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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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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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Big Steamer Ashore. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 2

THE Tyser steamer, Star of Canada, one of the largest vessels of her type trading between London, Australia, and New Zealand ports,…

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Steamer Ashore. Position Serious. (By Cable). Wellington (N.Z.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 3

The steamer Star of Canada, 7280 tons, of the Tyser line, from Sydney to London, via New Zealand ports, with full cargo, dragged her anchors during a…

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Servian Conspirators. Set Fire to Steamer. Vienna

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1912 · page 5

In order to secure State papers from St. Petersburg in possession of a Bulgarian officer, General Ivan Sarapoff, Servian conspirators set fire to the steamer Koenigin…

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Steamer Capsized. One Man Missing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 4

While proceeding on her usual trip to Copmanhurst on Thursday morning, the Clarence river steamer Pearl capsized at Whiteman Creek. It is supposed she fouled…

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Japanese Cruiser Wrecked. Tokio

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 5

The Japanese criuser Miniwa has been wrecked at Brotona, Kwali Islands. The crew have been bunded…

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The Capsized Steamer Pearl. Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 4

Amongst the passengers on the steamer Pearl when she capsized was Mr. George Marks of the Department of Agriculture, who states that several times prior to the…

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Wrecked Japanese Cruiser

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 5

The Naniwn was beached in order to prevent her sinking. There is little probability of salvage being effected…

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Stranded and Refloated. the Steamer King Arthur, ¼ LONDON, June 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1912 · page 2

The steel screw steamer King Arthur, 3682 tons, which was stranded at Bahia (Brazil) on May 7, has been refloated and brought into the harbour…

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Titanic Enquiry. Cause of Wreck. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 5

The Attorney-General (Sir Rufus Isaacs) stated at the "British court of enquiry into the wreck of the "Titanic," that the evidence showed that the "Titanic" was…

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Wreck of the Titanic. the British Inquiry. London. July 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 5

Sir Rufus Isaacs, in his address at the Titanic inquiry, said that if Mr. Symons, the officer in charge of the boat in which Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon and Lady Gordon…

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A Hopeless Wreck Star of Canada (By Cable.) Auckland (N.Z),Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 2

The latest reports concerning [?] Tyser steamer Star of Canada, [?] off Gisborne, is that the vessel's back is broken, and that salvage oper[?]…

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Steamer Capsized. One Man Missing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 4

While proceeding on her usual trip to Copmanhurst on Thursday morning, the Clarence river steamer Pearl capsized at Whiteman Creek. It is supposed she fouled…

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Whale Wrecks Schooner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 July 1912 · page 5

The schooner Empire struck a whale in mid-Atlantic. The crew was forced to abandon the vessel, and four days later were rescued, after being out for three days in the…

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Schooner Collides with Whale

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 3

St. John's (Newfoundland), Tuesday.— The schooner Empire came into collision with a whale in mid-Atlantic, and sprang a loak, which necessitated her being…

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P. and O. Steamer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 5

The P. and O. steamer "Persia, outwards bound to Bombay, went ashore, at Sousset, near Marseilles, during a fog The passengers have been landed…

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Over-insured Steamer. British Standard Case. London, July 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 5

High Court has decided that the stoa[?] British Standard, wltieh was lost on her [?]n voyage to Brazil in 1910, was over-in-[?] to the extent of £6000, and that the…

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Flour Mill Wrecked. Berlin, July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 5

[?] explosion of flour-dust wrecked a mill [?]geburg, and killed four employees and [?]ed ten…

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Fire on Steamer. Damage, £1500

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 5

A fire broke out on Messrs. Holyman Bros. east coast trader Mongana, a steamer of 43 tons, early on Saturday morning, while the vessel was lying at the Elizabeth-street pier,…

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Fire on Steamer. DAMAGE, £1500

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 16

A fire broke out on Messrs. Holyman Bros. east coast trader Mongana, a steamer of 43 tons, early on Saturday morning, while the vessel was lying at the Elizabeth-street pier…

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