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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

129 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 7

Steamer Afire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 3

Traffic in the Suez Canal is temperoraily suspended, as the steamer Chatham, bound for Yokohama is afire. Considerable anxiety is fell in consequence of the vessel…

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The Jones Brothers Wreck The Inquest

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 3

The inquest on the bodies of the [?] of the wrecked schooner Jones Brothers, was resumed at Newcastle [?] Tuesday…

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Steamer Breaks in Two. Scene on the Mersey

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 4

While the Liverpool steamer Benshaw was proceeding up the Mersey on Saturday morning, June 10th, bound for Garsston with a cargo of about 3000 tons of…

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Dynamitard Arrested. Supposed Wrecker of Ships. Light on the Fate of a Missing Liner

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 4

The American secret service police believe they have identified the man who placed an infernal machine on the Cunard liner [?]mbria in 1903 in…

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German Cruiser Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 3

The German third-class cruiser Secadler, 1614 tons, has grounded on the Kent Rocks, near Singapore…

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Mysterious Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1905 · page 3

Lloyd's has received information from ,Jacobstad on the Duna, in the Baltic provinces, that after exploding and totally wreeking an unnamed steamer on an island near…

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The Revolt in Russia. Oil Wells Ransomed. a Mysterious Steamer. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

Delegates from all the towns in Finland to the number of 800, met at Helsingfors to discuss the political situation. An order was given by the police that those present…

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Disturbed Russia. Churches Desecrated. Armenians Murdered. Steamer Exploded and Deserted. LONDON,Wednesday-

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 5

Tartars have desecrated the churches in Baku, stolen the sacred vessels, and riddled the Ikon of the Virgin with bullets…

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Disturbed Russia. the Baku Riots. Bombs on a Steamer. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 2

The Czar, in reply to a memorial from the owners of oilwells in the Baku district, has ordered an early conference of the representatives of…

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New Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 3

Bingara has been launched at Belfast Australian trade…

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Canadian Schooner Seized

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 5

Canada complaints that the Japanese have seized a schooner laden with salt bound for Saghalien…

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Auckland, N.z., Wreck and Loss of Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1905 · page 5

The schooner Moana, from the Manning River, has been found on the beach at Mokan. New Zealand, bottom-upward. It appears the vessel went ashore early this morning, and it…

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A Schooner Foundered

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 3

The schooner Moaua, from the morning River, has been found bottom up on the beach at New Zealand…

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Wreck of the Moana. Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 3

The schooner Moana, from the Manning River, has been found on the beach at Mokau, New Zealand, bottom upwards. The Moaua arrived at…

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A Shipwreck. All Hands Missing. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 5

All doubts regarding the fate of the ship Loch Vennacher have been set at rest to-day, when a ketch arrived at Port Adelaide with a reel of paper,…

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The Alameda Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1905 · page 3

The steamer Alameda, 3158 tons, formerly in the Sydney-San Francisco trade, in starting on Saturday from San Francisco for Honolulu went ashore in San Francisco Bay…

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Chinese Steamer Exploded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 5

A drifting mine at Shan King exploded the Chinese steamer Hsich[?]no. Fifteen of bose on board perished…

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Two Years in the Arctic Expedition Ship Crushed and Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 6

Reuter's representative had an interview in August with Mr. A. Fiala. the leader of the American Ziegler North Polar expedition, who landed at Hull en route to the United States…

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Loch Vennachar Wreck. Wreckage Recovered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 5

The steamer Kooringa, which returned to Port Adelaide from Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, on Tuesday, brought a portion of the Loch Vennachar's lifeboat that had been…

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The Receht Typhoon. a Steamer Founders. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 3

The steamer Cantabria, plying among the Philippine. Islands, foundered during the recent typhoon, and 114 persons were drowned, including 97…

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