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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Steamer Launched

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

The Bellambi Coal Company Proprietary Ltd.'s steamer South B[?] was launched yesterday at Aberdeen…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

A fire broke out in the hold of the steamer Makaura on the voyage from Sydney to Auckland. Twenty bags of mails were destroyed, and twenty seriously damaged…

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A Long Tow. Steamer's Perilous Voyage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 12

The steamer Bullmouth, which arrived at Melbourne from Aberdan, in the Persic Gulf, on Saturday, had a sensational voyage. Since Christmas the Bullmouth lost her…

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Steamer Deserter Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 5

James kelly fireman, for deserting the steamer "Tropic" from Sydney, was ordered to forfeit £4/7/10 wages due, and pay the White Star company £5 for loss incurred…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 3

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 for…

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Fire on a Steamer. Mails and Cargo Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4

Messrs Burns, Philip, and Co, Ltd., [?]ceived a wireless message from Part [?] on Thursday, stating that a fire had [?] out in the mail room on board the [?]…

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Missing Millionaire. Traced to a Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 1

London, Thursday.—Mr. W. Wiltshire states that when he was bidding farewell to his daughter on the steamer Walmer Castle, on April 5th, a man in…

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Wreck of the Mindoro. an Exciting Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 7

Although meagre details of the wreck of Burns, Philip's steamer Mindoro have reached Brisbane it remained until the arrival of the Upolu in Brisbane yesterday before a…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 6

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

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Wreck of the Mindoro. an Exciting Story

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 13

Although meagre details of the wreck of Hums, Philp's steamer Mindoro have reached Brisbane, it remained until the arrival of the Upolu in Brisbane last week before a…

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Barque Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 4

The four-masted barque Dundee, 2063 tons, which left Newcastle, N.S.W., for Guayaquil, on January 26 last is ashore on the island of Puna, 30 miles south-west of Guayaquil…

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£100,000 in Women's Pockets. Arrest of a Family in a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 2

Charged with being connected with a great international bank swindle, involving upwards of £200,000, Mr. Antonio Musica. a New York hair merchant, was arrested…

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Scene of the Titanic Wreck. a Huge Icefield. London, Monday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

The steamer Virginian going to Halifax, proceeded at dead slow for fourteen hours through an ice-field, encountering eight monster bergs on the scene of the…

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North Coast Co.'s Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Poonbar, bound from Glasgow to Sydney, has arrived at Holyhead with her machinery deranged…

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Steamer Collision. Four Seamen Drowned. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 4

Four of the crew of the Thursday. steamer Falara were drowned. The vessel sank after a collision with the British steamer Mozart…

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Steamer Seized by Chinese Pirates This "Tai On" Sensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 12

The China Navigation Company's steamer Chamgsha, which arrived in Sydney from Hongkong on Thursday, brought full details of the most sensational act of piracy…

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Wreck of an American City. Hundred Killed by a Tornado. £3,000,000 Damage. New York, March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 11

Shortly after six o'clock yesterday evening the city of Omaha, in Nebraska, was [?] from the outside world by a tornado which swept six States and indicated…

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Brake Van Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 May 1913 · page 5

The explosion of a gas cylinder in a brake van at the Central Railway Station practically wrecked the carriage. The cause of the explosion has not been ascertained. No one…

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The Queen Margaret Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 5

The four-masted harque Queen, Margaret [?] tons), which left Sydney on January [?] for Limerick, is ashore on the Stag Rocks, [?] The Lizard, Cornwall. The Margaret…

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The Queen Margaret Ashore. a Total Wreck. London, May 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 5

The four-masted barque Queen Margaret (2144 tons), which left Sydney on January 17 for Limerick, went ashore on the Stag Rocks, near The Lizard, Cornwall, and has…

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