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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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The Orizaba Wreck. Charges Against the Captain

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 3

A preliminary inquiry into the wreek of the Orizaba was commenced at Fremantle on Thursday, before Mr R. Fairbairn. P.M.. and Cantains Gordon…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Barque Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 3

The barque Clan McLeod, from New Zealand, is ashore near Point Nepean, inside Hobson's Bay. There are no further particulars. The scene of the disaster is not far…

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The Orizaba Wreck. Result af the Inquiry

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 3

The Perth Marice Court concluded its inquiry on Saturday into the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the Orizaba- It was Found teat the captain had Committed…

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Fire on a Steamer. All Hands Behave Splendidly. Flames Extinguished. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 3

At [?] o clock this morning a message from Queenseliff stated that a large steamer was letting off rockets and burning blue lights near the Heads. Later it was ascertained…

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Fire on a Steamer. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 6

At 2 o'clock this morning a message from Queenscliff stated that a large steamer was letting off rockets and burning blue lights near the Heads. Later it was ascertained…

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Late News by Cable. London, Thursday. Wreck of a Barqce

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 3

Severs hurricanes are Lowing on the England coast. The Khyber a barque of 1927 tons. which sailed from Melbourne on the 17th October…

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Barque Cannebiere Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 5

The French barque Cannebiere, 2578 tons, bound from New Caledonia to the Clyde, has been wrecked at Dundrum Bay. on the north-east coast of Ireland…

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Wreck on the English Coast. Twenty-three Lives Lost. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 3

Severe hurricanes are blowing on the English coast. The Khyber, a barqnc. of 1927 tons, which sailed from Melbourne on the…

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The Missing Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 4

AGREEABLE news came to Sydney on Monday about the Pilbarra. She was last heard of on March 2, when she left Noumea for Suva in Fiji, having already suffered the loss of one…

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The Steamer Pilbarra. Noumea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 5

St. Sewell, second officer of the steamer [?] and Mr. Eric Hunt, a passenger, have [?] by the M. M. Company steamer Pacifique [?] Port [?] Mr. Sewell report that he left…

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A Collier Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

The Bellambi Coal Company's steam collier Marjorie went ashore on the rocks at Cronulla Beach at 1.30 this morning. The crew was landed safely. The vessel is not…

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The Vert Latest. London, Sunday afternoon. a Steamer Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

Allen's Parisian steamer, with a thousand passengers, collided with the Hamburg-American steamer Albano with 800 passengers, off Halifax, Nova Scotin. The vessels…

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Wreck of the Albany. the Vessel in Halves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

The steamer Albany struck on a reef two miles [?] the bar at Nambucca River Heads, and a mile [?] a quarter off the abore, at 2.45 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The sea is moderate. At 5 o'clock…

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Steamer Albany Ashore. Vessel in a Critical Condition

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

Considerable excitement was occasioned in Sydney on Sunday evening by the receipt of a telegram from the Nambucca River to the effect that the…

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A Steamer Aground. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

A steamer, believed to be the Marjorie (a collier), that left Belambi with coal, is stuck on the rocks at the south end of Cronulla Beach, this morning…

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A Missing Steamer Found

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 3

It is satisfactory to note that the steamer Pilbarra, about whose fate much uneasiness prevailed has been found. A message has been received…

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Manly Steamer Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

The Manly steamer Kuringai crashed into the wall of Circular Quay this morning, burying her nose in the solid masonry, which was split up in all directions. The…

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A Career Wrecked

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

MR. SLATTERY is on able man, and although he has always managed, like some of our other political notable, to give the impression that he was…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 5

The steamer Ashmount, which left Melbourne in February last for Liverpool, has become a total wreck near East London, South Africa. The vessel was loaded with a cargo of sugar…

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Steamer Ashmount Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 3

The steamer Ashmount, 3579 tons, from Melbourne February 21, for Liverpool, has been stranded near East London, on the southern coast of Cape Colony. There is…

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