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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Mississippi Tragedy. a Steamer Afire. London, June 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

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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Mail Steamer at Colombo. Slightly Damaged. London, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 5

The R.M.S. "Malwa" came into collision with the steamer "Nairn" at Colombo, but only received slight damage…

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Relics of the Durbar Wreck. Two Anchors Recovered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 6

Two of the anchors of the illfated ship Dunbar, which was wrecked pear Sydney Heads 53 years ago next month, and by which over 300 lives were lost, were secured on…

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In and Around Sydney. Concerning Circular Quay Where the First Fleet Anchored Some Ships That Are There Seeing a Modern Mail Steamer Off

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 8

After all, time does work wonders. In regard to New South Wales it has worked little short of miracles, especi ally in shipping, and the passenger…

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Burning Prison. Desperate Adventure in a Flaming Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1910 · page 3

An exciting incident occurred at Sunderland recently when a man and a youth were confined in a veritable death-trap on board the steamer Lavinia Westoll. The vessel…

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Wrecked and Saved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1910 · page 5

Three cutters were recently wrecked at Fiji during heavy weather. The passengers and crews of the vessel were lashed to the rigging all night to prevent being washed away by the heavy seas,…

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Coal Schooner Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 5

The four-masted schooner Annie E. Smale. from Newcastle, March 31, for San Francisco, with a cargo of coal, has gone ashore at Point Reyos, California. It is feared that she…

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Steamer's Boiler Explodes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 5

The steamer Lovky, 366 tons, owned by the Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company, came into collision in the Black Sea with another steamer. The boiler of the…

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Very Latest Cables. Volcanic Eruption at Sea. German Steamer Foundered. London, Wednesday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1910 · page 3

Lloyd's report that the German steamer Attika has been totally lost through a volcanic eruption, and that the crow have landed [?] Oran, on the Algerian coast…

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Liner Ashore Minnehaha Strikes Rocks. Wrecked Off Sicily

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 5

In a dense fog the steamer Minnehai[?], belonging to the Atlantic Transport Line, one of the companies constituting the Morgan shipping combine…

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Steamer Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 5

An explosion has occurred in the steamer Lonisky, resulting in the loss of 100 lives…

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Liner Ashore. Minnehaha Strikes Rocks. Wrecked Off Sicily

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 5

In a dense fog the steamer Minnehaha, belonging to the Atlantic Transport Line, one of the companies constituting the Morgan shipping combine…

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This Steamer Collision in Black Sea

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 4

There is a statement at Odessa to the effect that 600 persons perished as the result of the collision between the passenger steamer Lowky and a freight…

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Burning prison. Desperate Adventure in a Flaming Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 14

An exciting incident occurred at Sunday land recently, when a man and a youth were confined in a veritable death-trap on board the steamer Lavinia Westoll. The vessel…

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Steamer Collision in Sydney. Harbour. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 5

At 1 o'clock to-day the White Star liner Cevie collided with the North Coast steamer Duranbah between Circular Quay and Miller's Point. The Duranbah…

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Relics of the Dunbar Wreck. Two Anchors Recovered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 10

Two of the anchors of the illfated ship Dunbar, which was wrecked near. Sydney Heads 53 years ago next month, and by which over 300 lives were lost, were secured on…

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American Steamer Stranded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 July 1910 · page 3

It is reported that tho American steamer Mongolia, which is stranded oil Shemedyu, Japan, is on a sandy bottom, and it is expected that the vessel will be refloated…

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Wreck of the Pericles, Captain's Bravery Recognised. London, Sunday afternoon. [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 July 1910 · page 3

The Shipwrecked Mariners Society has pre[?]ed Captain Simpson with a self-recording [?]oid, in recognition of his bravery on the [?]sion of the wreck of his vessel, the Pericles,…

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Stranded Steamer Refloated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

The American steamer Mongolia, 13,639 tons, which was stranded off Shemidyu, Japan, has been refloated. The vessel is not damaged…

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Fire on a Steamer. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 2

A fire broke out on the steamer Standard. at Copenhagen (Denmark), and reached a cargo of petroleum, which blazed freely All shipping in the…

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