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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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Wreck of the S, S. Australian. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 2

THE steamer Australian, from Sydney to Japan, went ashore during dirty weather on Saturday flight, on a reef 120 miles from Port Darwin, and it is…

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Wreck of the Australian Driven Out of Her Course. Changes of Salvage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 5

The steamer Australian (says a Port Darwin telegram to the "Herald") was heading about south-west when she struck on Bashon Head, which makes it appear that it was calculated the…

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Shipping Disasters Steamer Australian a Wreck

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 November 1906 · page 2

The E. and A. steamer Australian, which left Sydney on the 7th inst. for Japan, struck a reef 120 miles east of Port Darwin on Saturday night, and…

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Steamer Refloated [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 November 1906 · page 2

The steamer Bavarian s'randed near Quebec in 1905, has been refloated. The indenturers are to pay the sailors 33½ per cent value of the hull…

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Shipwrecked Crew. Extraokdinary Adventures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 6

The Board of Trade have issued the finding of the Court of Inquiry which investigated the circumstances attending the stranding and the total…

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Wreck of the Australian. Driven Out of Her Course. Chances of Salvage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 14

The steamer Australian (says a Port Darwin telegram to the "Herald") was heading about south-west when she struck on Bashon Head, which makes it appear that it was calculated the…

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When Men Are Shipwrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 3

Shipwrecked persona have been kept alive on the most repugnant and unwholesome of foods. Probably the hardest fare that six, strong men and a boy of fifteen over kept,…

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New Zealand. a Steamer Aground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 3

The French steamer Briez Huel, 5098 tons. bound from Valparaiso to Sydney, put into Wellington this morning. A northerly gale was blowing at the time, and as the…

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Shipwrecked Chinese

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 2

SURELY the "White Australia" idea is pushed too far when shipwrecked Chinese are refused a landing. This actually happened…

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War Pinnace Cut in Two. Sailor Killed by Steamer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred during the visit of the Med way Reserve Fleet to Margate on 12th Saptembor. The pleasure steamer Conqueror,…

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Express Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 5

[?] train was wrecked in a collision [?] of Lynchburg, Virginia. Mr. S. [?]president, and Mr. Schuyllr, direc[?] Southern Railroad Company, and…

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Steamer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 3

[?]Clan MacDonald is ashore in the [?]. The accident has delayed the Mooltan [?] boure…

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A New Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 2

Captain Harry Warne, who proceeds to England to bring out the Newcastle and Hunter River S. S. Co.'s new steamer Hunter, was on Wednesday the recipient of a…

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Steamer Excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 4

The Manager of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company (Mr. F. J. Thomas), makes timely announcement of a cheap ocean steamer excursion on Boxing Day, from Newcastle to Port…

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Steamer Traffic for the Holidays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 4

Attention is directed to an advertisement in this issue announcing the arrangements made by the manager of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company for the…

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The Very Latest. London, Tuesday afternoon. Fatal Steamer Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 5

Hull steamer Arlington collided with [?] the Belgian steamer Copyjuby, off press, during a fog. Twelve of the [?] crew were drowned…

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Vessels Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 3

The tourist steamship Princessin Victoria Luise is a total wreck, near Port Royal, Jamaica. A vessel believed to be the Heathpool,…

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German Barque Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 3

German barque Nordwind, from Go[?] to Melbourne, was wrecked on [?] at the Skerries, Shetland. Three crew were drowned. Seventeen…

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Duels Afloat and Ashore. Some Interesting Incidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

In France and Germany dueling enjoys a certain amount of popularity, although the laws forbid it, and, until a half-century ago, a fight with swords or pistols between…

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Steamer to Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 4

The attention of passengers is directed to the time-table of the Newcastle and H. R. S. S. Company appearing in our advertising columns. The…

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