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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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French Steamer Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 5

The steamer Saint Francois arrived in Sydney from Noumea to undergo repairs to her stern, which was considerably damaged. One estimate of the cost of the work is…

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Steamer in a Cyclone. Member of the Crew Lost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 3

The Island steamer Indian, the property of Messrs. Burns, Philip and Co., ran into a cyclone on January 5, on the outward run from Sydney and survived a severe buffeting…

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German Outrage. Explosion on Steamer. Rio De Janeiro, Feb. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 6

The steamer Tennyson, bound from Buenos Ayres to New York, has arrived at Marranhao. She was seriously damaged by an explosion in the bunkers, due to an…

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German Outrage. Explosion on Steamer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 2

Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday.—The steamer Tennyson, bound from Buenos Ayres to New York, has arrived at Marranhao. She was seriously…

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Captured Steamer. The Westburn Sunk

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 5

Madrid, Wednesday.—It is officially reported from Teneriffe that the English steamer Westburn has arrived, controlled by a prize crew believed to be…

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Steamer Blown Up. Paris

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 4

The British steamer Cedarwood, from Middlesboro, with a cargo of cast iron, has been blown up at sea. All on board except two were drowned…

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Steamer in a Cyclone. Member of the Crew Lost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 13

The Island steamer Induna, the property of Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co., ran into a cyclone on January 5, on the outward run from Sydney, and survived a severe buffeting…

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German Outrage. Explosion on Steamer. Rio De Janeiro, Feb. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 15

The steamer Tennyson, bound from Buenos Ayres to New York has arrived at Marranhao. She was seriously damaged by an explosion in the bunkers, due to an…

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Zeppelin Wrecked. Amsterdam Feb. 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 5

A storm in Belgium carried a Zeppelin adrift and it landed at Venloo, a wreck. It was interned…

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German Callousness. Steamer's Crew Left to Drown. London. Feb, 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 6

A Captain J. P. Cargill, of the liverpool steamer Belle of France (3876 tons), has arrived home with a tragic story or German callousness. The vessel was torpedoed…

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P. and O. mail Steamer Sunk Sydney

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2

The P. and O. mail steamer, Maloja, en route from England to Bombay was mined and sunk off Dover. The passengers were…

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Maloja Mined and Sunk P. and O. Steamer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2

London Sunday.—Lloyd's report that they have just received news that the R.M.S. Maloja (12,131 tons) has been mined off Dover, and has now sunk…

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Terrible Shipping Disaster. Maloja Mined and Sunk. P. AND O. STEAMER. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2

Lloyd's report that they have just received news that the R. M. S. Maloja (12.431 tons) has been mined off Dover and has now sunk. The people are now…

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The Steamer Mutlah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 5

The steamer Mutiah (3499 tons). which has been in Mort's Dock since the beginning of the year having repairs effected at a cost amounting to between £30,000 and £35,000,…

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German's Shop Bombed. Mosman Sensation. Premises Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

As the result of a bomb explosion, a shop conducted by Otto Pfaffin, baker and confectioner, Mosnian, was wreeked shortly after 9 o'clock on Monday…

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German Callousness. Steamer's Crew Left to Drown. London, Feb. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 13

Captain T. P. Cargill, of the Liverpool steamer Belle of France (3876 tons), has arrived home with a tragic story of German callousness. The vessel was torpedoed…

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The Steamer Kaipara

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 5

The Prize Court at Hamburg has post-poned for three months consideration of the case of the steamer Kaipara, which had New Zealand frozen meat aboard, and was bound…

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Mishap to Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 5

An outward bound steamer went aground on a sandbank near Fremantle last night when leaving. The vessel was r[?] at eight o'clock this morning, and is now being…

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Wreck Sighted. Vessel on Minerva Reef

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 4

The Navigation Department in Sydney has been informed that the master of the barque Lobo, which arrived at Adelaide from Vancouver on February 18, reports having…

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The Steamer Kaipara

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 6

The Priza Court at Hamburg has postponed for three months consideration of the case of the steamer Kaipara, which had New Zealand frozen meat aboard, and was bound…

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