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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

279 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 14

Swedish Steamer. Copenhagen, April 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 12

A German torpedo boat destroyer captured the Swedish steamer Vega, which was bound from Stockholm to Copenhagen. Sweden has demanded the release of the…

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P. AND 0. Steamer. Sunk in the Mediterranean. London, April 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 12

Lloyd's report that the Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Company's steamer Simla has been sunk in the Mediterranean. (The Simla was built in 1894 by Caird…

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Easter Steamer Services

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. draw attention in our advertising columns to their service between Newcastle and Sydney during the Easter holidays, also to the [?] to Port Stephens and Clarence…

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Steamer Excursions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 4

The steamer Allyn River will leave the Newcastle and Hunter River Company's wharf, at Morpoth, on Easter Monday, at 9.30 a.m., calling at Raymond Terrace on…

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Dutch Steamer Sunk, Amsterdam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 5

The Dutch liner Lodewyk van [?] laden with s[?] and bound for Holland has been tored[?] and sunk in six minutes Five of the crew were drowned and a…

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The Things That Count Co Ming Ashore at Salonika

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 11

large quantities of guns of very caliber have lately landed by the Allies at Saionika, our picture shows a gun being landed on the quay…

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Steamer's Narrow Escape. Torpedo Fails to Explode

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 3

The Commonwealth and Dominion Finer Indralema, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from New York, has the distinction of having been hit by a torpedo, which failed…

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German Plot. to Destrom British Steamer. New York, April 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 12

Charles von Kloist, Ernest Becker, Captain Otto Wolpert, and Captain Enno Bode (superintendent of the Hamburg-American Piers, at Hobokon. New Jersey, have been arrested…

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Dutch Steamer Sunk. Amsterdam

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

The Dutch liner Lydewyk Van Nassau laden with saltpetre, and bound for Holland has been torpedoed and sunk in six minutes. Five of the crew were drowned, and a…

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Submarines. Dutch Steamer Beached, London, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 5

The Dutch steamer [?] (2600 tons) has been beached at Hurwich. AMSTERDAM, Friday. The Dutch steamer [?] which…

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Submarines. French Steamer's Escape. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 5

A French steamer carrying called at Palmas on arrival from Naplos and reported a sensational escape, missing by only ten feet a torpedo fired by a…

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Submarines. British Steamer Sunk. London, May 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 5

Lloyd's report that the British steamer City of Lucknow (3077 tones) has been sunk…

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British Steamer Sunk. London, May 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 6

Lloyd's report that the British steamer City of Lucknow (3677 tons) has been sunk…

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Submarines. French Steamer's Escape. New York

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 6

A French steamer carrying passengers, called at Paimas on arrival from Naples and reported a sensational escape, missing by only ten feet a torpedo fired by a…

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Submarines. Dutch Steamer Beached. London, April 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 12

The Dutch steamer Maashaven (2609 tons) has been beached at Harwich. AMSTERDAM, Friday. The Dutch steamer Maashaven, which…

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German Steamer. Captured by British War [?] May 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 10

The British ca[?] the German steamer Trade 2073 tons) which was interned at Tea[?] She was anchored outside the bay and Fearing a storm tried to come [?]…

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Brazilian Steamer Sunk. Rio De Janeiro May, 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 10

It is officially conf[?] that the [?] Rio Bra[?] tons) has been tor[?] The news has created a sensation. Government of Brazil has notified the German…

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German Steamer Adrift. Prize for a British Cruiser. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 6

The German steamer Telde, which has been sheltering at Teneriffe since the war began, drifted seaward during rough weather, and was captured by a…

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Submarine Warfare. Steamer Sussex. Amsterdam. May 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 5

A semi-official message states that the Germany man Note abandons the view that the steamer Sussex was not torpedoed. The Government has notified America that she admits that a…

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Health Wrecked by Piles. Ordinary Remedies and Treatment Uscless. A Complete Complete Cure by Zam-Buk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 3

Mr. John Playle, a goods-shed foreman, at Railway Station, Wangaratta, Vic., says:—"For 10 years I was a victim to most obstinate piles. I endured awful pain during…

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