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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Two Persons Missing. a Steamer Mystery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 4

When the streamer Hunter arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning from Newcastle the police were informed that two passengers, who had apparently joined the vessel…

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Two Persons Missing. a Steamer Mystery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 8

When the steamer Hunter arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning from Newcastle the police were informed that two passengers, who had apparently joined the vessel…

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Steamer Torpedoed. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1917 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that the steamer Sequana (5557 tons) has been torpedoed in the Atlantic, with 610 people aboard, of whom 190 are missing…

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News by Wire. Steamer Abandoned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1917 · page 4

The Navy Office states that the Union Steamship Company's steamer Paitotara caught fire at sea, and was abandoned. The whole of the crow were picked up by the…

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STEAMER V. Submarine. Pirate Retires. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 2

An armed steamer engaged a submarine in the Mediterranean, off the Spanish coast. The latter submerged…

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Another Norwegian Loss. Coal Steamer Sunk. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Copenhagen, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 3

The Norwegian steamer Cissy, coal laden from the Chili mines, has been sunk…

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Ketch Wrecked. the Crew Saved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 2

While a strong south-westerly gale was blowing on Saturday at midnight the auxiliary ketch H.J.H. ran ashore on Badger Island, and as a result of having been…

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Steamer Torpedoed London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 14

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports-that the steamer Sequana(5557-tons) has been torpedoed-in the Atlantic, with 640 people aboard, of whom 190 are missing…

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Mined. Mail Steamer for Sydney. Ship's Company Saved. Mails Reported Lost. Bombay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 5

It is announced that the P. and O. steamer Mongolia, currying mails from London up to the London date of May 31, sank off Bombay at noon…

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Latest War News Mongolia Some P. AND O. Mate. Steamer. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 2

News was received in Sydney last night that the P. and O. mail steamer Mongolia has been sunk. It is believed that the loss occurred…

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Ketch Wrecked. the Crew Saved

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 7

While a strong south-westerly gale was blowing on Saturday at midnight the auxiliary ketch H.J.H. ran ashore on Badger Island, and as a result of having been…

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P. and O. Mail Steamer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 2

The P. and O. mail steamer, Mongolia, which struck a mine and sunk in the Arabian Sea, carried a general cargo for India and Australia. It is…

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Mined. Mail Steamer for Sydney. Ship's Company Saved. Mails Reported Lost. Bombay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 5

It is announced that the P. and O. Steamer Mongolia, carrying mails from London up to the London date of May 31, sank off Bombay at noon…

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Tank's 40 Hours' Fight. Wire Wrecked and Two Villages Taken

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 9

The capture of Wancourt and Honinel, south-east of Arras, will always be famous if only for the journey of a tank (writes W. Beach Thomas, in London "Daily Mail")…

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Steamer Sunk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 4

The Messagerios Maritimea steamer Himalaya, chatered by the government, was bank in the mediterranean on june 22, after an explosion. Twenty-eight persons were drowned…

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The Mongolia Mails Washing Ashore

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 2

Calcutta, Sunday.—The R.M.S Mongolia sank in 16 minutes on an even keel after striking a mine. The explosion killed 20 of the crew. Thirty…

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Steamer S[?]nk

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 14

The Messageries Maritimes ster[?] Himalaya. chartered by the Government, was sunk in the Mediterranean on June 22, after an explosion. Twenty-eight persons were…

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Steamer Sunk. Mails Lost. London, Thursday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

The Mongara, from Australia has been sunk. The mails were lost. The Mongara was a twin-screw steel steamer of 8205 tons, built in 1904, at…

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Steamer Sunk. Mails Lost. London, Thursday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

The Mongara, from Australia has been sunk. The mails were lost. The Mungara was a twin-screw steel steamer of S205 tons, built in 1914, at…

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Steamer Damaged. Explosions in the Hold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 7

The Navy Office announces that, the steamship Cumberland. which left Sydney on Thursday last, the 5th instant, on her voyage to England, was seriously damaged…

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