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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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The Great Wreck Final Death Roll Tribute to the Dead

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 2

Montreal, Wednesday.—The final official figures of the loss of life in connec-[?] tion with the disaster to the liner Empress of Ireland have now been issued…

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The Great Wreck Liner Captain Defended

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 5

Quebec, Thursday.-Dr. Grant, the surgeon on the Empress of Ireland, and Mr Hyamson, a commercial traveller, declared that all the charges against…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1914 · 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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Fire on Steamer. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 5

A are has occurred in the forehold of the steamer Surrey at Avonmouth in a consignment of mutton for Liverpool and Bristol. The damage was not serious…

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Serious Collision. Steamer Crashes Into a Dredger

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 5

The steamer South Africa, when outward bound from Port Pirie, collided with the dredger Saurian. Reports vary in regard to the exact…

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Armed Steamer Sunk. Mazatlan June 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 5

The Federal troopship Gue[?] destroyed [?] Constitutionalist armed steamer Cuil[?] The extent of the death-roll not known…

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Whaler Wrecked. Perilous Time for the Chew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 4

Almost at the same spot on the Victorian coast where the R.M.S. Australia was wrecked ten years ago, the whaling gunboat, Campbell was lost on Saturday night through…

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The Wrecked Whaler Statement by the Captain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 7

Further facts have come to hand regarding the wreck of the whaler Campbell, which struck on Nepean Reef, near Queenseliff, on Saturday night…

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A Whaler Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

The whaling steamer Campbell, bound from Sydney to West Australia, was wrecked on Saturday night near the entrance to Port Phillip Heads. The…

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Gale Along the Coast. Steamer Wrecked. Children's Providential Escape Sydney, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 5

A big storm broke over the city last night. Sydney registered 232 points of rain, while at Blackheath 20 points was registered…

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Steamer Stuart Sold. Bad Government Deals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 7

The Minister of External Affairs (Mr. Glynn) stated on Tuesday that he had disposed of the steamer Stuart to the Howard Smith Company for the sum of £6200…

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Disabled Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 5

The steamer Wakatipu, which left Sydney on Tuesday, returned to port this morning after a sensational trip. It appears that when off Newcastle a tremendous sea…

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Gale Along The Coast. Steamer Wrecked

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

A big storm broke over Sydney on Tuesday night 220 points of rain were registered, while at Blackheath 20 points were…

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Steamer Refloated, London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 5

The Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamer Darrow, which went ashore during a fog near Portland, has been re-floated…

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Gale Along the Coast. Steamer Wrecked. Children's Providential Escape. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 8

A big storm broke over the city last night. Sydney registered 232 points of rain, while at Blackheath 20 points was registered. Snow accompnnied the rain on the mountains…

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Armed Steamer Sunk. Mazatlan, June 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 3

The Federal troopship Guerero destroyed the Constutionalist armed steamer Cuiliacan near Guayamas. The extent of the death-roll is not known…

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Steamer Stuart Sold. Bad Government Deals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 7

The Minister of External Affairs (Mr. Glynn) stated on Tuesday that he had disposed of the steamer Stuart to the Howard Smith Company for the sum of £6200…

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Whaler Wrecked. Perilous Time for the Crew

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 10

Almost at the same spot on the Victorian coast where the R.M.S. Australia was wrecked ton years ago the whaling gunboat Campbell was lost on Saturday night through…

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Latest News by Wire. Schooner Ashore. Sydney, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 5

The Navigation Department has received a telegram from Kempsey, stilting that the schooner Alada had been driven ashore three miles north of Point Plomer. The wreckage…

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Australian Steamer Contract. Berlin, June 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 2

The Federal Council has agreed to the renewal of the Norddeutscher Lloyd's Australian contract with a subsidy of [?]37,500 marks, the service to be accelerated when…

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