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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Wreck of Ths Maori. Forty-Seven Men Lost. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 8

As reported in our last issue, the Shaw. Saville liner,Maori, 5317 tons, bound from London for Lyttelton, was wrecked on Duiker Point, 10 miles S.S.W. of…

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Wreck of the Maori. Heroism of Fishermen. Twenty One Lives Saved. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 2

Fishermen at Duiker Point, near Capetown, the scene of the wreck of the Shaw, Savill liner Maori on Wednesday, detected twelve men clinging to the tops…

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Wreck of the Maori. Heroism of Fishermen. Twenty-One Lives Saved. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 4

Fishermen at Duiker Point, near Capetown, the scene of the wreck of the' Shaw, Savill liner Maori on Wednesday, detected twelve men clinging to the tops…

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The Wreck of the Maori

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 5

Two Cape policemen have been prospected [?] or not reporting the statement of a fisherman, on Thursday evening, the day after the wreck, that he saw five persons on the…

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Helping the Shipwrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 5

Concerts are being held in Capetown in aid of the sufferers from the wreck of the Maori…

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A Steamer Sighted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 1

The agents for the Blue Anchor line at Durban have received a telegram from East London, stating that a Blue Anchor vessel has been sighted at a…

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The Maori Wreck

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 3

An Italian fisherman Messina with great gallantry crawled along the razor edge of a rock that was being swept by heavy seas in order to catch a…

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Late Cables. London, Tuesday. the Wrecked Langton Grange

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 3

The steamer Langton Grange, which Went ashore on the coast of Pembroke shire, is breaking up…

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Wreck of the Maori. Bravery of a Fisherman. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 1

It appears that the rescue of the majority of the men who had remained on the steamer Maori when she was driven on to the rocks at Duiker Point…

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Wrecked Near Capetown. Forty-seven Drowned. London, Aug. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 2

The Shaw-Saville liner Maori, which coaled at Capetown on Wednesday, has become a wreck at Duzka Point, between Capepoint and Capetown. The steamer carried no passengers…

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The Missing Waratah. Bodies Sighted by a Steamer. Intense Anxiety Prevails

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 2

A cablegram received from Capetown on Saturday states that the anxiety that is felt for the safety of the Wara tah has been intensified by a report…

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The Maori Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 5

The official inquiry held at Capetown into the loss of the steamer Maori, wrecked on Pulker Point, Cape Colony, on the night of August 4, showed that the cause…

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Wreck of the Maori

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 3

An official inquiry has been hold into the circumstances of the loss of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Maori, of 5317 tons, which was wrecked off Duiker…

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New Cargo Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 5

The steamer Star of Canada, built to the order of J.P. Corry and Co. (Star line), by Workman, Clark, and Company, of Belfast, has been launched. The vessel has been…

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General Cable News. Fishing Schooner Capsized

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 5

The American fishing schooner Orinoco, [?] capsized in a squall 20 miles off Hali[?] Nova Scotia. Of the crew of 17, all [?] Scotians, 11 perished…

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New Australian Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 5

Burns, Philp, and Co.'s steamer Mata[?], 4000 tons for the Eastern service, [?] launched on the Clyde…

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A Mad Mohammedan. Scenes on a Mail Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 7

According to information gathered on board the R.M.S. Morea, which arrived at Fremantle on Wednesday, a second class passenger from Sydney by the…

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Steamer Walmate Detained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 3

[?] bound from London for New Zealand, via Capetown and will be detained at Capetown for but few [?] days owing to a breakdown of…

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Late Cables. London, Saturday. Fishing Schooner Capsized

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

The American fishing schooner Orinoco was Capsized in a squall 20 miles off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Of the crew of 17, all Nova Scotians, 11 perished…

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Capsize in a Squall. an Island Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 8

A message from Ebon (Marshall Islands), dated June 10, says:—The schooner Baram Bingham was capsized on May 4 during a squall, about 15 miles south-west of…

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