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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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General Cable News. New P. and 0. Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 5

The new P. and O, steamer Beltana has been launched on the Clyde…

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Mishap to the King's Steamer (By Cable.) Malta

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 4

When the P. and O. steamer Medina (on which the King and Queen are returning to England from their Indian tour), was entering the harbour of…

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Wreck of the Tathra. Story of the Disaster

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 14

The arrival of the island steamer [?] in Sydney was awaited with more then as interest, owing to the fact that she had above Captain Halliday and four other survivors…

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Wreck of the Delhi. Recognition of French Bravery. London, Jan. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 2

In connection with the wreck of the Delhi, King George has conferred an honorary commandership of the Royal Victorian Order on Captain Laguerre and an…

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France and Italy. Another Steamer Seized

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

Paris, Saturday.—ltalian warships have seized the French steamer Tavignano off the Tunisian coast, and have taken her to Tripoli…

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Frost and Floods in England. Earthquake and Wreckage London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 5

Twenty degrees of frost have been experinced in many parts of England, and floods are abating An earthquake shock has been felt in the…

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Steamer-cruisers. Montreal. Fob. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 5

Mr. Bosworth vice-president of the canadian pacific Railway announces that the new pacific steamers which are being built for the Oriental trade, will be convertible into cruisers…

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Shipwreck at Sea. Terrible Privations. London, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 5

A crew of seven from the British schooner Hibernia, which was wrecked on the Mid Atlantic, between Nova Scotia and the Barbadoes have arrived at Liverpool, after…

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Wreck of German Barque. Gallant Rescue. London, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 5

The German barque Pendis, from Chili to Hamburg, has been wrecked off The Lizard, the southerumost point of England. The lifeboat crow gallantly reseued the crow…

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Small Wreck Sighted. Loss Ok Life Feared. Newcastle, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 4

The Navigation Department has just received from Catherine Hill Bay news of a shipping disaster. Men on the look-out at Catherine Hill Bay…

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Motor Lifeboat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 7

After 20 years of work and many disappointmets, an inventor at present in Toronto, Canada, believes he has perfected a non-sinkable, non-capeizable, motor driven…

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Derelict Schooner's Boat, Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

An .empty boat, believed to have 'belonged to the derelict schooner Paris, was sighted by the North Coast steamer Electra, near Tuggerah Lakes…

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Wreck of the Scow Paris, Name-boakd Found. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

All lingering doubts as to the identity of the derelict found, floating off Catherine Hill Bay on Monday night, and taken in tow on Tuesday by the pilot steamer Ajax were…

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Steamer Excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

A steamer excursion is announced to take place on Sunday next from Newcastle to the Paterson. The steamer Guthrey will leave Newcastle at 9 a.m., calling at…

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Wreck of R.m.s. Delhi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

At the inquiry into the wreck of the stenmer Delhi, the captain attributed the obscuring of the light to a local haze and the stranding to an unusual current…

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Thrilling Adventure Among Cannibals. Shipwrecked Doctor Sees Companions Roasted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 2

Dr. George G. Lush writes to the "New York World":—From my boyhood I had a love for adventure, but had I known what I was soon to face after leaving the comforts…

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The Delhi Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 5

The captain of the Delhi, in the course of his evidence, emphatically denied that the lookout man had reported while lights between 1 o'clock and the time of the…

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Small Wreck Sighted. Loss of Feared, Newcastle. Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 7

The Navigation Department has just received from Catherine Hill Bay news of a shipping disaster. Men on the look-out at Catherine Hill Bay…

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Steamer Seized. Excitement in Darling Harbour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 5

Shortly after 7 last evening. Darling Harbour, the busy centre of Sydney's cargo shipping, was stirred from its usual industrial hum-drum by the [?] act of some…

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Fire on a Steamer. Capetown, Feb. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 5

The steamer Dalmore, bound from Melbourne to England, has arrived at Natal. A fire broke out in her bunkers on the 17th instant, but it was extinguished before her…

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