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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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Foundering of a Steamer with a Cargo of Chinese Bodies

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 October 1902 · page 4

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday Morning.—The steamer Ventnor, which left Wellington on Sunday last for Hongkong with a cargo of 500…

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Wreck of the Ventnor. Total Loss of the Steamer. 500 Chinese Cadavers on Board. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 7

The steamer Ventnor, which, left Wellington on Sunday for Hongkong, was foundered. It appears she struck on the rocks to the south of Cape Egmout early on Monday morning. The…

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The Ventnor Wrecked

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 4

New has been received that the steamer Ventnor, which, as we stated in another column left Hongkong, having on board as part…

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Wreck of the Ventor. The Cargo of Corpses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 1

IN connection with the foundering of the steamer Ventnor, which left New Zealand on Sunday last, with a cargo of coal and 500 encoffined Chinese…

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Test News by Wire. Sydney. a Ketch Ashore

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

News was received to-day that the ketch Dewdrop [?] ashore recently on Keppel Island, between [?] Samoa, bat was subsequently re-floated, and [?] being repaired…

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Auckland, N.z. Wreck of the Ventnor

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

H.M.S. Penguin is searching for the boats belonging to the steamer Ventnor, which foundered off Hokianga. Heads. A quantity of wreckage and a number of cases from the vessel have been washed up…

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The Scene at the Wreck. Sydney

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

The news of the wreck of the steamer Elingamite cause excitement in Sydney to-day, and the telegraph hoard at the Post Office and at Huddart Parker's office were besieged by friends and relatives…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. Forth-two Persons Saved. Auckland

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

Intelligence has been received from Hoharua, by way of Doubtless Bay, that: Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'steamship Elingamite, which sailed from Sydney on Wednesday last, has been wrecked…

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A Steamer Missing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 November 1902 · page 2

Grave fears are entertained of the safety of the steamer Trilby, now several days oat from Sydney bound to Port Macquarie…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. [By Telegraph] Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 November 1902 · page 3

THE steamer Elingamite, with eighty passengers, which left Sydney for Auckland on the 5th November was totally wrecked on Three Kings' Island on…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. Reports by Offices. Wellington

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

The latest particulars of the wreck of the Elingsmite, an account of which was published by us yesterday, are that the Elingamite encountered a thick fog at 9 o'clock on Monday morning, and her…

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A Steamer Overdue. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 3

FEARS are entertained for the safety of the steamer, Triby, now out some days from Sydney to Part Macuaries She carries a crew of [?]…

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Wreck of the Elingamite, Searching for Possible Survivors. Three Bodies Found. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 3

The Clansman arrived off Hobeura Headds last night from the Three Kings, having found no trace of either the boat or raft still missing. The Clans, man met H.M.S. Penguin, 30 miles east of the…

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Wreck of the Elingamite Off the New Zealand Coast. A Total Loss. Four Boats and Two [?]

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 4

INTELLIGENCE reached Auckland (N.Z.) on Monday night night that the steamer Elingamite, owned by Huddart, Parker and Co., had been…

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The Wrecked Elingamite. 70 Persons Rescued. [By TELEGRAPH] Received, Wednesday 11a.m

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 3

THE steamer Zealandia which went in search of the boats and. rafts belonging to the wrecked steamer Elingamite has discovered a [?]…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. Eight Other Persons Rescued. Some Pathetic Scenes. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

There is no word of thee missing passengers and crew of the Elingamite. It is now stated that at least eight persons never quitted the steamer, but sank with her…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. Rescue of Passengers. 86 Picked Up by the Zealandia. Splendid Behaviour on Board

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 4

FURTHER particulars are to hand of the wreck of the Elingamite on Three Kings Islands, on the New Zealand coast, on Sunday morning last, and…

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Wreck of the Steamer Elingamite

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 11

Intelligence was received at Auckland on Monday from Hobarua, by way of Doubtless Bay, that Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co's steamship Elingamite which sailed from Sydney on Wednesday, 5th…

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A Steamer Sunk, [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 5

A NORTH German Lolyd's steamer are into collision with another [?] near Siam and sank…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. A Passenger's Account

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 7

Mr. J. G. Ralph, one of the saloon passengers, gives the following account of the experiences of those picked up by the s.s Zealandia: After…

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