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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 23

A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Vi. Cavutu and Tulagi

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 3

We arrived at Gavutu early one morning, and I felt my heart go out to it with a bound. Indeed, throughout the trip I have felt like a young man,…

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Health-Wrecking Constipation. a Great Cure by Bile Beans

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 12
Also in Singleton Argus

Mr. C. Mutkins, of Burton-street, North Sydney says:—"I was tortured by Indigestion with all its accompanying evils for a long time the whole root of the trouble…

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Saved From the Wreck. Capetown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 3

About 200 tons of the eargo of the steamer Hylive has been saved…

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Health-wrecking Constipation. a Great Cure by Bile Beans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 6

Mr. C. Matkins, of Burton-street, North Sydney, says:—"I was tortured by Indigestion with all its accompanying evils for a long time, the whole root of the trouble…

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A Steamer Sunk. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 3

Details are to hand of the sinking of the steamer Taboga off Panama a fortnight ago. Twenty persons were drowned, and eighty saved. The lifeboat was smashed…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Vii. Guadalcanar

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 3

Gallego, Mendana's chief pilot, reported in his journal of this island, that it would probably take months to sail right around it. This, of course…

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A Trip to the Solomons: Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Vii. Guadalcanar

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 3

Gallego, Mendana's chief pilot, reported in his journal of this island, that it would probably take months to sail right around it. This, of course,…

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Iroquois Wreck. Captain Sears Acquitted. Victoria (B.c.), June 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 5

Captain Sears, the master of the steamer Iroquois, who was charged with manslaughter in connection with the wreck of that vessel in April last, has been…

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A Monoplane Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 3

Berne, Thursday.—An aviator named Taddesll was monoplanlng at Lausanne, and was at a height of 2000 feet, when he was caught in a gale. His machine…

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An Exciting Wreck

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 3

New York, Wednesday.—Belated details of the loss of the steamer Taboga, 649 tons, which foundered over a fortnight ago through striking a rock off the…

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River Steamer Burned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 4

St. Petersburg, Saturday.—A steamer has been burned on the Amur River. Seven hundred Korean railway navvies were on board, and a panic took place…

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French Steamer Overdue. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 2

The French mail steamer Pacifique, of the Messageries line, from Noumea to Sydney, has not been reported, and the vessel is 36 hourns overdue…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Viii. Santa Cruz

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 3

After steaming from Guadalcanar one forenoon, and passing, without stopping, the large island of Malaita where the inhabitants are still rather wild and…

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Shipping Mishaps Wreck at Port Stephens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 2

Another wreck occurred at Port Stephens at about 2 p.m. on Monday, when the ketehida, leaded with timber, oil, and merchandise for New Guinea, was blown on to the…

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Wreck of This New Guinea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 5

The Lieutenant-Governor has ordered the inquiry into the wreck of the New Guinea to be re-heard. It is understood fresh evidence with respect to the disaster will be…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper VIII.—(Continued). Santa Cruz

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 3

Who can doubt but that there are higher intelligences around us, possessed of more senses than we, but who cannot fully commensurate with…

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Shipping Mishaps Wreck at Port Stephens

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 7

Another wreck occurred at Port. Stephens at about 2 p.m. on Monday, when the ketch lda, leaded with timber, oil, and merchandise for New Guinea, was blown on to the…

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Excursion Steamer Wrecked. St. Petersburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 5

A steamer returning to Stockholm from Helsingfors was wrecked on the Skerries, and the fate of 400 excursionists is unknown…

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Steamer's Boiler Explodes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 3

Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday.—Whilst the river packet St. Joseph was proceeding down the river yesterday, the boiler exploded. Five negroes were blown into…

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