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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Wireless Telegraphy in Australia. Mail Steamer and the Flagship

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 5

Greetings were exchanged at Port Melbourne on Monday afternoon by means of wireless telegraphy between the Gorman mail steamer Bremen and…

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Wrecked by A, Whirlwind

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 3

A number of farms in East Kent have been wreeked by a whirlwind…

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Terrible Shipwreck. Barque Dundonald Lost. Captain and Eleven Others Drowned. DUNEDIN, Saturday Night

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 3

THE New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at the Bluff to-day after a voyage in connection with the Antarctic expedition, and also brought…

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Canadian Liner Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 5

A Canadian Pacific liner was wrecked on the west coast of Ironbound Island in a blinding snowstorm. Six hundred of the passengers were landed in baskets…

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Wreck of a Liner. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

During a blinding snowstorm, a, Canadian-Pacific liner was wrecked on the west coast of Ironbound Island. Six hundred of the Passengers were…

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Brazilian Steamer Sunk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 December 1907 · page 5

The coasting Steamer Guasco has been sunk in collision with another vessel off Paranagua, on the coast of Brazil. Thirty people were drowned…

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Brazilian Steamer Sunk

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 2

The coasting steamer Guasco has been sunk in collision with another vessel off Paranagna, on the coast of Brazil. Thirty people were drowned…

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Steamer Founders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 3

The steamer Galesgarth, bound from Liverpool to Penarth, is reported to have foundered, with 20 hands…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Wednesday afternoon. Wrecked Crew's Sufferings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 3

Six of the crew of the schooner Vineta, wrecked on the coast of New Brunswick, were rescued in a boat. All except the captain were insane, through five days exposure to the cold…

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Local and General. Steamer Holiday Arrangements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. advertise their holiday time-table in our issue to-day. Special provision appears to be made to carry a large number of…

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Channel Wrecks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 5

Lloyd's reports that 30 minor wrecks have occurred at the gates of the British "Channel…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Monday afternoon. Wreck of the Thomas Lawson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 3

The Thomas Lawson, which was reported us having capsized on Monday at the Scilly Isles, is a seven-mimted schooner, the largest in the world. Though the captain declined the…

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Steamer Trips

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 December 1907 · page 4

Attention is directed to the advertisements relating, to ocean excursions by the Newcastle and H.R.S.S. Co., Ltd., appearing in this issue. On…

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New Cargo Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 December 1907 · page 5

The Shaw Savill and Albion Company has I ordered the construction of a new steamer with refrigerating space for 100,000 carcases…

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Attempt to Wreck a Thain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 December 1907 · page 3

An attempt was male to wreck the Brighton train on its way to Melbourne this morning. A piece of iron was found fielily wedged between the joints of the rails. A heavy…

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