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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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The Mozambique Cyclone. Bodies of Victims Washed Ashore

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 1

Lisbon Saturday.—Advices now re ceived from Portuguese East Africa con firm the earlier reports of the devasta tion of Mozambique by a cyclone of…

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German Airship Wreck. Total Destruction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 3

The Zeppelin H., the largest and most powerful of the German military airships, was destroyed in the same number as two of the earlier ships of the same rigid…

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German Airship Wreck. Total Destruction

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 6

The Zeppelin H., the largest and most powerful of the German military airships, was destroyed in the same manner as two of the earlier ships of the same rigid…

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A Schooner Capsized. Twenty Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 2

News of the loss of a schooner with all hands except six blackfollows In the South Seas has been brought to Brisbane by the Prinz Waldemar. The vessel,…

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Mysterious Steamer. Hovering About West Australian Coast. Manned by Asiatics. Fremantle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 5

Excitement has been caused at Fremantle by news of some extraordinary manouvres on the part of a mysterious steamer off the North West Coast in the vicinity of Cap?…

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A Steamer Foundered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 5

A Speniard washed ashore at Lands End reports the foundering of the steamer Fer-fero with 23 hands…

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A Mysterious Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 5

Towards the end of last month a strange steamer was anchored for ten days close to the reefs between Maud's Landing and Cape Farquhar, West Australia, as mentioned in…

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Panic on Russian Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 5

The explosion of a boiler tube on a Russian steamer at Jenotajevsk killed a stoker. Passengers then became panic-stricken, and fought for the possession of the boasts, the davis of which…

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That, Mysterious Ship. Only a Cattle Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 6

After all, there-appears to be nothing mysterious about the Steamer which was sighted off the north-west coast of Aus tralia on-Wednesday. Advices from…

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A Steamer Beached. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 June 1910 · page 5

The steamer Lauderdale struck the north tip while entering Greymouth, New Zealand last night, and was subsequently beached. The seas are now breaking over her but the…

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Austrian Steamer Overdue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 5

Anxiety is felt at Bombay for the Austrian-Lloyd steamer Trieste, 5095 tons, which has not been spoken since she left Aden on June 14 for Bombay. Cyclonic…

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Steamer Beached. (By Cable). Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

The Wisconsin steamer, J. S. Burning, with 1500 people on board,became beach ed. Boats gave assistance. No lives were lost. The excursionists were…

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Mississippi Tragedy. a Steamer Afire. London, June 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 5

A Mississippi River boat was burned to the water's edge. Fifteen hundred passengers were saved. When the alarm of fire was given, and…

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Steamer Strikes a Rock. The Crew Safe. (By Cable). Auckland

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

The timber steamer Lauderdale, 1668 tons, on ontering Greymouth last night, struck a rock, and sustained consider able damage. In order to save the…

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Wreck of the Minimbah. Marine Board Inquiry. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

The Marine Board inquiry into the circumstances of the wreek of the Minimbah, at the Manning River en trance, was concluded to-day, before…

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Wreck of a German Steamer. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 2

Reports from Valparise state that the German steamer Irmeugarb has gone ashore off Corral and is believed to be a total loss. The crew escaped with their…

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Wreck of a Wheat Ship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 3

The ship Iringaard, bound from South Australia to the English Channel with wheat, has been wrecked at Corral, South America…

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Supposed Shipwreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 3

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer "Quilpul" is considered to have been lost in a gale off the west const of South America…

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Overdue Steamer Safe

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

The steamer Quilpue, reported to be lost, has arrived a Talcahuano, Chili…

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Wreck of a Japanese Steamer. Wireless Saves 100 Lives

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

The steamer Tokachl Maru beloging to the N.Y.K. fleet, ran ashore on the coast of Japan during a dense fog on May 29. A wireless message indicated…

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