Fifty Years Under the Sea, Souvenir of the Sirius. First Atlantic Steamer
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4
The King has been graciously pleased to accept a souvenir of the s.s. Sirius, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. The souvenir is a circle of metal about'…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 16
Colombo newspapers by the last mail record a thrilling story of the sea. The British steamer Northumbriia, arrived at Guile recently with Captain Pedersen, of-the…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 3
A collision between the steamer Buninyong (Howard Smith Company) and the barque Criffcl occurred near Garden Island, Sydney Harbor,…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 5
The Faion Company's turbine steamer Maitland which left Sydney on April 16, for Vanture, has arrived at the British Columbian…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2
A collision between the steamer Buninyoug (Howard Smith Company) and the Criffel occurred near Garden Island, Sydney Harbor, shortly after 7 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Theatre Wrecked. Hypnotic Failure. Bolts As Weapons
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 3
Ahrensmeyer, the "cowboy hypnotist," met with an audience that he was unable to hypnotise in Belfast on Friday night, 2nd February, and a riot took…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 8
Mr. Jutes Quintal, and elderly Freach adian, had an uniques experience in try land in San Francisco. He viewed the [?] ing city, from the decks of the steame…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Very Latest. London, Tuesday afternoon. Vessel Wrecked
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 5
Oakburn, bound from New York [?] was totally wrecked on duiker. The crew were saved…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 May 1906 · page 2
The steamer Oakburn,, from New York to Sydney, has been totally wrecked near Capetown. All hands were saved…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 5
[?] is reported at Valparaiso that the [?] boat of the barque Pitcairn Island, [?] was burned in latitude 52 deg. S. [?] 90 deg. W., is now at Punta…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 3
Moors set lire to the Glasgow steamer Craig Hall, which was stranded on the Aughera coast, thus preventing the approach of salvage ships…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 3
The ship Cassard, bound from Sydney to Falmouth, is reported to have been totally wrecked at the Falkland Islands. The crew landed at Stanley. The ship and cargo are…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 5
The first of the two new turbine Cunarders, built in agreement with the British Government, was launched yesterday, at i Clydebank, in the presence of 20,000…
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The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 4
The first of the two new turbine Cunarders, built in agreement with the British Government, was launched yesterday at Clydebank, in the presence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand's Premier Dropsidead on a Steamer Eddy Bhqusht Back to Sydney. Universal Rebret [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 3
The Hon. Richard John Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, who reached sydney on Saturday by the Melbourne express, and left early on Sunday…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 5
[?] Atlantic liner Western Land, 5665 [?] owned by the International Navigation [?] is ashore at Cape May. New [?] She had some hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand's Premier. Drops Dead on a Steamer.body Brought Back to Sydney.universal Regret. Sydney
The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2
The Hon. Richard John Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, who reach-ed Sydney on Saturday by the Melbourne express, and left early on…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 5
The Piethein, a Dutch man-o'-war, rammed and sunk the Belgian 'steamer Meuse, in the North Sea. The captain of the House and 11 others were drowned…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 2
The first of the two new turbine Cunarders, built in agreement with the British Government, was launched yesterday, at Clydebank, in the presence of 20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Mail Steamer. the Maheno Arrives. the Missing Clergyman. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 5
The Canadian mail steamer Ma[?] arrived from Vancouver this morning with a record mail. It is now proved bey[?] doubt that the West Australian clergyman, James, who disappeared a…
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