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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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Concrete Steamer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 8

The American Consul at Melbourne has furnished Reuter with the following wireless message from San Francisco:—…

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First Concrete Steamer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 2

The American Consul at Melbourne has furnished. Reuter with the following wireless message from San Francisco:…

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80 Hours in the Channel. a Naval Officer's Experience. Wrecked in a Seaplane

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 2

The Washington Committee of Public Information has received the following from the London office:— United States Naval Reserve Ensign…

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7000-Ton Liner Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

The 7000-ton Nelson liner Highland Scot has been wrecked off Rio Janeiro…

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Steamer Clan Mackay Sunk. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 5

A telegram from Gibraltar states that the steamer Clan Mackay was sunk in a collision on May 11. The crew were saved…

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Derelict Spanish Steamer. Probable U-boat Victim. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 5

Reutr's Las Palmas correspondent says: The spanish sailing vessel Jonkquina was brought in, she was found a drifting derelict, close to the African coast, with signs…

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Tank Steamer Lost. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Washington, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 2

The tank steamer William Rockefeller has been lost at sea. No further details are yet to hand…

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Derelict Spanish Steamer. Probable U-boat Victim. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 5

Reuter's has Palmas correspondent says: The Spanish sailing vessel Joakquina was brought in. She was found a drifting derelict, close to the African coast, with signs…

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Irish Steamer Sunk. Thirty-seven Lives Lost. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1918 · page 5

The Irish steamer Inniscarra, from Fishgurard to Cork, has been torpedoed and sank Only five, including the captian, were saved. It is believed that 37 were lost. The…

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Irish Steamer Sunk. Thirty-seven Lives Lost. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 11

The Irish steamer Innisearra, from Fishguard to Cork, has been torpedoed and sunk. Only five, including the captain, were saved. It is believed that 37 were lost. The…

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Emigration Checked. High Steamer Fares. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 5

The Agents-General waited in a deputation upon Sir Joseph Macley, Shipping Director and protested against the doubling of the cost of steorage passages to Australia and…

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Steamer Torpedoed. Crew's Intrepid Action. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 5

A Bellast message says: A steamer from England reached this port in a sinking condition. A submarine fired three torpedoes and missed the steamer. The submarine went…

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Torpedoed Steamer. Thrilling Ordeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 June 1918 · page 6

On their way back to New Zealand the officers of the Union Steamship Company's steamer Walhemo, which was terpedoed in March while on Imperial service, reached…

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American Steamer Shelled

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 5

A telegraphic despatch from an Atlantic port states that the master of the American steamer Edward Pierce reports that a U-boat shelled…

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1857. The Wreck of the Dunbar

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 3

In the issue of last week there appeared an account of the great flood in 1857. The following is the report of the wreck of the Dunbar…

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Two Cunard Liners Lost. Ono Torpedoed; Other Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 2

New York, Saturday.—The British liner Ausonia (8152 tons), bound for America, has been torpedoed. Ninety of the crew were landed at a British…

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Shipwrecked Crew. Experiences on Pacific. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 5

A San Francisco message states that after 14 days in an open boat on the Pacific 14 people from the five masted schooner Crescent landed late on Sunday…

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Steamer Stranded. a Passenger Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 3

Messrs, Burns, Philp, and Company received a wireless message from Lord Howe Island yesterday, Intimating that one of the passengers, Miss Reardon, on the stranded…

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U-boat Sunk Clean Hit by Steamer's Guns. New York, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 2

At an Atlantic port an incoming steamer reports the destruction of a U-boat by a clean hit with the guns…

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Torpedoed Steamer. Thrilling Ordeal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 10

On their way back to New Zealand the officers of the Union Steamship Company's steamer Waihemo, which was torpedoed in March while on Imperial service, reached…

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