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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Barque Adderley Ashore. London. Dec. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 2

The barque, Adderley, from Newcastle. October 7, with a cargo of coals, bound for Guayaquil, is ashore on Puna, an island in the Gulf of Guayaquil. She must lighten…

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Shipwrecked Castaways

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 3

The shipwrecked crew of the French barque Armen reached Sydney on Sun day by the French mail steamer Paci fique, from Noumea…

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Another New North Coast Steamer. Launch of the Minimbah

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 3

The North Coast Company's now steamer Minimbah has been successfully launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs Mundale and Murray, on the…

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Our Steamer Communication

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

We have been requested to state that the steamers plying between Clarence Town and Newcastle, will continue as usual throughout the…

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Arrival of Lord Kitchener. at Port Darwin. Mishap to His Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 3

The Dutch steamer Van, out Hoorn arrived at Port Darwin on Tuesday, afternoon from Netherlands Indies ports, bringing Viscount Kitchener, with his A.D.C., Captain Fitzgerald…

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Gales in Britain. Wrecks on the Coast. London, Dec. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 5

Heavy winds and gales, with snow, were the weather conditions on Tuesday, and these were followed yesterday by a rapid thaw, with torrential rains and floods in Devon and the Sovern…

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A Midshipman's Romance Published Bt Special Arrangement. Copyright. Chapter Xi. the Shipwreck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 3

I do not think that Mrs. Trevor would have succeeded in persuading Bowser to make a cabin passenger of me. Neither do I think that the old lady…

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Fifteen Days with Fire. Exciting Time on a Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 1

The steamer Ardgryte, which has just arrived from Bahia Bianea, to load wheat at Williamstown—a new vessel owned by Lang and Fulton, of Greenock-had…

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Arrival of Lord Kitchener at Port Darwin. Mishap to His Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 7

The Dutch steamer Van out Hoorn arrived at Port Darwin on Tuesday afternoon from Netherlands Indies ports, bringing Viscount Kitchener, with his A.D.C., Captain Fitzgerald…

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Storms in Britain. Floods and Wrecks. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 6

Heavy winds with great falls of snow, culminating in gales, have taken place throughout the United Kingdom. These conditions were followed by a rapid…

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Steamer Capita Missing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 3

The steamer Capua, will a crew of 23, bound from Hamburg to Genoa, is missing in the North Sea. She is regarded as lost…

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Steamer Poona Discharging. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 2

The steamer Poona is at Circular Quay and began discharging her coal carge from Japan this morning. The crews were employed to work the coal,…

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Steamer on Fire. Passengers' Blissful Ignorance. London. Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 3

The steamer "Celtic" arrived in Liverpool, with cotton in the hold, on fire. A company of 400 passengers was unaware of the outbreak…

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