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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Rescued in Mid Ocean. Shipwrecked Castaways

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 4

A timely rescue of a boatload of shipwrecked castaways was effected by the German steamer Germania, which arrived in Sydney on Monday from the East, via…

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Liner Ashore. New Orleans

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 4

According to advices received here, the French Huer, Louisiana, plying between Havre, and New Orleans, is ashore on a reef off Key West. Half of the [?]…

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Cholera Stricken Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 6

Rio De Janeiro, Thursday.—The steamer Araguaya, from Southampton, has arrived here, and has been placed in quarantine, owing to a number of cases of…

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Rescued in Mid Ocean. Shipwrecked Castaways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 5

A timely rescue of a boatload of shipwrecked castaways was effected by the German steamer Germanla, which arrived in Sydney on Monday from the East, via…

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Indigestion and Kidney Trouble. Became a Wreck and Often Wished for Death. Complete Health Restored by Bile Beans

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 1

Mrs M. Seanlon, of 1 Avon Place, on Haines-street, North Melbourne, says:— "Four years ago I Was a great victim of indigestion, which laid me up for days…

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Steamer Wrecked. Rio[?]de Janeiro, Oct. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 October 1910 · page 3

The steamer Wally, 120 tons, has been wrecked off Para Some of those aboard were saved, but 50 are missing…

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A Steamer in Distress. (By Cable). Auckland

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 October 1910 · page 2

The steamer Strathelyde has arrived at Lytteltou from Newcastle after being adrift for three weeks with a broken rudder…

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Collision at Sea. a Disabled Steamer. London. Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1910 · page 5

The steamer Sussex has reached Las Palmas, Canary Islands, after a collision with the Steamer Newstead. The forepart of the Sussex is leaking and repairs will require a six days'…

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I Digestion and Kidney Trouble. Became a Wreck, and Often Wished for Death. Complete Health Restored by Bile Beans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 2

Mrs.M. Seanlon. of 1 Avon place, off Haines street, North Melbourne, says :— Four years ago I was a great victim of indigestion, which laid me up for many days. during which time I…

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Shipping Disasters. Portuguese Liner Wrecked. Captown, Oct. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 5

The Portuguese liner Lisboa, with 250 passengers, has been wracked near Paternoster Point, on the west coast of Cape Colony. Three British subjects were drowned. The rest of these…

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Schooner Floated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 5

The schooner Australia, which went ashore last week at Nambucca Heads, was floated off this morning, and towed into the Macleay River…

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Paris Power Station Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 5

Hooligans at Vitry-sur-Seine, two miles from Paris city wall, wrecked the electric power station situated there. The electric current was diverted in all directions and…

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An Overdue Steamer. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 5

The liner Kurdistan, from Manchester to Marseilles, with a few passengers, is overdue, and it is feared that the vessel has foundered…

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Steamer Founders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1910 · page 3

The steamer Kurdistan foundered when 60 miles off Sicily, in the English Channel. Of the 48 people aboard only two were rescued…

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Shipwreck Off Cornwall. a Splendid Save. London, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 5

The steamer Wimble[?] has been wrecked off Landsend, on the coast of Cornwall. The boats were washed away, but the crew of 27 were gallantly rescued by means of…

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Wreck Off Dover. of World's Largest Sailer. London, Nov. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 5

The [?]boat Brighton, bound from Newhaven for Dieppe, France, when off Beachy Head came into collision with the world's largest sailing vessel, the German Pruessen. a five-masted…

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Wreck of the Preussen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 5

Twenty of the Preussen's crew have been landed, and the remainder will be landed to-night…

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A Panorama of Wreckage. London, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 5

Three hundred additional police have been despatched to Wales, and troops, have arrived at Swindon, Wilshire, where they are held in readiness…

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Story of a Wreck. Captain Missing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 3

On Tuesday the sole survivor of the wrecked lugger, Hugh Norman, of about 200 tons, which left on October 21 last for Broome, reached Fremantle, and was taken to the Sailors'…

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Wreck of the Kurdistan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 3

The survivors of the steamer Kurdistan, wrecked off the Scilly Islands, state that a single boat, with six occupants, was lowered from the vessel, and the other…

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