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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Atlantic Liner Ashore. Strikers in a Fog. London, April 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 3

The steamer Minnehaha, 13,443 tons, belonging to the American Transport Company, from New York to London, ran on the rocks at Scilly, in the Channel, and…

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Steamer Satara Founders Struck by Great Seas

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

The British India Steam Navigation Company's big cargo steamer Satara foundered on Wednesday in the vicinity of Seal Rocks. The Satara, which was bound from Sydney, via…

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Bursting of a Dam in Wales. Villagers Killed and Houses Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 7

Through the bursting of a dam in an old colliery lovel at Blaencydach, in the Rhondda Valley, Glamorganshire, on the afternoon of March 11, several lives were lost. At ten…

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The Wreck of the Satara. the Lascar Crew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

Among the passengers on board the steamer Orara, which was in attendance on the steamer Satara when wrecked on Wednesday last, were a number of…

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Wreck of the Minimbah

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 8

The Minimbah, after making three trips to the Manning, now lies across the breakwater a total wreck. The Minimbah was crossing into the river without the aid of…

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Wreck of Satara. Crew Arrives in Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 6

THE crew of the wrecked steamer Satara arrived in Sydney on Thursday morning by the steamer Dorrigo. The captain and officers are very reticens,…

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Wreck of the Satara. a Sunken Danger

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 7

It appears that the steamer Satara, of the British-India Steam Navigation Company's line—the foundering of which was reported in our last…

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The Wrecked Minnehaha. Hope of Salvage Abandoned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

Vancouver, Friday. Three steamers and a schooner are standing by the wrecked steamer Minnehaha All hopes of saving the vessel are practically abandoned…

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The Satara Wreck. Inquiry Commenced. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

THE Navigation Department to-day commenced an inquiry into the Satara disaster. The inquiry is being conducted with…

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Very Latest Cables. Developing New Guinea. New Steamer Connection. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1910 · page 3

The British New Guinea Development Company has purchased the steamer "Bentinck," which will trade between New Guinea, Sydney, and Brisbane, after discharging at Port Moresby…

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Wreck of a Steamer. 187 Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 2

Vancouver, Wednesday.—The steamer Bothic, which has arrived at St. Johns, reports that the steamer Aurora has sunk, with the entire crew of 187. The…

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Imprisoned in Ice. Shipwrecked Seaman's Terilling Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 3

Robert Gibson, a Hull fishenman .was' brought buck to Eull recently altar terrible Journey experience in Iceland. Gibson was one of the survivor of the…

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Supposed Wreck

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 2

Two men were sighted by a woman named Mrs. Barrett late on Tuesday afternoon clinging to the mast of a vessel, about 14 miles from York's'…

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Steamer Robberies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 3

On the arrival of the steamer Hunter at Sydney from Newcastle on Thursday morning it was reported to the police that several passengers complained of being robbed…

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A Disabled Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 5

The steamer Carpentaria was spoken on 27th off Cape Morgan, on the South African coast, with rudder stook broken, and steering for Durban, but not requiring assistance…

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General Cable News. London, April 28. an Overdue Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 5

Advices from Capetown state that thE steamer Carpentaria, from Natal, is overdue…

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Bursting of a Dam in Wales. Villages Killed and Houses Wrecked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 12

Through the bursting of a dam in an old colliery level at Blaoncydach, in the Rhondda Valley, Glamorganshire, on the afternoon of March 11, several lives were lost. At ten…

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New Orient Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 3

[?] Steam Navigation company has his msil steamer, similar to the Orvieto to from John brown and Company, of…

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Countess of Ranfurly Wreck Master Not to Blame. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 2

The inquiry into the circumstances sur rounding the wreck of the Countess of Ranfurly, the vessel that was lost at New Caledonia on March 31st last, was…

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New Steamer for Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 5

The Zealandia, a new passenger steamer built for Huddart, Parker, and Co. Proprietary, Limited, has sailed from London for Australian ports…

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