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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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The Carnarvon Bay Wreck Missing Crew Saved. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 5

Tho steamer Wauchope arrived at Burnie, Tasmania, from King Island with the crew of tho missing boat from the wrecked ship Carnarvon Bay. The men say they landed…

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Disabled Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 9

The steamer Kiltobranks, 272 tons, met with a mishap on her run from the Richmond River to Sydney on Friday, and eventually had to be towed into port by the steamer Guthrie, which…

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Wreck of the Carnarvon Bay. Boat's Crew Missing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 11

A the steamer Tarcoola, on her way to Melbourne from Sydney, was ploughing her way through the heavy seas kicked up by the northerly wind off Cape Liptrap on…

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Steamer Detained and Captain Fined. Breach of Regulations. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 3

The steamer Craigvor, Newcastle to Bombay, has boon detained at Thursday Island, the captain being charged with a breach of the Queensland Marine…

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Wrecks Off Asian Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 5

Advices per sada Mara state that several large steamships have been wrecked off the coast. of Asia with heavy losses of life…

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Late Cables. Typhoon Wrecks Towns

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 4

New York, Saturday. A telegram from Manila reports that a typhoon occurred on the Caejagan River on September 25, which resulted in four towns being…

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Carnarvon Bay Wreck. Unchartered Rock Alleged

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 4

The Court of Marine Inquiry sat at Melbourne on Friday to investigate the circumtances surrounding the stranding and subsequent abandoning of the British…

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Audacious Steamer Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 5

A daring robbery was committed aboard the steamer City of of Seattle, en route from Skagway. Bullion and bank notes amounting to £5000 were stolen from the mailroom of the…

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A Steamer Lost. Explosion in Gulf on Panama. Vancouver, Oct. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 5

It is reported that the steamer Chiriqul, 643 tons, of the Pacific Steamship Navigation, has been lost in the Gulf of Panama, owing to an explosion of he boilers, The fate of…

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Steamer Robber Confesses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 3

In regard to the robbery of [?]5000 from the mailroom of the steamer City of Seattle the messman who was arrested, and in whose socks bank notes were found, has…

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Robbery on a Steamer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 4

Vancouver, Tuesday.— Bullion and bank notes amounting to £5000 were stolen from the mial-room of the steamer City of Seattle while on her way from…

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Survivors' Story. Wreck Disaster

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 4

Mothers and wives wept bitterly on the Liverpool landing stage when, on Wednesday (says "Lloyd's News" of July 17) the Pacific liner Oropesa came…

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Chinese Steamer Burned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 3

The steamer Kum Chow has been burned in Chinese waters. One hundred and fifty people aboard of her were lost…

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Steamer on the Rocks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 3

The British steamer Demara is on the rocks at the Golden Gate, San Francisco, owing to being caught in the [?] tide fog. No life was lost…

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A Steamer Lost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 5

The Board of Trade has decided to hold an inquiry into the loss of the steamer Clan Macpherson…

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A Steamer Foundered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 5

The steamer Heathfield has foundered off the coast of Norfolk. Two persons have been saved, but 20 are missing…

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STEAMER MlNNEHAHA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 5

The steamship Minnehaha, of the Atlantic Transport line, which went ashore on one of the Scilly Isles on April 18 has been repaired, and taken up its running between…

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Wreck on Brazilian Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 5

The British steamer, Port Warnock, has been wrecked off Cape Frio, Rio de Janeiro and twelve of the crew were drowned…

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Hamburg Steamer Founders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 5

The Hamburg steamer Staleria foundered at Reval. Russia, and sixteen of the crew were drowned…

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Atlantic Air Voyage. Airship Wrecked. London. Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 5

Mr. Walker Wellman's airship America, which left Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday morning for a flight across the Atlantic, was wrecked 480 miles from land. The steamer…

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