clock this morning. She had a stormy passage, and when about 3000 miles from Glenelg lost two of the blades of her…

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AN Immense Passenger Steamer Crashing into an Iceberg

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1880 · page 1

ST. JOHN, Newfoundland, Nov. 9—The steamship, Arizona, of the Guion Line, which sailed from New York under the command of Capt. Thomas Jones, on the…

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The Wreck of the Barque Lady Kinnaird

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1880 · page 2

Regarding the wreck of the Lady Kinnaird, the South Australian Register, of the 26th January, has the following:— "On Saturday evening intelligence was…

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Perilous Position of a Steamer in the Stay of Biscay

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 14

The British India Steam Navigation Company's ship Eldorado, 3300 tons, with 95 passengers on board, and a Lascar crew of about 60, put into Plymouth Sound on Saturday…

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Arrival of the Steamer Garonne at Adelaide (Reuter's telegram to Herald.) Adelaide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1880 · page 4

The Orient Company's steamer Garonne arrived this morning from London. She brings dates to the first of January, but her news is anticipated by the Deccan…

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Terrible Shipwreck in the Atlantic. Loss of Two Hundred Lives

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 1

THE ship Mallowdale arrived at Cork on December 23 from Basscin, and landed ten men part of the crow of the Dominion Line steamer Borussin being the only survivors of…

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Wreck of the Meteor and the Trelevan Family. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Brisbane

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 15

The barque Gazette arrived in the bay yesterday, with 18 seamen of the crews of the vessels Meteor and Trelevan Family, which were wrecked in the Solomon Group…

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Forming Depots for Wrecked Sailors. (Melbourne Argus, March 20.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1880 · page 4

The chief harbourmaster of Melbourne has reported unfavourably on a suggestion emanating from the New Zealand Government with regard to the despatch of the search…

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Arrival of the Steamer Sorata at Adelaide. (Reuter's Telegrams to the S. M. Herald.) Adelaide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 11

The Orient Company's steamship, Sorata arrived at 6 p.m. from London. Passengers: Messrs. H Simmons and G. Cowan, Rev. J. M. and Mrs. Ross, son, and…

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The Late Rescue of Shipwrecked Seamen. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1880 · page 11

In may be remembered, that a short time since, the barque Gazelle brought to this port, from the Solomon Islands, two shipwrecked crews of the Meteor and Trelevan Family…

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A Ketch in Danger off the Port. Rescue by the Life-boat. (Newcastle Herald of Saturday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1880 · page 3

About twenty minutes before 8 o'clock last night the city was thrown into a state ot excitement not witnessed for some time past, by the sound of a signal gun fired from the…

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Important Salvage Dispute. the Ketch Landsdowne Seized. (Newcastle Herald of yesterday

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1880 · page 6

A case of litigation somewhat unusual in nature, is likely to arise out of the excitement attendant on the Newcastle Lifeboat's trip outside Nobby's, to bring in the crew of the…

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Wreck and Loss of Life at Sydney Heads. (From Saturday's Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1880 · page 6

The Lady Emma, a vessel of 128 tons, captained by Austin Flynn, left Sydney on Friday afternoon in tow of the Amy tug-boat, which parted with her off Miller's Point…

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European News by the Steamer Orient

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1880 · page 3

[?] (Echo) have files of English papers to the 3rd April, from which the following extracts are taken:— THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE…

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Wreck of the Wanganui (s.) at the Clarence Heads. [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Monday, received 7.30 p.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1880 · page 5

The Wanganui steamer got on a reef at half-past eleven o'clock last night, with a strong ebb tide. The boat rescued all hands excepting two, when the steamer suddenly got off and swung round on to…

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The Wreck of the Wanganui. (Echo of Tuesday.) Grafton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1880 · page 6

I returned from the heads at 12 o'clock last night, after having obtained the following particulars:—The Wanganui left Sydney on Friday night, and left Newcastle at at 6.30…

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A Wreck—all Hands Lost

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1880 · page 4

Madeira, April 27.—A furious north-east gale has swept the coast of this island, and fishermen have just brought news that the Spanish barque Elvira, Capt. Esbert, laden…

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The Pirates on Board the Steamer Bowen

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1880 · page 6

The Brisbane Courier says:—"The extraordinary conspiracy for the seizure of the E and A. Co.'s steamer Bowen, has presented an unexpected phase of the Chinese question in…

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The Daring Piratical Plot on the Mail Steamer Bowen. (From the China Mail, June 11.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1880 · page 4

What there is every reason to believe would have been, had it come to perfection, one of the most terrible tragedies of modern times, has, if one may ever believe…

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