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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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The Moresby. Missing Lifeboat Found

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 1

The Government steamer John Doug las returned to Cooktown at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night. She picked up the missing lifeboat at the Howick Islands…

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The Missionary Steamer "John Williams."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 2

The missionary steamer "John Williams," which left Sydney on Saturday morning, put in at Newcastle in accordance with arrangements on her trip to British New Guinea. Owing to a strong…

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Chinese Murder Mystery. on an Australian Bound Steamer

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

Two letters, bearing the date February 28, were received by the Chinese Commercial Association in Adelaide on Tuesday morning from Port Pirie. The contents convey the…

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The Waratah. Wreckage Washed Ashore. London, March 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Capetown reports that a quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Mossel Bay. A most significant object is a cushion marked…

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Chinese Murder Mystery. on an Australian Bound Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 7

Two letters, bearing the date February 28, were received by the Chinese Commercial . Association in Adelaide on Tuesday morning from Port Pirie. The contents convey the…

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Supposed Waratah Wreckage. London, Friday afternoon

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

The Lund Steamship Company place no credence on the report of the supposed Waratah wreckage, because their Capetown agents have not notified them, as arranged, should any…

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Fate of the Waratah. Wreckage at Mossel Bay. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 3

A discovery has been made at Mos set Bay. otherwise known as Aliwal South, a seaport of the Cape Colony,[?] miles to the south-west of Georgetown…

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When a Comet Fell to Earth. Should Halley's Comet Be Shipwrecked?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 3

Our reactors already know that Halley's comet is an a visit to us for the 29th time in 2,000 years. We have also chronicled some queer facts about the stranger now careering towards earth at the…

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Steamer Injured in Newcastle Harbour. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 5

The Federal-Houlder shire liner Cornwall met with an accident this morning on arrival from Sydney, and will have to be detained for repairs. She was proceeding to…

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The Missing Steamer Waratah. Wreckage Washed Ashore. London, March 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 14

Reuter's correspondent at Capetown reports that a quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Mossel Bay. A most significant object is a cushion marked…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 5

The North Coast Company's new steamer Minimbah arrived to-day. She reports that on February 25 a fire broke out in the hold owing to spontaneous combustion,…

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A Ketch Ashore. Forster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 5

The ketch Phil Forbes drifted on to the north spit at Forster while being towed out. She will probably be refloated shortly…

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Mishap to a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 5

The steamer Kakapo went ashore near Devonport West during the heavy fog this morning on a level bottom, and it is not likely to sustain any damage…

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Easter Steamer Time-Table

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, have issued in handy form an Easter time-table giving the dates and names of steamers that will be running between Newcastle…

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Steamer Excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River steamship Company, will run the steamer Hunter from Newcastle to Port Stephens on Easter Monday, starting from the steamer's wharf…

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Wreck of a French Liner. Loss of 160 Lives

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 3

The French steamer General Chan[?]y sank on Friday, Feb. 11, on the way from Marseilles to Algiers, with a loss of 160 lives. One survivor reached the island of Minorea…

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The Loodiana Wrecked. Ashore on Remote Island. London, March 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 3

Report is to hand of a sensational shipwreck. The steamer Loodiana, which has been missing since she left Mauritius for Colombo on January 10, is ashore at Cesmoledo, an island in the…

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Landslip Wrecks an Express. [?] [?] Rescues

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 6

[?] of a wild character was the experience all over the United kingdom [?] the week ending February 19, and [?] was much loss of the and many narrow [?]…

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Steamer for Castaways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 5

The Fremantle office of the Melbourne S.S. Company has received advice from the steamer Monare at Bunbury that that vessel would be ready to leave for Case…

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Telegraphic News. Steamer Pericles Founders. All Hands Safe. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 2

THE large steamer Pericles, from Sydney bound for London, struck a rock off Cape L[?]euwin last night, and quickly foundered…

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