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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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An Old Wreck the Westernport Discovery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 11

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 West report (S A) by Diver Beckett…

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Aquitania Launched. Longest Steamer Afloat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1913 · page 3

The new Cunard liner Aquitania, which holds the distinction of being the largest vessel ever constructed by a British shipbuilding firm, was launched from the yard of Messrs…

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

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 June 1913 · page 4

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

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Wonderful Results. Consumption Feared. Terrible Suffering. Lady Wreck of Former Self. Found Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Effect Marvellous Change

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 4

"About twelve months ago," writes Sara Drysdale, 338 Bourke-street, Sydney, "I suffered from Indigestion very badly. I also thought, like my sister, I…

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His Domestic Happiness Was Wrecked

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

"It's just, awful how criminally ignorant I've been regarding our food," said Mrs. Newlight to her husband the other day. "I can never be thankful enough that I…

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Lifeboat Obsolete. "Launch the Hydroaeroplane."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 12

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

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Aquitania Launched. Longest Steamer Afloat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 7

The new Cunard liner Aquitania, which holds the distinction of being the largest vessel ever constructed by a British shipbuilding arm, was launched from the yard of Messrs…

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Mysterious Affair. Steamer Wantonly Damaged. Berlin May 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 3

The new Hamburg-Amerika liner Imperator is at present lying off a desolate part of the coast near Cuxhaven, and there are mysterious rumours afloat to the effect…

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His Domestic Happiness Was Wrecked

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 6

"It's just awful how criminally ignorant I've been regarding our food," said Mrs. Newlight to he husband the other day. "I can never be thankful enough that I…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 7

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

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A Derelict Lifeboat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 5

NEAR TITANIC WRECK. BALTIMORE, Tuesday. The steamer Eisenach sighted a lifeboat, covered with barnacles, near the scene of tho Titanic disaster, but made no investigation as to whether there were any bodies…

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Scow Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 5

The scow Maroro went ashore at the entrance to Pelorous Sound during the voyage from Sydney. She will probably be refloated…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 6

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

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Latest Hews by Telegraph. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. Wreck Reported."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 5

It was reported to the Navigation Department this morning that a three-masted vessel had foundered off Coogee. The steamer Captain Cook immediately put to sea…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 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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Rough Seas on Coast. Vessel Reported Foundered. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 2

Rough seas were raging to-day on the coast. A report reached the Navigation Department that a three-masted vessel…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 10

The Newcastle and Hunter River [?] ship Company's steamer leaves New[?] for Sydney awards the arrival of the [?] heaving maitland at 10.10 p.m. and[?]…

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General Cable News. London, June 13. a Great Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 2

The new Hamburg-Amerika liner Imperator left Southampton on her maiden voyage to-day. She carried over 4000 passengers and a crew of 1100…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 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…

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