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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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The Very Latest. London, Monday afternoon. a Steamer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 5

The German steamer Gertrude Moermann is ashore at Swakoptmund, and will probably be a total loss, but the reinforcements and part of the cargo were landed…

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A Shipwreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 3

The American steamer Donald, from Cape Breton to New Brunswick, with a crew of 15, foundered in a storm…

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A Steamer Founders. Fifteen Men Drowned. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 5

The steamer Donald, proceeding from Cape Breton to New Brunswick, foundered during a storm, and the crew, numbering 15, were drowned…

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A Steamer's Experience. Sharp Artillery Practice. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 3

The steamer Wodonga arrived this awning, and bad on alarming experience. After leaving Melbourne, a ball from the Williamstown artillery,…

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Another Shooting Incident. Excitement on a Steamer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 December 1904 · page 4

An exciting incident took place on the voyage of the steamer Wodonga from Melbourne to Sydney. The Wodonga, with upwards of 100…

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Shipwrecked at Sea

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1904 · page 3

Some few years ago a Swansea vessel was caught in a terrible gale. The captain had his wife on board, and when the wind was still rising he told her to go…

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Wrecked Submarine Raised

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 4
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

The ill-fated submarine boat, A1 on being raised was towed into Portsmouth dockyard. It will be remembered that she foundered…

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The War. Reported Russian Advantage Smart Skirmishing. Attempt to Regain Mines. Sinking of a Steamer. [By Cable]. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1904 · page 3

Russian official despatches claim that General Rennenkampt drove the Japanese back as far as Taitse. Fifty Japanese were killed and one…

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S.s. Secundra Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 December 1904 · page 3

The British India Steam Navigation Company's Secundra, 2610 tons, has been wrecked. She struck a rock outside of Galle Harbour, Ceylon, and sank in two minutes…

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A Steamer Burnt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1904 · page 5

The glen Island steamer of the General Slocum type, was burned to the water's edge in Long Island Sound. Nine Persons were killed ; a tug rescued the survivors from open boats…

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How the Tulip Wrecked Holland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1904 · page 8

In these sober days, when the tulip, the queen of spring flowers, is to be bought and sold as cheaply as 3s per 100, if, may seem hard to realise the time with when a single…

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A Broken Promise. Scene on a Ferry Steamer. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 3

A sensational incident occurred last night on board the Balmain forry steamer Lady Rawson. Just as the boat was about to start on…

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P. and O. Steamer Poonah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1904 · page 3

The steamer Poonah, of 10,000 tons, built to the order of the P. and O. Company for the Australian trade, has been launched at Glasgow…

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A Missing Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1904 · page 3

The steamer Eastern, for whose safety some little anxiety was beginning to be felt, has arrived safety at Thursday Island…

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