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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Shipwrecked Sailors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 5

The Brazilian training ship Benjamin Constant has discovered on an island in the Pacific 20 shipwrecked sailors, supposed to be survivors of the battle of Tsu-shima…

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Shipwrecked Sallors. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

Twenty shipwrecked sailors, supposed to be the Russian survivors of the battle of T[?] Shima, fought in May, 1905, have been found on Pacific Island…

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Steamer Ashore—great Loss of Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 3

The British steamer Powan, bound from Hong Kong to Canton, ran ashore on the coast. Eighty Chinese passengers were drowned, but the European passengers and crew were…

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Great Dutch Steamer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 3

The Holland-American line steamer Rotteram. of 23.000 gross tonnage, and which will carry [?] passengers and crew, recently completed at Belfast, has…

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Wreck on Chinese Coast

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 5

While on the voyage from Hongkong to Canton the British steamer Powan went ashore on the coast. Eighty Chinese passengers were drowned, but all…

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River Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 5

[?] steamer Ville Bruges has been wreck[?] de Congo River. Seventy natives aboard [?] were drowned. Four Europeans swam [?] and were killed and eaten by…

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New Steamer for Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 3

The steamer Mourilyan, which has been built to the order of the Howard Smith Company Proprietary, Limited, for the Townsville-Cairns trade, has been launched at Glasgow…

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New Steamer for Australia

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 5

The steamer Mourilyan, which has been built to the order of the Howard Smith Company Proprietary, Limited, for the Townsville-Cairns trade, has…

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In the Fog. Steamer's Narrow Escape

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

The only mishap to shipping as a result of the dense fog in Sydney Harbor on Thursday morning was the grounding of the steamer Westralia in the vicinity…

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Wreck of the New England. (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 5

Sir,—l read with considerable interest, and at the same time with much regret, the reference in your Thursday's issue to that brave deed performed by…

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Wreck of the Larache

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 5

The latest accounts received in regard to the wreck of the Spanish liner Larache State that only 38 are missing. Captain Abel, who was suffering from rheumatism leapt into the sea…

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Wreck and Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 5

The Spanish liner Larache foundered in a tog after striking the rocks at the entrance to the harbour of Muros, on the coast of Spain. There were 97…

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A Disastrous Shipwreck. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

Ninety-five lives have been lost by the foundering of the Spanish liner Larache. A terrible panic occurred after the vessel had struck, and the life boats…

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Spanish Steamer Wrecked Loss of Life. London, June 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 3

The Spanish liner Larache, 1505 tons. during a fog, struck the rocks at the entrance of Muros Harbour, on the north-east coast of Spain, and foundered. Of 97…

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The Steamer Pericles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 5

The steamer Pericles, 11,000 tons, the latest addition to the Aberdeen line, has sailed from London for Sydney, via Capetown and ports…

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[?]Uall Wrecks Fishermen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 5

all on the Cantabrian coast, Spain, [?] a number of fishing craft. Twenty[?] were drowned…

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Thefts From a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 5

Reginald Parker, a seamen on the mail steamer Moldavia, was sent to gaol to-day for three months, with hard labour for embezzling clothing, etc., valued at £20, which it was…

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Wreck Off California

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 3

The Kosmos liner Anubis, 4763 tons, ran ashore at San Miguel Island, off the coast of California. One boat, which has reached Point Concepcion, on the maitland to the north of the…

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Eaten by Cannibals. Awful Fate of Wrecked Mariners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 1

The R. M. S. Macedonia, which has just arrived from Loudon, brings details of the terrible disaster the River Congo, when the steamer Ville de Bruges was…

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Steamer Invertay Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 2

Advices from Durban state that the steamer Invertay. 3974 tons, from New York, June 23, for Auckland, struck wreckage off Cape Agulhas, South Africa, and put into Durban badly…

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