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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Gales in United States. Wreckage on Great Lakes, Toronto

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 5

Further reports of disasters on the great lakes indicate that it is estimated that six freight vessels have sunk drowning 100 sailors…

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Japanese Mail Steamer. the Tango Maru

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 16

The N. Y. K. steamer Tango Maru, 8000 tons, and formerly one of the company's European liners, made her first appearance at Sydney on Monday afternoon, under command…

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Steamer on Fire. Blazing Cargo of Cotton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 5

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Nov. l4. The steamer Muirfield Head arrived with her cotton cargo on fire, after having steamed at full speed from mid-ocean, where the…

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Oil Steamer on Fire. Bombay, Nov. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 3

An oil steamer, with 2000 tons of petroleum, was destroyed by fire at Tuticorin a port in the south-east corner of India. Two engineers three servants, and the…

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Disastrous Storm. Vessels Wrecked. Toronto, Nov. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 5

Further reports regarding the disastrous storm on the Great Lakes indicate that six freight steamers sank, and that 100 sailors were drowned…

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Heavy Storms. Widespread Wreckage. Chicago

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 2

Heavy storms of sleet have wrecked telegraphs and telephones and stopped railway communications throughout West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and illinois. There…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 6

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

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Fires at Sea. Spanish Steamer Ablaze. Passengers Transferred. Cape Race (Newfoundland), Nov. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 5

A wireless message has been received here to the effect that a fire broke out on the Spanish steamer Balmes, and her passengers were transferred in mid-ocean to…

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Collier Wrecked. Montreal, Nov. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 5

Wreckage found near Bird Island Rock, in the river St. Lawrence, indicates that, the steam collier Bridgeport has sunk, and it would seem that all her…

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A Shipwrecked Crew. Fight for Life. London, Sunday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 5

The R.M.S. China picked up off The Lizard the crew of the tugboat Nana, who were in a famished condition and suffering from exposure to severe weather…

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Ship Afire. Austrian Steamer's Peril

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 4

A narrow escape from destruction by fir was experienced at about 5 p.m. on Saturday by the Austrian steamer Jozsef Ago[?] Foherczeg, from Flume, Hungary, to Me…

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Steamer on Fire. Hamilton (Bermuda), Nov. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 7

The Spanish steamer Balmos, on which a fire broke cut in mid-ocean, arrived here under convoy of the Pannonia. When the vessel was docked the hatches were taken off,…

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Whaled Butts a Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 10

ST. JOHNS (N.F.), Sept. 17.—A collision with a whale caused such serious damage to the Danish steamer Wladmir Reitz that the vessel was forced to put in here to-day for…

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A New Zealand Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 5

The crew of the steamer Mannka Walked off the vessel at 10 o'clock this morning. Elforsts were immediately made to secure a fresh crew. but so far this has proved…

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Disastrous Storm. Wreckage on Great Lakes. Toronto

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 2

Further reports of disasters on the great lakes indicate that it is estimated that six freight vessels have sunk, drowning 100 sailors…

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Collier Wrecked. Montreal, Nov. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 3

Wreckage round near Bird island Rock, in the river St. Lawrence, indicates that the steam collier Bridgeport has sunk, and it would seem that all the members of her…

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New Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 November 1913 · page 2

The New South Wales Government steamer Cambewarra, which is specially equipped for the coal and blue metal trade sailed to-day from Rotterdam for Sydney, Via…

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Naptha Ablaze. 500 Cans on a River Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1913 · page 5

The river steamer Arbuthnot was completely gutted by fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning, at Balranald. She left Echuea on Saturday for…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 6

The Newcastle and Hunter River Stage ship Company's sleamer leaves Newcastle for Sydney awaits the arrival of the tran leaving Maitland at 10.10 p.m, and leaved…

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Whale Butts a Steamer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 5

A collision with a whale caused such serl-out damage to the Danish steamer Wladm[?] Reitz that the vessel was forced to put into St. Johns, Newfoundland, for repairs. The…

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