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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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The War. a Great Event Inpending General Buller's Reinforcements. Sharp Skirmish at Victoria West Reported Heavy Casualties. Germans Assisting the Beers. A Steamer Captured in Delagea Bay LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

THE Daily Telegraph says that the Boors southwest of Colenso have recrossed the Tugela River, and their largers northwards have been removed…

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The Steamer Pelotas Stranded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 3

The Hamburg and South American liner Pelotas was stranded at Dungeness, but was reflated after a quantity of the cargo had been jettisoned…

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The Steamer Pelotas Stranded. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 3

The Hamburg and South American liner Pelotas was stranded at Dungeness, but was redoated after a quantitv of the cargo had been jettisoned,…

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Transvaal War the Battle of Sunnyside. Colonial Troops Win It. More Artillery to Be Procured. Spies Seek Admission to the Yeomanry Brigade. Militia Battalions Ordered to the Front. Another Steamer Seized. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 3

At Sunnyside the range of kopjes held by the Boers ran north and south. Leaving the natives about the camp guarded in order to prevent them divulging the plans of the British attack,…

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Steamer Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

The steamer Borghese foundered near Finistere. Twenty two of the crew were drowned, and nine saved…

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Late News by Cable. London, Jan. 4. Foundering of a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

The steamer Rorghose has foundered near Cape Finisterre. Twenty-two of the crow were drowned, nine being saved…

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A Mail Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3

The mail steamer Ibex struck a black rock off the island of Guernsey and slowly sank. All the passengers and crow were saved…

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Auckland (N.z.) a Shipwrecked Crew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 3

News has been received here from Fiji to the effect that the barque Mary Moore arrived at Suva on the 9th inst., with the captain and crew of the Norwegian barque Carrizal. The barque was…

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Brisbane. the Steamer Airlie Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 3

News reached Brisbane this morning to the effect that the China steamer Airlie, bound from Hong Kong, had gone ashore on Chatham reef. The intelligence was brought to Cooktown by…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Disabled Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

The steamer Norkoowa arrived at Twofold Bay this morning with the steamer age in tow, the tatter vessel having broken her tail shaft. A tug left Sydney this morning to tow the disabled…

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Grafton. a Steamer on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 3

A fire broke out aboard the steamer Kallatina at one o'clock this morning while lying at South Grafton. The outbreak occurred in the saloon quite unaccountably, and was not noticed till the…

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Fire on a Steamer. SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2

A FIRE broke out on board the steamer Kallatina at Grafton this morning, threatening serious results; but owing to…

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The Bushmen's Contingent. The Return of a Steamer from Natal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 3

MR See says he is now endeavouring to arrange for a vessel to carry to South Africa the balance of the horses for the Bushmen' Contingent,…

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A Steamer in Difficulties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 3

Grave fears are entertained in the city for the safety of the schooner Stanley, which was reported off Port Stephens yesterday with her rudder gone…

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Wreck of a Cutter. a Solitary Survivor

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 6

NEWS from Fiji states that the cutton Espeigel, owned by Krause, Nukualofa, was wreeked on January 1 at Windward Island. Captain ' John Castles…

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The Steamer Moresby Detained

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 4

The steamer Moresby, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Company's Island trader, arrived at Sydney early on Saturday morning, and anchored in…

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German Warship Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1900 · page 3

The German battleship Sachson, of 7441 tons, is ashore at Kiel, on the coast of Germany…

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Wrecking a Ministry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 5

The ease with which a French ministry is wrecked affords material for a piquant passage in the first of Mr. Richard Whiteing's papers on Paris to-day, as published in the February…

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A Mail Steamer Quarantined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 3

The mail steamer India entered the heads this morning and proceeded to the quarantine station where the passengers were landed…

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A Big Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 3

The Medic, the 12,000 ton leviathan, that was inaugurated for the White Star Line's services between Liverpool and the Colonies last year returned to Sydney to-day. On her last homeward…

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