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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Windsor Park Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

The ship Windsor Park, 1844 tons which fet fallaroo on October 10 for Algoa Bay, [?]ore at Cape Recife, Cape Colony Tugs [?] gone [?] assistance…

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German Express Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

The express from Hamburg to Cologne, came into collision with a goods, train at Otterberg, in the Bavarian Palatinate. Five people were killed and six others were…

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Steamer Excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

The great heat experienced yesterday was responsible in a degree for the very large numbers that took advantage of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's…

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Lifeboat Capsized

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 3

The Hyde lifeboat capsized in a gale, and two of the [?]crew were drowned…

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Fire on a Steamer. Men Overcome by Fumes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 2

Exciting seeues were witnessed on board the burning steamer Irish Monarch in Hobson's Bay on Tuesday, when efforts were made to extinguish the fire…

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Lifeboat Adrift

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

The crow on the capsized Ryde lifeboat drifted throughout the night, holding to their lifelines…

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Latest News by Wire. Press Association Sydney. Wreck on the Three Kings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

The Barquentine Elverland bound from the Thames. New Zealand, to Sydney, was wrecked on Three Kings Island. Yesterday the captain and crew were landed safely, and…

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Mail Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 5

[?]Pacific Mail Steamship Company's [?] ship City of Panama has been wrecked [?] Pescadoro, California. Seventy of the [?] gers who were on board and 30 of the…

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A Body Ashore. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The body of a young man, wasihed ashore at Bronte Beach yesterday, was to-day identified as George Baker, who was drowned while bathing a week…

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A Disastrous Wreck

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The Pacific Company's steamer City of Panama has been wrucked near Leacadora, California, and 70 passengers with 30 of the crew, are missing…

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Dastardly Act. a Steamer Disabled

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 1

A dastardly attempt to damage the machibery of the steamer Adelaide was discovered just as she was on the point of sailing from Sydney to Vladivostok,…

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The Largest Steamer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

The Oceanic is intended for the trade between England and America. The ironwork of her hull weight nearly 20,000 tons, and her steel-plates would form a wall 5ft. high…

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Ships That Can't Be Wrecked. the Luckiest-unlucky Vessels Afloat

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

Sold last year on the Clyde, for breaking-up purposes, was a ship that spent thirty years in running into danger, in collision twice, had…

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The Elingamite Wreck Salvage in Gold [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

A syndieate is now attempting the recovery of the gold on the wrecked Elingamite, off the coast of New Zealand. Gold valued at £l500 was…

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Bulgarian Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

A Bulgarian steamer, which landed arms, supposed to be landed for the Macedonians, was wrecked near Salina. The crew fled…

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Ship Pengwern Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

The British ship Pengwern, 1648 tons, has been wrecked in the North Sea. Her crew of 24 hands were drowned…

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Steamer Refloated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 5

The steamer Awamaru, valued at £9200, has been refloated…

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The Steamer Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. advertises that the "Sydney" will be despatched from Sydney on Sunday night, 27th instant. This…

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Steamer Excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 4

The manager of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company announces by advertisement in this issue, that on Anniversary Day the "Namoi" will be dispatched from Newcastle to Port Stephens…

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Ketch Lost with All Hands Aftermath Of Hurricane

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

The Queensland Government ketch Pilot, missing from Cooktown, is considered to have been lost with all hands. Portions of wreckage have…

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