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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 19

Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 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 Colision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 4

The prosecution alleges that the Centurion's speed was not properly considered, and that the course should have been altered before and after the collision, and a further search…

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Indigestion and Kidney Trouble. Became a Wreck, and Often Wished for Death— Complete Health Restored by Bile Brails

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 5

Mrs M. Seanlon, of 1 Avon Place, off Haines-street, North Melbourne, says:-"Four year ago I was a great victim of indigestion, which laid me…

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Steamer Narrung. Chinese Loan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 2

The Chinese loan has been issued as cabled on 14th. Of London's £7,500,000 £3,000,000 [?] for has been fully allotted…

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An Old Wreck. Skeletons in Sand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 6

The unexpected discovery of an old wreck was made a few days ago at Western Port, near Melbourne, by Diver Beckett, while engaged endeavouring to locate the sunken…

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Shipping Disaster. French Steamer Lost, London, May 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 5

[?]ssageries Maritimes Company's senegal, 3625 tons, has been blown [?] mine off Smyrna. [?] were 120 people aboard…

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New Inter-state Steamer. a Fast-Trip. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 4

The new inter-State liner "Canberra" did the trip from Sydney to Melbourne in 33½ hours. She passed the now steamer…

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An Old Wreck. Skeletons in Sand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 8
Also in Singleton Argus

The unexpected discovery of an old wreck was made a few days ago at Western Port, near Melbourne, by Diver Beckett, while engaged endeavouring to locate the sunken…

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Tug Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 5

The tug Bucara, which was ordered to the Bellinger River, by the Navigation Department to assist the steamer Elderslie, arrived at her destination, but grounded on the…

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Alone in Burning Ship. Lifeboat Rescue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 7

Captain Newman, of the German schooner Antza, had a thrilling ordeal in the Thames Estuary recently, being alone in a burning ship for some time before he was rescued by…

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Steamer in Distress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 5

The steamer Our Jack, which was recently steanded at the Bellinger River, and on being refloated started for Sydney, put in at Camden Hayen yesterday in…

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Two Shipwrecks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 5

The Crundale, landed with nitrate from Taltal, chill, for Falmouth, was wrecked in the Lizard, Cornwall, in a fog. All hands were saved…

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An Old Wreck. the Westernport Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 4

An incident recorded in the recollections published in 1878 of the late Captain Underwood may be of interest in connection with the finding of an old wreck at Westernport (S.A.) by Diver Beckett…

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Steamer Sunk by Mines

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 3

Constantinople, Sunday.—As the steamer Nevada, flying the American Hag, was leaving Smyrna yesterday, she struck two mines in quick succession, and a…

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Wreck Withdrawn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 5

The wreck of the steamer Eilerslie was submitted to public auction to-day. but as £10 was the highest bid, the vessel was withdrawn for private treaty…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 6

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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Six Months on an Island. Remarkable Adventures of a Shipwrecked Crew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 6

Sydney underwriters on Wednesday received a graphic account from South Africa of the lots of the schooner Sea Bird, and the remarkable adventures of her crew, who…

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Lifeboat Obsolete. "Launch the Hydroaeroplane."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 2

"Man the hydroaeroplane!" That will in future, we are assured by Roy. L. McCardell, be the cry along our coasts when shipwrecked vessels are pounding on the…

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Atlantic Liner Ashore. on the Irish Coast. London, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

To liner Haverford, while bound from [?] to philadelphia, with 1200 passenger struck the rock to the west of [?] All the passenger have…

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