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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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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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Steamer Stranded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 5

The steamer Roddam, which escaped from [?] at the time of the great eruption Ment Pelee, was been stranded and aban [?] among the ice in the Yenisci…

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Airship Wrecked. an Aeronaut's Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 6

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on July 19:— A terrible accident occurred yesterday at San Jose, California, during the trials…

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Loch Vennachar Wreck. Wreckage Recovered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 3

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

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The Very Latest. London Wednesday afternoon. Steamer Blown Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 October 1905 · page 3

British steamer Leho struck a floating a shantung and was blown up, Fif[?] and the crew are missing…

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Wreckage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 October 1905 · page 3

A teak board with the name Imperator Alexander H. in gilt letters has been washing ashore on Chatham Islands. It apparently had not been long in the water. Firing at…

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Repair Ship Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 5

The repair ship Assistance, 9600 tons, of Atlantic fleet, is stranded on a sandy [?] between Cape Negro and Tetuan, Mo[?] She is leaking, but is in no…

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American Steamer Captured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 October 1905 · page 3

The Japanese have captured the American steamer Centennial, 2075 tons, in the Soya (La [?]erouse) Straits, between Yezo and Saghalien. The Centennial was bound for…

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A Woman Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 October 1905 · page 4

The most efficacious remedy ever known for removing the wrinkles that wreck a woman's beauty are the beautiful porcelain gum teeth which are…

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Auckland. Wreck of a Barque

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 5

Members of the crew of the barque County of Ayr, which had been wrecked on the New Zealand coast at the mouth of the Shag River, have been rescued by a steamer, five…

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Barque Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 5

The barque "Alliance". from Newcastle to ashore near Callao, on the west coast of South America…

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A Barque Ashore. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 October 1905 · page 3

It is reported that the barque AlFince, from Newcastle, is ashore near Cillao, on the west coast of South…

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Newcastle and H. R. Steamship Co. New Twin-screw Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 6

The directors' of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co. have decided to have a new twin-screw steamer constructed for their Newcastle Sydney service. Plans and specifications have been…

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Steamer Quaranteened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 3

The German steamer "Undina," from Chili, South America, has been isolated near Antwerp. One has died and six are ill, supposed to be suffering from plague…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 3

'A cable message from London states that the steamer Bucentuer, homeward bound from Sydney, caught fire during the passage but her cargo was undamaged…

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Newcastle and H. R. Steamship Co. New Twin-screw Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 16

The directors of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co. have decided to have la new twinscrew steamer constructed for their Newcastle Sydney service. Plans and specifications have been…

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A Barquentine Wrecked. Seven of the Crew Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 5

A telegram from Melbourne stales that the lighthouse-keeper at Warnambool noticed at 10 o'clock last night a vessel lying on a reef about a quarter of a mile off the breakwater…

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Wreck of the La Belle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 3

The following seven members of a crew of 12 on board the barquentine La Belle, which was wrecked near Warrnambool on Friday night, were drowned:—…

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Wreck of a Vessel. Loss of Seven Lives

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 3

The barquentine La Bella from Kaipara, laden will timber, which stranded on Friday night oil a roof about a mile from Warrnambool breakwater,…

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Latest Hews by Wire. Sydney. Sale of a Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 November 1905 · page 5

The wrecked streamer Wollumbin was sold to-day by public auction for £45. The cargo brought £5…

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