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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

128 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 7

The Burrumbeet Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 3

The steamer Burrumbeet is reported as[?] in Hobson's Bay…

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Labour Troubles in Wales. Houses and Properties Wrecked Military Called Out. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

SERIOUS labor disturbances have occurred at Bethseda, Penthya slate quarries. Houses were completely wreeked and property destroyed…

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Labour Troubles in Wales Houses and Properties Wrecked. Military Called Out. [By Cable]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 6

SERIOUS labor disturbances have occurred at Bethseda,Penrhya sate quarries. Houses were completely wreeked and property destroyed…

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A Terrible Shipping Disaster. Collision Off California N Coast. Steamer Walla Walla Sunk Twenty-seven Lives Lost. Heartrending Scenes. London, Jan, 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 3

The steamer Walla Walla, from San Francisco for Puget Sound carrying 30 first-class passengers, 28 second-class passengers, and a crew of 60 men came into collision at night off Capo Moendocino with a…

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Collision at Sea a Steamer Sunk. Twenty Seven Persons Drowned LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

A. shipping disaster has occured off the Callfornian coast, attended with great loss of life. The Oregon Improvement company's…

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An Excuersionist Steamer Overdue. Arrived Safety in Pert [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

THE steamer Walker which left Sydney with a number of excursionists on board for New Zealand, has Been considerably overdue. Grave fears…

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A Terrible Shipping Disaster. Collision Off Californian Coast. Steamer Walla Walla Sunk Twenty-seven Lives Lost. Heartrending Scenes. London, Jan. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

The steamer Walla Walla, from Sim Francisco for Puget Sound carrying 36 first-class passengers, 28 second-class passengers, and a crew of 60 men came into collision at night off Cape Mendocino with a…

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The Steamer Eastern

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 3

The Health Department to-day reported that no outbreak of smallpox or sign of one bud taken place amongst the passengers or crew of the steamer Eastern since their location at the quarantine…

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Mishap to a Schooner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 3

At mi curly hour this morning a sehooner, the name of which cannot be ascertained, but which cleared the Honds at midnight bound for Newcastle in tow of a small steamer, became disabled about a…

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The Wrecking of the Ariadne. Kerry, "Mumford. and Freke on Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 2

The trial of the three men, Thomas Caradoc Kerry (owner), George Mumford (the captain), and Eric Freke (seaman), on a charge of conspiring to wreck the yacht Ariadne, and to defraud the…

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Steamer Offenbach Aground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 3

The German-Australian liner Offenbach, 5424 tons, is aground at amsterdam. A portion of the cargo was jettisoned, and the remainder is being discharged into lighters…

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The Wrecking of the Ariadne. a New Development. Freke Acquitted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 6

When the court resumed. on Wednesday in in the Ariadne trial, the Crown Prosecutor said that since the commencement of proceedings the alleged [?] between Kerry and Mumford had been…

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The Wrecking of the Ariadne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 4

The trial of the three men, Thomas Caradoc Korry (owner), George Mumford (the captain), aud line Freke (seaman), on a charge of conspiring to wreck the yacht Ariadne, aud to defraud the…

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Great Gales. wreck in the English Channel. Terrible Blizzard in North America Snow Falls for Sixty Hours. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 2

FURTHER reports have been received of the gales which swept over Europe for three days. The Marie Henriette, which was…

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The Cruiser Amphitrite Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 3

The twin screw first-class cruiser Amphitrite, Captain William Stokes Rees, C. B., is ashore in Suez Bay. [The Amphitrite, which is on special service, is a…

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The Steamer Grecian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 3

The Allan liner Grecian was wedged in rocks at Halifax (Nova Scotia) during the recent snowstorms…

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A Steamer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 3

The steamer Teber, from Louisberg to Halifax, coal laden, went ashore, and was wrecked. Thirty lives were lost…

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The English Mail Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 3

The English mail steamer Ortona arrived at Fremantle early this morning…

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The Steamer Etruria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 3

The Cunard liner Etruria, which broke her propeller 500 miles from the Azores, and which was picked up by a Leyland liner, has arrived at the islands…

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Poetry. the Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 4

"How beautiful she lies! the shining shore Before her, and afas the blue sea's verge! Above her shattered hull the sea gulls soar, And all around her leaps the foaming surge…

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