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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Strike on a Mail Steamer Fifty-nine Men Leave the Vessel

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

At Sydney on Wednesday 59 of the crew of the Sonoma came out on strike, just as the vessel was about to sail. They were arrested and charged…

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A New Coastal Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

A cablegram was yesterday received by the general manger of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, notifying the successful launching of the new…

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Newcastle. Window Wrecking

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 5

In connection with the shop-window smashing episode reported yesterday, a drover named Charles Colli[?]s was at, the police court to-day committed for trial on three…

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Cyclone's Terrific Power a Ketch's Wreckage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 3

The Melbid[?] returned to Cooktown on Wednesday afternoon from the search for the crew of the Government ketch Pilot, which was wrecked during the late cyclone. No bodies or…

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A New Coastal Steamer The Hunter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 3

A cablegram was received on Monday by the general manager of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, notifying the…

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Wrecks at Lord Howe Island. the Crews Safe. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 3

A cable message was received in sydney this morning from Norfolk Island to the effect that the barque Mealgwyn, which Was recently abandoned off Lord Howe Island,…

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Window Wrecking [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

In connection with the smashing of shop -windows at Newcastle, reported elsewhere in this issue, Charles Collins, the drover who ran a muck in…

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Steamer Ablaze Stirring Story of the Sea

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 3

A stirring story of the sea was told by members of the crew of the liner Haversham Grange, who arrived at Southampton from Capetown on the 19th…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Provisions for the Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 5

The pilot summer Captain Cook left, Sydney this afternoon for Lord Howe Island, with provisions for the shipwrecked sa[?]ors there…

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Steamer Ablaze Stirring Story of the Sea

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 3

A stirring story of the sea was told by members of the crew of the liner Haversham Grange, who areived at Southampton from Capetown on the 19th…

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Wrecks on Lord Howe Island. the Crews Safe. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 3

A cable message was received in Sydney, this morning from Norfolk Island to the effect that the barque Maelgwyn, which was recently abandoned off Lord Howe Island,…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Monday afternoon New Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 5

The steamer Hunter has been launched at Leith for service between Sydney, Newcastle, and the Hunter River…

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Latest News by Wire. Press Association. Sydney. Recent Wrecks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 5

The q[?]ilot slimmer Captain Cook returned to Sydney this morning from Lord Howe Island, with the shipwrecked crew of the barques Annasona and Maelgwya, numbering 40 all told…

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Forty Wrecked Sailors. Arrival in Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 1

The pilot steamer Captain Cook returned to Sydney on Tuesday morning from Lord Howo Island, with the shipwrecked crow of the barques…

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Wreck of the Steamer Larcemont. LONDON

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

The steamer Larchmont collided with a collier off the east coast of the United States. The Larchmont sunk in 10 minutes. She carried…

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The Catherine Wreck. a Thrilling Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

In an interview on Thursday, in Melbourne Captain Ree, of the shipwrecked schooner Catherine, stated that the vessel arrived at the Crozets at the end of November, and…

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Fearful Explosion. Dynamite Factory Wrecked. Eighty Persons Killed. Over Two Hundred Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

English files to 80th November give particulars in telegrams from Berlin correspondents of the terrible disaster at Witten, Westphalia, on the 28th…

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Cyclone's Terrific Power. a Ketch's Wreckage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 16

The Melbidri returned to Cooktown on Wednesday afternoon from the search for the crew of the Government ketch Pilot, which was wrecked during the late cyclone. No bodies or…

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Wreck of a Schooner. Unfortunate Seamen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

A German ship called off Port Phillip Heads on Wednesday evening and transferred to a tug the oaptain and two of the men of the wrecked…

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New South Coast Steamer. Stranded Near Port Albert. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

The Illawarra and South Coast Company's now steamer Moruya, bound from Liverpool to Sydney in ballast, stranded on the Ninety-Mile Beach, near Port Albert, on Friday night…

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