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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Earthquake at Rabaul. Houses Wrecked. a Causeway Disappears

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 7

Officers of the steamer Marsina, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Rabaul, were able to supply further details of the earthquake which occurred in the…

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Submarine Wrecked. Officers and Crew Saved

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 6

London Thursday Night.—The Official Bureau reports that a submarine is aground on the Dutch coast. A British destroyer took off some of the…

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British Steamer Sunk

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 3

Malta, Sunday.—The British steamer Trematon (4198 tons) has been sunk. The crew was rescued…

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All-night Swim. Wrecked Officer's Sufferings. Paris, Dec. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 5

The remarkable escape of M. Sylvain Escoffy, a French officer passenger who was in the steamer Calvados, torpedoed in the Mediterranean by a German…

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An Eventful Voyage. Schooner's Experiences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 12

The American four-masted schooner Manila that reached Sydney on Friday from Gray's Harbour, Puget Sound, had an eventful voyage…

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British Steamer Sunk. Malta. Jan. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

The British steamer Trematon (1198 tons) has been sunk. The crew was rescued…

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Steamer Sunk. Commonwealth Liner Marere. London, Jan. 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 12

The steamer Marere (6443 tons), owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd., has been sunk. The crew was saved…

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All-night Swim. Wrecked Officer's Sufferings

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 3

The remarkable escape of M. Sylvain Escoffy, a French officer passenger who was in the steamer Calvados, torpedoed in the Mediterranean by a German…

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Vessel Ashore. on the Tasmanian Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 3

A wireless message received in Melbourne on Monday from King Island. Tasmanian, stated that the Norwegian ship Sorfareren, 2470 tons, Captain Stray, was ashore on…

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German Destroyers Ashore. on Coast of Denmark

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

London, Sunday Night.—A Copenhagen correspondent says that two German destroyers are aground on the south-east of the Saltholm Island,…

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Steamer Vidar Released. Copenhagen Feb. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 5

The steamer Vidar has been released. (A German submarine captured the Danish sleamer Vidar, which was carrying provisions for England. The boat was conveyed…

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Steamer Strikes Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 5

The Dutch liner Princess Juliann struck a mine in the North Sea. She was beached at Felixstowe. The passengers and crew were saved…

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Steamer Appam. Arrival in America. London. Feb. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 5

The steamer Appam (7781 tons) which was reoprted missing while bound from the west coast of Africa to London, has arrived at Norfolk, Virginia (U.S.A.). with a German…

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An Eventful Voyage. Schooner's Experiences

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 16

The American four-masted schooner Manila that reached Sydney on Friday from Gray's Harbour, Puget Sound, had an eventful voyage…

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Vessel Ashore. on the Tasmanian Coast

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 2

A wireless message received in Melbourne on Monday from King Island, Tasmania, stated that the Norwegian ship Sorfareren, 2470 tons, Captain Stray, was ashore on…

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Appam Closely Guarded. No One Allowed Ashore

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

'London, Thursday.—The London "Daily Telegraph's" New York correspondent states:—All night the Appam was closely guarded, and nobody…

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Capture of the Steamer Appam

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 2

The steamer Appam (7781 tons), which was reported missing white bound from the west coast of Africa to London, has arrived at Norfolk, Virginia (U.S.A.). with a…

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Steamer Vidar Released. Copenhagen, Feb. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 6

The steamer vidar has been released (A German submarine captured the Danish steamer Vidar, which was carrying provisions for England. The boat was conveyed…

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Dutch Steamer. Another German Outrage. Rotterdam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

The Dutch oil steamer Artemis, from Rotterdam to London in ballast, was torpedoed on Wednesday under exceptional circumstances. Four German torpedo boats…

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Torpedoed Steamer. End of the Brindisi Sensational Story, London, Feb. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 6

Mr. M.H. Donoha[?] correspondent for the "Daily Chronicle," writing from Athons, says he obtained a sensational story from Miss Lamos, an American, who was a survivor of…

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