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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

366 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 19

Memorable Wrecks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 5

Notwithstanding the advance made in all matters pertaining to nevigation. the present decade has been marked by a grim series og calamitous misadventures at sea. For…

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The Titanic Wreck. Heartrending Scenes. Message From Survivors. London, April 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 5

Strong comments are appearing in press relative to the false and misleading nows of the disaster which has emanated from America. The "Times" declares that the…

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Appalling Shipwreck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 2

The world's largest liner, the Titanic, of the White Star fleet, collided with an ice-berg in the mid-Atlantic, on Tuesday last, and…

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The Titanic Wreck. Grand Acts of Heroism. Grim Measures. New York, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 5

The Carpathia arrived at 8.30 last The interest attaching to the incoming liner was intense Never in its history has the city been no terribly impressed…

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Memorable Wrecks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 3

Notwithstanding the advance made in all matters pertaining to nevigation, the present decade has been marked by a grim series of [?]mitous misadventures at sea. For…

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Lessons from the Titanic Wreck

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 4

Singleton, in common with other communities, has been profoundly moved by the dreadful tragedy of the sea, revealed in the loss of the giant liner…

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A Far Away Steamer. Copenhagen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 5

The owners of the steamer Heligoland affirm that their vessel was 350 miles to the westward when the Titanic struck the iceberg…

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STEAMER 20 Miles From the Titanic. Portland (Maine), Anvil 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 5

If the freight steamer Lena had been equipped with wireless apparatus she could have reached the Titanic in time to save those on board, as she passed within…

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Steamer Wrecked. Sydney, Saturday afternoon

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

The steamer Bellinger, timber laden for Sydney, was totally wrecked at Nambucca Heads this morning. The crow were rescued by the pilot boat…

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A Far Away Steamer. Copenhagen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 3

The owners of the steamer Heligoland affirm that their vessel was 350 miles, to the westward when the Titanic struck the iceberg…

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A Great Wharf Smash. Steamer Runs Amok. Seattle

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

A remarkable shipping disaster has occurred through the steamer Alameda ploughing through the Coleman Dock, the finest structure of its kind on the Pacific Coast,…

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STEAMER 20 Miles From the Titanic. Portland (Maine), April 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 3

If the freight steamer Lena had been equipped with wireless apparatus she could have reached the Titanic in time to save those on board, as she passed within…

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The Titanic Wreck. Grand Acts of Heroism. Message From Survivors. St. John's, April 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 12

The Allan liner Carthaginian arrived here last night. She reports having lain for two lays in a thick fog off Cape Race. She intercepted several wireless…

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Signalled Steamer Delayed. Washington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 5

Captain Moore, of the Mount temple, testifying at the inquiry, said that he received the Titanio's signals when 49 miles off, and hastened to the scone. He was compelled to…

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Maniac on Steamer. Nine Persons KIlLED. LISBON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 5

On the Portuguese steamer Africa, carrying 203 European passengers and 400 [?] in the hold for cocoa plantation work, a negro, seven feet high and of giant…

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Wreck of the Bellinger. Scenes of Bravery and Hardship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 2

As mentioned in last issue, the coastal steamer Bellinger, of Allan Taylor and Co's fleet, ran aground on the bar at the Nambueea Heads, when crossing out with a…

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The Titanic Tragedy. Mysterious Tramp Steamer. Washington, April 29

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

The Senate Committee's inquiry into the Titanic disaster was continued on Saturday. Captain Moore, of the steamer Mount Temple, said that when he arrived at the…

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Recovery of the Bodies. an Overturned Lifeboat. Halifax

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 5

The Mackay Bennet has arrived, and the captain states that bodies were found over an area of 40 miles. Several of the women were in their night clothes…

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Home Rule. Views of the Dominions. Shipwreck Looming. London, April 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 5

The Earl or Selborne (Unionist), in a speech at Aberdeen last night, referred to the argument that weight should be given to the opinions of the self-governing…

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Signalled Steamer Delayed. Washington

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 2

Captain Moore, of the Mount Temple, testifying at the inquiry, said that he' received the Titanie's signals when 49 miles off, and hastened to the scene. He was compelled to…

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