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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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A Destroyer Wrecked. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

While manoeuvring during a night attack at Malta, the destroyer Ariel became a total wreck, and the coxswain was drowned…

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New Steamer Hunter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 5

We have received from Mr. J. C. Brown, Morneth, [?] of the N. and H. R. S. S. Co, a copy of "The [?] Observer" with the following description of the new steamer for the Company's Sydney-Hunter…

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Disaster to the Suevic. Details of the Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 6

The news reached Plymouth between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday morning (writes the London "Standard" of March 19) that the Suevic, which was experted at that port with…

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A Steamer Founders. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 1

While crossing the River Neva in a snowstorm, the steamer Archangelsk, with 80 passengers on board, struck an ice floe, and foundered almost…

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New Steamer Hunter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 10

We have received from Mr. J. C. Brown, Morpeth, agent of the N. and H. R. S.S. Co. a copy of " The Leith Observer" with the following description of the new steamer for the Company's Sydney-Hunter…

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Disaster to the Suevic. Details of the Wreck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 15

The news reached Plymouth between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday morning (writes the London "Standard" of March 19) that the Suevic, which was exported at that port with…

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A Gale at Newcastle. Steamer Wrecked. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 3

At daylight tills morning, after having courageously battled all night against a furious south-easterly gale, accompanied by thick rain squalls and a heavy sea, a small…

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Boisterous Weather Steamer Ashore [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 4

Boister [?] weather commenced last evening and continued throughout the night and this morning, with heavy seas on the coast. Ships were…

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Addlaide. Contact with Wrecks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 5

The steamer Port Chalmers passed over the submerged wrecks of the barque Norma and the steamer Jessie Darling, off Adelaide semaphone to-day, and reported water in…

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Fire on a Steamer. Extinguished After Fifty Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1907 · page 6

The fire in the hold of the steamer Pielofeld was extinguished at Brisbane on Sunday evening after burning for about fifty hours. About 5. o'clock the services of a diver were…

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Emigrant Ship Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 5

[?] gale the French steamer Pointon, [?] from Marseilles for Buenos Ayres, [?] at Cape Santa Maria, on the [?] coast of uruguay. The…

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The Berlin Wreck. a Deed of Heroism

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 3

The saving of the last three survivors of the wreck of the Berlin by a Dutch merchant, Captain Martin Sperling, helped by his two nephews, in a…

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The Berlin Wreck. a Deed of Heroism

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 3

The saving of the List three survivors of the wreck of the Berlin by a Dutch merchant, Captain Martin Sperling, helped by his two nephews, in a…

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New River Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 2

A fine-looking boat, to replace the one burnt on August 3 last, intended for the river trade between Clarence Town and Newcastle, built by day work, under the supervision of Mr. Andrew Smith, the…

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Steamer Founders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 5

The steamer Thorthill, bound from New York to Brazil, took fire and foundered in mid-ocean. The crew of 29 took to the four boats, and sailed 870 miles, landing at Barbadoes on…

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An Historic Wreck. Relics of the Dunbar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 5

Recollections of the wreck of the ship Dunbar near the Gap, at South Head, were revived on Tuesday by the discovery of submerged wreekage from the ship, just under…

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A Steamer Burned Crew Take to Boats [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 2

The steamer Thorthill, from New york to Brazil, caught fire and fo[?] ered in mid-ocean, and the crez numbering 29, took to four boats, [?]…

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The Berlin Wreck. a Deed of Heroism

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 3

sThe saving of the last three survivors of the wreck of the Berlin by a Dutch merchant. Captain Martin Sperling, helped by his two nephews, in a…

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An Historic Wreck. Relics Oe the Dunbar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 14

Recollections of the wreck of the ship Dunbar near the Gap, at South Head, were revived on Tuesday by the discovery of submerged wreckage from the ship, just under…

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An Historic Wreck Relics of the Dunbar

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 6

Recollections of the wreck of the ship Dunbar near the Gap, at South Head, were revived on Tuesday by the discovery of submerged wreckage…

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