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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Steamer Missing. St. Michel Overdue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 3

According to a private letter, which has been received by a French naval officer at present in Sydney, it appears that an island steamer is considerably overdue…

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How to Avoid a Wreck

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 7

A tiny leak in a big ship can easily be stopped if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the mightiest vessel and drag her beneath the sea…

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Wreck Offered for Sale. No Offer. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 4

The steamer Muriana, which is on the rocks at Ebon, Marshall Island, was offered for auction this morning. It was a condition of the sale that the…

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Chinese Steamer Company. Republic Assisting Financial Peking, Dec. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 December 1913 · page 2

The Government proposes to provide it the fifths of the capital of 50,000,000 do[?] required for the purchase of 40 steamer for the now China Mail Company…

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Wreck in Yellow Sea. 174 People Drowned. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

The China Navigation Company's steamer Takyin struck a reef in the Yellow Sea during storm. She hung on for eleven hours, and…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 7

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship 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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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 December 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…

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Fire on a Steamer. a Hard Fight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 5

Driven by fire in her bunkers to seek assistance in Melbourne port, the tramp steamer Litord arrived in Hobson's Bay last night. For over two days a fire has been burning…

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Bloodthirsty Moors. Attack Shipwrecked Crew. Gibraltar, Dec. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 5

The steamer Ludgate, bound from Liverpool for Port Said, went ashore on the coast of Morocco, and a number of Moors attacked the crew with rifles. One sailor was wounded…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Monday afternoon Steamer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 5

A wireless message from Thursday Island states that the steamer Tasman is ashore at Bramble Bay, in Torres Strait…

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The Tasman Ashore. Vessel in Dangercus Position

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 2

Brisbane, Sunday.-The Deputy Postmaster- General at Brisbane is in receipt of the following wire from Thursday Island: -"Reported by wireless this…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 5

An outbreak of fire was discovered aboard the cargo steamer Knowsley Hall lying at Woolloomooloo, early this morning. An investigation disclosed that the fire was…

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