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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903

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

A Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 3

The steamer Gairloch, from Onchunga to Opunake, No. Zealand, went ashore at two o'clock this morning, in thick weather, at Oakura, 10 miles from New plymouth. There were no passengers on board…

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Wreck of a Barque

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 3

A Norweigan barque has bean wrecked off Cape Flattery, Oregon, United State. Eighteen of the crew have been drowned…

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Wreck of the Zelateur The Priests Step A Native Fight

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

Further partiouirs respecting the week of the [?] were reccived by the Union company's steamer [?]…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. Close Op the Inquiry. the Master's Certificate Suspended. Auckland, N.Z.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 3

The Marine Court gave its judgment to-day with regard to the wreck of the Elingamite. It found the Captain guilty of grossly negligent navigation, in driving the vessel full speed through the fog…

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Foundering of a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 3

The steamer. Upupu, of the City of Cork Steam Packet Company, Limited, proceeding from Cardiff to Cork with a cargo of coal, founded off Ballycotton. The crow, consisting of twenty bands, and the…

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The Elingamite Wreck. The Captain Found Guilty. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

At the Newzealand Court of Enquary into the loss of the [?]gamitey the Captain was found [?] of gross neghgence in navigation by driving…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. Close of the Inquiry. the Master's Certificate Suspended. Auckland. N.Z.

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 13

The Marine Court gave its judgment to-day with regard to the wreck of the Elingamite. It found the Captain guilty of grossly negligent navigation in driving the vessel full speed through the fog…

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A Missing Freight Steamer. [By Telegraph.]

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1903 · page 2

THE'S camer Aisgar, from New York to Sydney with nearly 4500 tons of wheat and 750 tons of flour, is long oyerd[?]e. She has been 55 days out,…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Barque Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 5

The barque Gladys, 1345 tons, has gone ashore at Gisborne, New Zealand, at a bad spot. She has a cargo of 6,346 bales of wool on board…

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Amatur Fishbrment. Picked up by a Steamer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 1

THE incident connected with the voyage of the steamer Ching[?] from Melbourne to off Newcastle reported as having occurred oil Sydney Heads on…

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A French Destroyer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 3

The French destroyer Espingole struck a rock in the Bay of Caralaire, and sank. The crew were saved…

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Cast Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 3

The bull of a vessel about 60 tons burden has been cast up on the eastern bench, four miles from Port Macquarie. She has opened out, and only the lower planking remains. Some incline to the belief that…

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The Canadian Steamer Deal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 3

A million and a half pounds sterling was paid for sixteen steamers of the Beaver line to run when the St. Lawrence opens in April…

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A Wrecked Vessel Floated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 3

The coasting steamer Trilby, which went ashore at Bellinger Heads, was successfully floated this morning…

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A Fatal Accident on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 3

By an accident in the stoke hole of the Armand Behic, French mail steamer, four men were killed and three injured…

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The Wrecker. by Robert Sterling Yard

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 3

When Mumio Crocker stepped from the front door of the plain little frame, dwelling under the willow by the river side that, lowering December afternoon, she glanced…

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The Wrecker

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 1

When Mamie Crocker stepped from the front door of the plain little frame dwelling under the willow by the river side that lowering December afternoon, she glanced…

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Weather in England. Gales and Wrecks Many Lives Lost

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 4

LONDON, February 27.—Heavy gales have swept the British coasts, and numerous wrecks have occurred. The barque Fingal, bound for…

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Fierce Storm in Britain. Shipwrecks and Disasters Great Damage. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

A SEWEER storm accurred in the west and midleand counties of England on Friday. Great damage was done at…

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The Wrecked Vessel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 3

The impression at Lloyd's is that the vessel wrecked at Boissons is the Luna…

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