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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

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Injury to a Mail Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1895 · page 5

The Mail steamer Liguria was severely damaged at Suez. The cause of the acident is not known. The vessel has reached Port Said, where repairs will be effected…

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Accident to a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 November 1895 · page 3

While the steamer Marloo was coming up the harbour to-day from Newcastle she grounded in the western channel, but is expected to float off in high water…

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French Ironclads Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1895 · page 5

The Admiral Baudin, one of the two French ironclads which have gone ashore at Hyeres, near Toulon, in the Mediterranean, is reported to be in great danger…

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Steam Lifeboat for South Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1895 · page 5

The Government of South Australia has purchased a steam lifeboat for use on the coast of the colony. The lifeboat has a speed of eight miles an hour…

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A Ship Ashore. Twenty Persons Drowned. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 November 1895 · page 2

The ship Solferino, bound for the Argentine Republic with Italian emigrants, has gone ashore off Centa, on the coast, of Morocco opposite…

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French Warships Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 November 1895 · page 3

The Admiral Baudin, one of the two French warships which went ashore of Hyeres, near Toulon, in the Mediterranean, has been floated again…

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A Big Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 November 1895 · page 3

THE mammoth cargo steamer, Westmeath, 6940 tone, on her maiden voyage, arrived in Sydney harbour this morning. She brings 6000 tons…

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The Catterthun Wreck

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 November 1895 · page 2

IT was stated the other day, on the authority of a report from Newcastle, that the steamer Storm King had found the wrecked steamer Catterthun…

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A Wreck and Rescue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1895 · page 3

The ship Aristides, which arrived to-day from London, rescued the crew of the French barque Terre Nuevo, bound from Hamburg to Adelaide, When the latter vessel was lost sight of she was…

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Wreck of a Warship

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 2

News has been received of the wreck of the Brazilian warship Uranus. The commander and live of the crow were drowned. All the…

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A British Steamer Lost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 5

The British steamer Principia has been wrecked on the Farce Islands in the North Atlantic. Twenty-nine of those on board were drowned…

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Wreck of a British Steamer Twenty-nine Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 2

News has been received of the wreek of the British steamer Principia at the Faroo Islands, laying between Shetlands and Iceland. Twenty-nine of…

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Steamer Excursion to Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 December 1895 · page 2

The excursion from Large to Raymond Terrace under the management of the Large R. C. School, took place yesterday. A small steamer, The Rose, was engaged for the occasion, and left Dunmore…

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A German Liner Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1895 · page 3

The Gorman liner Spree has gone ashore on some dangerous rooks off the Isle of Wight. The passengers, numbering 350, have been rescued…

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A Wreck at Newcastle. The Barque Durisbeer. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 December 1895 · page 2

A BARQUE, the Durisbeer, from Algoa Bay, was driven ashore on Stockton beach yesterday. To-day she is lying' on her port broadside with her topsails…

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A Victim of the Wairarapa Wreck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1895 · page 5

A touching incident, arising out of the now almost forgotten wreck of the Wairarapa, has just been made public (says the Melbourne "Argus")…

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