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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Yacht Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1901 · page 3

A telegram from New Zealand states that the yacht Ariadne, bound from Sydney to Dunedin, went ashore to the south of Wartahi River last night and was wrecked…

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Melbourne. Wreckage Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 3

A telegram received from Gabo reports that wreckage and the dead body of a man have been washed ashore there. The wreckage is supposed to be from a steamer…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney, Tuesday. An Unknown Wreck

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 3

A report from Gabo Island to-day slates that some wreckage was picked up there this morning, and also the body of a man. The…

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The Golden Gate Disaster Wreck of the Rio do Janeiro. Full Details by Mail

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 4

THE American mail steamer Sierra, which arrived at Auckland on Monday night from San Francisco, brings details of the wreck of the Rie de…

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Wreck of the Federal. The Worst Feared. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 2

THE S.B. Federal of the M'llwraith line of steamers in supposed to have been wrecked on Gabo Island. The body of a man has been washed…

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Gales and Shipwrecks. The Federal and, Louisa Lamont. Hopes Abandoned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 6

HOPES are now almost abandoncd as to the safety of the Federal steamer. More wreckage has been washed up in several places including some ship's…

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A Mammoth Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

The White Star Line steamer Celtic, of 20,880 tons, was launched at Belfast this morning…

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The Wreck of the Federal The Last Hope Gone. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

IT seems now that there is absolutely no hope of the S.S. Federal having survived the terrible storm she is known to have encountered off Gabo…

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Accident to a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

A telegram from Wilson's Promontory dispatched to-day states that the G.M.S. Privz-Regent Luitpold, which left Sydney on Saturday for Bremen, via Ports, with a full complement of passengers,…

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Wreck of the Fbdebal. a Bottled Message. MELBOURNE

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 2

SIR MALCOLM M'EACHARN is still at a loss to account for the exact nature of the disaster to the Inderal. She may have foundered, she may have…

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Late News by Cable. London, April 9. the Steamer Britannic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

The "White Star liner Britannic, which left Fremantle on March 7 for London, went aground in the Suez Canal, but was refloated…

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Scene on a Wreck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 4

Referring to the recent wreck of the Rio de Janeiro, the following description is given of the final scene:—…

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Scene on a Wreck

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 4

Referring to the recent wreck of the Rio de Janeiro, the following description is given of the final scene:—Some of the survivors declared that the…

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Wreck of the Ariadne. Startling Evidence. An Unwilling Witness

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

Evidence was given at the magisterial inquiry at Oamaru into the stranding of the yacht Ariadne, which…

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Wreck of the Federal. More Traces Found. MELBOURNE

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

THE city coroner inquired Co.day into the circumstances surrounding the death of six men who were washed upon the eastern const of Victoria on…

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A Shipwreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 3

The August, a barque, Captain Stuart, from Liverpool to Wellington, went ashore off Carnarvon-shire, and is a total wreck…

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A Ship Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 3

No further news is to hand this morning with reference to a ship supposed to have gone ashore on the Victorian coast…

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Late News by Cable. London, April 23. Wreck of a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 3

The steamer Tehar (? Sehal) has been wrecked at Mauritius. Thirty-six lives were lost…

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Wreck, of a Turkish, Transport

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 3

The Turkish, transport Arnslan has been wrecked in the Red Sea. Aboard there were 2500 troops and 100 pilgrims. The captain and crew seized the ship's boats and deserted. Two hundred soldiers were…

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A Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 3

The Peninsula, and Oriental Company's new steamer Sobraon was stranded during a fog, on Tunyin Island in the China Sea. It is feared she will become a total wreck. The passengers were all…

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