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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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Fishing Vessels Driven Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 5

During a terrific storm at Memel, in Prussia, on the shores of the Baltic, a number of fishing vessels were driven ashore. Ten fishermen were drowned…

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Fishing Vessels Driven Ashore. LONDAN

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

During a terrific storm at Memel, in Russia, on the shores of the Baltic, a number of fishing vessels were driven ashore. Ten fishermen were drowned…

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A Mission Steamer. The Fiado 30 days Overdue[BY Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

The steamer Fiado is 19 days out from Noumea to-day, and so far there is not any news of her, although she is fully 30 days overdue at her…

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The Steamer Newcastle at Morpeth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 9

Advantage was taken of the high spring tide in the Hunter on Monday morning to navigate the N, and H R.S.S.Co's fine steamer Newcastle up the river to Morpeth. A departure was made from Newcastle…

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Wreck of a French Liner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 3

The French liner Ville de Rome has been wrecked off the Island of Minorca, one of the Balearic Islands, in the Medierrancean. All hands were saved…

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Mail Steamer Quarantined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 3

The mail steamer Australia upon arrival this morning was brought up in quarantine waters, and all passengers were conveyed ashore, where the usual arrangements will be carried out…

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Wreck of a Mail Steamer. Loss of the ,B.m.s. China. Passengers and Luggage Saved. Londay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 3

The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. China has gone ashore at Azalea Point in the Red Sea, and is expected to become a total wreck. Llyod's agent reports that the vesscl's bottom was [?]…

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The China Wreck

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2

THE R.M.S. China ran ashore at Perim, Azalea Point, on Thursday night. ' All the passengers, numbering 493, were safely landed. Additional…

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The China Wreck

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 2

THE R.M.S. China ran ashore at Perim, Azalea Point, on Thursday night. All the passengers, numbering 493, were safely landed. Additional…

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News by Cable Forty-five Lives Lost in a Wreck LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 2

A report from Newfoundland gives particulars of a sad story of shipwreek. The crew of the sealing ship Greenland, which became wrecked, Bought…

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The Wreck of the China

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 4

Quite a sensation was caused by the news of the toss of the fine now P. and O. mailboat China. She was one of the handsomest, most commodious,…

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Wreck of the Mail Steamer China. LONDON

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 10

The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. China has gone ashore at Azalea Point in the lied Sea. and is expected to become a total wreck. Lloyd's agent reports that the vessel's bottom was pierced…

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The Latest Fishing Story. Rough Experience of the Steamer, Thetis. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

The steamer Thetis, which left Sydney on Friday week in continuation of her trawling experiments returned this morning with only about five tone of coal in her bunkers. It appears the vessel arrived…

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Destructive Hurricane. Buildings in Cossack Destroyed. Vessels Driven Ashore

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 2

REPORTS from Cossack state that a hurricane passed over that town on Saturday, lasting from 4 p.m. till 2 a.m. on Sunday. Great damage was…

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Latest Cable News. Spain Faltering. Wreck of an Exploring Vessel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 5

The Antarctic exploring vessel Belgrea has been wrecked at Cape Horn, but the explorers were saved. Spain is ready to proclaim an armistice, on condition of the withdrawal of the warships in the vicinity of Cuba…

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An African Liner Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 3

The African Steamship Company's liner Dahomey, running between Liverpool and the Cape, is ashore at Holyhead, in Wales. the fore part of the vessel is burnt out. There is a quantity of arms and…

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A Spanish Steamer Captured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 3

The United States revenue service steamer Winona has captured the Spanish steamer Saturnina. Two American men-o'-war had an…

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Steamer Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 2

A collision occurred in Fort Phillip yesternight between the steamers Manawalu and Edina, when the former was sunk, but no lives were lost…

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The War. Further Particulars. the Spanish Fleet Greatly Damaged. Enthusiasm in America. Popular Discontent in Spain. Manila in Flames. Capture of a Spanish Steamer and War Officers. Coal for Manila. 50,000 Jews Volunteer to Assist the United States the United States. Future of the Philippines. London, May 3, 6.40 a.m

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 2

Further particulars of the naval engagement off Manilla state that Admiral Dewey, the American Commander-in Chief, found that the Boea Chiea Channel, at the entrance to the harbour, had not…

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Tattersall's Sweep Letters Four Hundred in a Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 3

THERE were 400 letters for "tattersall" Sweeps, Tasmania, included in the malls of the steamer Manawatu, bound for Tasmania, which came into collision…

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