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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Wreck on the Queensland Coast. BRISBANE, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 7

New was received in Sydney last night of the wreck of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Aramac at, Breaksea Spit, a well-known danger spot on the Queensland coast, north of…

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Naval Disaster. British Submarine Sunk. [?]Ision with a Mail Steamer. All Hands Lost. London, March 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 March 1904 · page 3

disaster is reported from on Ports resulting in the sinking of submar[?] code-boat AL cars that the Union Castle liner…

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Plague Rats. Found on a Steamer from Sydney. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

THE Board of Health Department has received a telegram from the W[?] Australia Health Department stations that some rats, captured on the…

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A Naval Disaster. British Submarine Sunk. Collision with a Mail Steamer. All Hands Lost. London, March 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

A naval disaster is reported from off Portsmouth resulting in the sinking of submarine torpedo-boat A1. It appears that the Union Castle liner…

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Loss of a Schooner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 3

The Marino Court found the recent loss of the schooner Venture, off Sydney Heads, was due to the vessel being run down by the tug Champion, and ordered the owners of the latter to pay the costs of the inquiry…

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A Steamer Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

A TELEGRAM was received at Brisbane on Sunday from Ballina, stating that the steamer Lady Musgrove, while outward bound for Brisbane, drifted…

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Steamer Aground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 5

The steamer Bellingen, in attempting to cross out at Camden Haven early this morning grounded on the north spit, inside the bar. There is no immediate danger…

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The War. Japanese on the Yalu. Russia's Defences. A Reported Fight. British Steamer Overhauled. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 5

THE correspondent of the "Daily Chrenicle" at Tekio, reports that, Japanese troops swam across the Yalu river near Kiu lien cheng, in…

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A Torpedo-destroyer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 3

During the naval manoeuvres off Ports-mouth the British torpedo destroyer Teaser went aground, and may possibly become a wreck. There were no casualties…

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Sinking a Japanese Steamer. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 1

Yesterday the Japanese colony at Gousan, which is unprotected, was alarmed by the arrival of three Russian cruisers and two torpedo craft from…

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A Steamer Sunk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 3

The ferry steamer Katie, which had been engaged in the service between Annandale and Sydney, was found sunk at her moorings this morning in 15 feet of water. Foul…

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Victims of the Wrecks. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1904 · page 2

No fewer than 651 men are estimated to have been drowned by the sinking of the Hatzuse and the Yoshino. Rear – Admiral Nashiba,…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Stranded Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 5

A survey at the steamer Workfield was made to-day to ascertain whether the vessel had sustained any daamge. Captain Broadhead states that the clearance papers…

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Steamer Rates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 3

The Red Star Line and the American Line are the only lines retaliating against the German lines in cutting the steerage rates from Europe to America…

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Auckland. Accident to a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 5

The steamer Tavinul reports that the stea­mer Upolu is overdue at Flint Island. The Upolu hud a breakdown of her engines when off Manahihi, but the damage was repaired,…

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The War. Japanese Torpedo Boats. Russian Mines Blown Up. Russian Wrecks Found. Explosion on a Cruiser. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 5

ADMIRAL TOGO reports that eight Japanese torpedo boats entered Port Arthur on Tuesday under heavy fire from the Russian forts. Two…

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Fiji. Missing Steamer Safe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1904 · page 3

The island steamer Upolo, for whose safety considerable anxiety was manifested, arrived at Suva, Fiji, to-day…

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'A Schooner in Difficulties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 3

The schooner Australia, while, in tow of the tug Gollan, bound inwards over the Manning bar to-day was struck by a big sea carried on to the end of the…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Thursday. Terrible Fire on an Excursion Steamer Hundreds of Lives Lost

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 5

An excursion steamer, having on board 1000 children and 900 adults, has been burned at New York. The fire spread with terrible rapidity…

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Terrible Calamity. To an Excursion Steamer. Sunday School Picnic Party on Board. 500 Lives Lost. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 5

AN [?] disaster has ccurred in new York harbour, a fire breaking out on a crowded excursion steamer. A thousand children and 900 adults,…

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