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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

366 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 19

Steamer Founders

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 3

Rome, Tuesday.—The steamer North Britain, bound from Sunderland 1to Sulina, lias foundered. Twenty persons were drowned, and only one saved. He…

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A New Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 5

The steamer Clan McEwan, which is being built for the Australian trade, has been launched at Hebburn…

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The Oceana Wreck

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 3

London, Tuesday.—The P. and O. Company state that seven passengers and three of the European crew of the steamer Occana are missing. Several bodies…

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A Wrecked Royal Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 7

Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg has been staying incognito at Torquay, its mild climate having been ordered as a sedative for her nerves, No modern princess has gone through…

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Vessels Wrecked in Gale. Eleven Men Drowned. All Night in Rigging. Perth (W.a.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 5

A message from Whim Crook states Unit during tho heavy-storm on Thursday last the captains of the lighters hung on as long as possible but finding it was impossible for…

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Vessels Wrecked in Gale. Eleven Men Drowned. All Night in Rigging. Perth (W.a.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 8

A message from Whim Creek states that during the heavy storm on Thursday last the captains of the lighters hung on a long as possible, but…

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A Missing Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 4

There is still no sign of the [?] Koombana, which disappeared [?] the recent eyelone on the West [?] tralian coast. The Koombana [?]…

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Vessels Wrecked in Gale. Eleven Men Drowned Perth (W. A.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 7

A message from Whim Creek states that during the heavy storm on Thursday last the captains of the lighters hung on as long as possible, but finding it was impossible for…

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Nitrate Steamer Wrecked. Punta Arenas, March 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1912 · page 5

The nitrate steamer Forley has been wrecked. A boat containing the captain and three officers has been found, and a search is…

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The Missing Koombana. Wreckage Bound

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

ALL doubts of the fate of the Koombana were settled on Tuesday night by the receipt of the following message by the Deputy…

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Gas Explosion. a Land Agency Office Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

A peeniar explosion of gas, resulting in the wrecking of a Leichhardt land agency office, occurred on Tuesday morning. The premises wrecked were…

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The Lost Koombana. Wreckage Found

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

All doubts as to the fate of the Koombana were settled on Tuesday night by the receipt of the following message by the Deputy Postmaster-General at…

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The Lost Koombana. Wreckage Found. Near Bedout Island

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 8

All doubts as to the fate of the Koombana were settled last night by the receipt of the following message by the Deputy Postmaster-General at Perth (W.A.), from the…

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Ill-fated Koombana. Finding of Wreckage. Search Steamer's Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 5

The press telegram received on Saturday afternoon from Roeburne, reporting that the steamer Una, which was chartered to search for the Koombana, had arrived at…

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Steamer Burnt and Beached. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 5

The steamer Ontario of the Merchants' Transportation Company, is in flames off the harbour, and the passengers have been rescued. The steamer's crew is fighting the…

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A Burning Steamer. Remarable Spectacle. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 5

The crow of the steamer Ontario, which took fire and was beached, have escaped to the shore. The steamer lies on the rocks, with flames pouring out from both sides,…

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A Drifting Steamer

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

Admiralty advices from Bermuda indicate that the steamer Augsburg is drifting in latitude 36 North by 56 West, and assistance is being sent…

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Overdue Steamer Sighted. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 4

The steamer Augsburg, which is overdue at Durban, South Africa, has been sighted off the Bermudas in a disabled condition, and assistance has .been sent…

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A Burning Steamer. Remarable Spectacle. New York

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 2

The crew of the steamer Ontario, which took fire and was beached, have escaped to the shore. The steamer lies on the rocks, with flames po[?]ing out from both sides…

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The Lost Koombana. Finding of Wreckage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 6

The press telegram received on Saturday afternoon from Roeburne, reporting that the steamer Una, which was chartered to search for the Koombana, had arrived at…

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