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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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Wreck of the Elingamite

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1902 · page 3

At the Elingmite inquiry to-day the evidence of several steerage passengers was taken. They testified to the coolness of the officers and crew in the crisis, and the knowledge displayed by…

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Dlingamite Wreck. Hiting Boat Found

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 December 1902 · page 1

AFTER yearly days of waiting, tidings have at last been received of the rissing boat from the wrocked steamer Elingamite, but beyond…

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Steamer Marlay Founders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 3

The steamer Marlay, laden with coal. foundered in Doblin Bay yesterday during a storm. Of the crew of 15,14 were drowned. The only surviver was picked up in a boat which was swept from the…

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Wreck of the Inverlocky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 3

The ship Inverlocky from Liverpool, bound to Melbourne, with a large general cargo, has been wrecked twenty miles went of Barwon Heads. Thirteen of the crew landed, but eleven more are…

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A Seip Wrecked. All Hands Safely Landed [By Telegraph] Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 5

THE ship Inverlochy, 1300 tons, from Liverpool to Melbourne, and 100 days out, has been wrecked near Barwon Heads, [?] the west side of…

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Explosion on a Mail Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 3

When the Hamburg—American liner Deutschland, 16,500 tons, was nearing the Scillies, south—east of Land's End, on her voyage from New York, a cylinder exploded. The starboard engine was…

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Steamer Service to Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 December 1902 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Coy., Ltd., which to draw special attention of passengers to and from Newcastle to Sunday trip as per our…

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Wreck of a Baroue

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 27 December 1902 · page 2

A farther addition wu made to the list of wrecks on the Victorian coast on the sight of Thursday in last week, by the stranding of the Scottish barque Inverlochy, owned by…

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