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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Wreck of the Titanic. the British Inquiry. London, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 5

Continuing his evidence at the inquiry into the wreck of the Titanic Mr. Sanderson said that from 1901 till the White Star company had carried 2,170,594…

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Wreck of the Titanic Methods of an American Senator. Dreadful After-wreck Scenes. London, April 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 9

The London public mind is still full of the Titanic disaster. The sadness which still the remembrance of that event in a certain sense relieved by…

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Missing Dredge Manchester. Search Steamer Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 2

The Illawarra and South Coast steamer Eden, which was chartered by the Sydney Harbour Trust to search for the missing dredge Manchester, returned to Port…

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Steamer Disabled. Two of the Crew Drowned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 5

The steamer Tamaru is anchored close in shore off Tweed Heads. Portion of the crew has landed. It is reported that the vessel has sprung a leak, and that her fires have…

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Big Explosion at Redfern. Canning Factory Wrecked. Two Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 4

The canning factory of the Australian Pure Food Meat Supplies, Limited, in Redfern, was wrecked on Saturday afternoon by an explosion, which, besides…

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Titanic Wreck. How Men Were Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 1

London, Saturday.- The inquiry into the loss of the Titanie, which is being [?]dneted by the court under the presidency of Lord Mersey, continued…

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Ammunition Factory Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 1

London, Saturday. Wiener Neustadt, one of the oldest towns in Austria, and [?] 39 miles from Vienna, was the [?] of an appalling disaster, the result…

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The Disabled Steamer Timaru. Heroic Rescues. Southport

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 2

It appears that the steamer Timara sprang a leak last Saturday night or early on Sunday morning. Great trouble was experienced in keeping the fires going, until the…

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Titanic Wreck. How Men Were Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 3

London, Saturday.—The inquiry in to the loss of the Titanic, which is being conducted by the court under the presidency of Lord Mersey,…

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Wreck of the Titanic. Unheeded Warnings. London, June 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 5

At the inquiry into the wreck of the Titanic, Mr. Carlisle stated that he showed the White Star Company his plans for providing more boats for the Titanic. It rested with…

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Steamer in Distress. Two Men Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 2

A disaster, which has already been attended by the loss of two lives, has occurred on the North Coast at Tweed Heads…

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Steamer Rates for Emigrants. Question of Increase. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5

The illness of Mr. Oscar Thompson has caused a postponement of the conference between the Agents-General and the shipping companies on the question of raising the…

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Steamer Disable [?] Two of the Crew [?] SYDNEY [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 6

The steamer Tamaru is a[?] shore off Tweed Heads. Pot[?] has landed. It is reported [?] has sprung a leak, and that [?]…

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Wreck of the Titanic Applying the Lessons. Washington, June 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 3

The Commerce Department is issuing regulations bused on the lessons of the Titanic disaster. Those will compel ell lake and coasting vessels to comply with the…

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Wreck of the Titanic. Lessons to Be Learned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 9

This generation recalls nothing in time of pace which has so profoundly moved all classes, as the Titanic disaster. St. Paul's was completely full at last Friday's memorial…

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Wireless Monopoly. Steamer Messages Darred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 8

It has been reported from Adelaide that the steamer Wakool, while trying to get into touch with the steamer Commonwealth, which is due from London with immigrants,…

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Portuguese Royalists. a Steamer Detained. Brussels, June 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 5

The authorities at Zeebrugge have detained the Glasgow steamer Edith, suspecting that she was about to embark 150 Portuguese royalists and 50,000 cases of ammunition…

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Steamer Refloated. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

The steamer Friendship, which struck on the retaining wall at Tweed Heads, has been refloated and brought into port…

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Wreck of the Titanic London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 5

At the British Court of Enquiry on the wreek of the Titanic, Captain Rostren gave evidence that he raised the speed of the Carpathia to 17[?] knots on receipt of the…

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Star of Canada Stranded. Big Vessel Ashore. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 3

The Tyser steamer Star of Canada, one of the largest vessels of her type trading between London and Australia, and New Zealand and ports, has gone ashore near Gisborne in…

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