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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Schooner Tramp Dismasted. Rescue of the Crew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 8

Early on Saturday morning the well-known scow Tramp, trading between Sydney and the northern rivers, was seen flying signals of distress. The steamer Lord…

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Steamer Passengers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

Intending passengers to Sydney by the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company a notified that it is not necessary to finish vaccination certificates when travelling by this…

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Schooner Tramp Disabled. Rescue of the Crew

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 11

Early on Saturday morning the well-known scow Tramp, trading between Sydney and the northern rivers, was seen flying signals of distress. The steamer Lord…

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Schooner's Crew of Women Captain's Husband the Only Not Suffragettes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

W. S. Gilbert, in his "Bab Ballads," treated the idea of a ship being manned by women from a humorous standpoint; Clark Russell, in one of his sea stories, also utilised the…

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Mystery of a Wreck. Cruiser Abandoned Five Years Ago

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

The mystery of an abandoned vessel reported to have been seen at Cape Gatha Blanco, French West Africa, on May 10, and feared to be a Union-Castle liner, was…

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Robbery on Steamer. Auckland

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 2

On the arrival of the steamer Maheno from Sydney to-day a big robbery was discovered. Three boxes of jewellery, valued at [?], were placed in what…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 July 1913 · page 6

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's st [?]amer leaves Newcastle Cor Sydney, a waits the arrival of the train eaving Maitland at 10.10 p. m., and leaves…

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Steamer Manica Damaged. London". July 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 5

News is to hand that the steamer Manica [?]tons), which left Melbourne on June 4 for South Africa, has put in at Lorenzo Marques, with her decks swept and signs…

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Fate of a New Steamer. Lost with All Hands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1913 · page 5

Advices received by the English mail on Monday show that there is unfortunately only too much reason to fear that the new steamer Toanui ha been lost at the outset of her…

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THE S.S. Katoomba. New Australian Steamer. London, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1913 · page 2

McHwraith, McEacharn, and Company Proprietary Ltd., entertained a number of guests aboard their new steamer Katoomba, at Glasgow, including Sir samuel Griffith, the…

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Steamer Strikes a Reef. Beached on a Bank. New York, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1913 · page 2

The steamer Trempor union with passengers struck a reef off island. The passengers were thrown into a state of panic, and almost overpowered the officers,…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1913 · page 2

The Newcastle and Hunter River State ship Company's steamer leaves New for Sydney, awaits the arrival of the leaving Maitland at 10.10 p.m., andd…

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Fate of a New Steamer. Lost With All Hands

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 July 1913 · page 4

Advices received by the English mail on-Monday ,show that there is uufortunately. only tod much reason to fear that the new-steamer Toanui has been lost…

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General Cable News. the Steamer Murex. London, July 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 July 1913 · page 2

In regard to the steamer Murex, which ran ashore in the Celebes while on a voy— age from Sydney to Balik Papan, Borneo, the damage confined to the forward…

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A Barque Wrecked. Fears for All Hands. Valparaiso. July 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 July 1913 · page 2

The harque Villa de Dijon (1946 tons), which left Newcastle on May 16, for Taleahuano is ashore at Papudo, 37 miles north-east of Valparaiso, and it is feared that she…

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Fate of a New Steamer. Lost with All Hands

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 14

Advices received by the English mail [?] Monday show that there is unfortunately only too much reason to fear that the new ste[?] Toanui has been lost at the outset of her…

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THE S.S. Katoomba. New Australian Steamer. London, July 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 2

McIlwraith, McEacharn, and Company Proprietary, Ltd., entertained a number of guests aboard their new steamer Katoomba, at Glasgow, including Sir Samuel Griffith, the…

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Overdue Schooner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 2

The American four-masted schooner Americana, which is overdue at Sydney from Columbia River, has been reinsured at 85 g[?]. The steamer Murex, which went…

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Large Steamer Missing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 3

The steamer Kent, a vessel of over, 6000 tons, is seriously overdue at the Bluff, N.Z., from Dunedin Her disappearance has caused considerable…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 12

The Newcastle and Hunter River ship Company's steamer leaves Newcastle for Sydney, awaits the arrival of the [?] leaving Maitland at 10.10 p.m., and [?]…

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