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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 6

Norody can tell the following story butter than the writer tells it himself. "In 1591," he says, " I first experi[?]ed the miseries of scute ind[?]gestion i was…

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The Steamer Mail

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1901 · page 2

Thero was no mail delivered by tho steamer from Sydnoy to Nowcastlo yesterday on account of a thick fog preventing tho steamer entering Newcastle harbor…

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Tragedy on a Steamer. a Fireman Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1901 · page 2

A TRAGEDY occurred early on Tuesday morning on the German steamer Asia, berthed at Victoria Dock, Melbourne. A quarrel arose between two firemen…

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Atlantic Liner Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 3

The Orient Steam Navigation Co's liner Lisuania, running between Liverpool and Montreal, is ashore at Cape Ballard. Her five hundred passengers were saved…

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The Very Latest. London, Thursday afternoon. the Lusitaina Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 3

The Lusitaina is a hopeless wreck. Some of the rougher element among the passengers tried to rush the boats. A[?]panic arose, and the officers with great difficulty regained control…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 6

Nobody can tell the follwing story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says "I first experienced [?] miseries of acute indigestion. I was obliged to knock…

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The Lusitania. The Wreck Complete. [By Cable]. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 5

THE Orient Company's steamer is in a hopeless condition and will be a total wreck. When the vessel struck the scene…

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The Steamer Manly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1901 · page 3

The steamer Manly, which narrowly escaped being wrecked last night, owing to a break-down of the machinery, was reflcated this morning without apparently having sustained much damage…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Wreck of a Tug

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1901 · page 3

Brief news of a shipping disaster came to hand this morning from Sheliharbour. The first intimation was received at 9 o'clock from the pilot station, at Shellharbour. He wired as follows:—"Tug…

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Perry Steamer Ashore. Rough Weather. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

ON Sunday, the weather in Sydney barber was very rough, and the Manly boats bad a bad time in crossing the Heads…

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A Perilous Experience. Steamer Manly Ashore. Helpless in the Mountainous Seas

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

THE steamer Manly, a valuable ferryboat belonging to the Port Jackson Co-operative Steamship Company, narrowly escaped being wrecked on…

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Body Washed Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 3

The body of a man about 45 years of age, of foreign appearance, and stripped to the waist, was washed ashore at Fort Kombla beach this morning. It is supposed to be from the wreck of the Alexander…

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Italian Battleship Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 3

The Italian battleship, Andrea Doria, is ashore at Gallipoli, Southern Italy…

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Wreck of an Excursion Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 3

The steamer Mohawk, with 900 American excursionists aboard, struck a rock off Glen Island and sank in twenty minutes. A terrible panic accurred among the passengers. All, owing to the shallowness…

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Vessel Ashore in the Bay of Fundy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 3

The Anchor liner Armenia is ashore in the Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick…

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Terrible Wreck. on the Bar at Ballina. Six Persons Lost. [By Telegraph]. Ballina

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

A TERRIBLE disaster occurred on the bar at the entrance to the Richmond River this morning about 7 o'clock. Mossrs. Fenwick Bros, steam tug…

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A Body Washed Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 3

An inquest was held at Wollongong to-day on the body of a man washed ashore yesterday. The remains were identified by Pierce, the only survivor of the ill-fated Alexander Berry, as those of Pratt, a…

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Terrible Wreck. Six Persons Lost

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 2

A TERRIBLE disaster occurred on the bar at the entrance to the Richmond River on Monday morning about 7 o'clock…

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An Excursion Steamer Sines. Terrible Panic on Board. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 2

THE Delaware River steamer Mohawk, with 900 American excursionists on board, struck on a rock off Glen Island, on Sunday, and sank in 20…

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The Wreck. a Terrible Disaster. All in a Moment. BALLINA

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 2

No traces of the missing crow of the illfated tug Protector have yet been found. North Bench is covered with wreckage, but the main part of the…

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