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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Steamer in Trouble. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) New York, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 3

The steamer St. Paul, en route to Southampton, has sent out a wireless saying that owing to trouble with her boil[?] she is returning to Halifax…

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Coastal Steamer Ashore at Macleay River Bar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 2

When crossing the Macleay River bar on Saturday, the North Coast S. N. Company's steamer Malanbar became unmanageable and ran ashore on the South Beach, not far…

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Explosion on Steamer. One Man Killed. Another Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 6

Wireless messages received at Townsville from the lightship Karumbah report that the coastal cargo boat Car[?], a steel vessel of 200 tons, was burned on Saturday morning…

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Missing Ketch. Journalist and Four Others on Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 6

The police at Thursday Island have advised Brisbane that the 10-ton ketch Vic. which left Thursday Island for Burketown, is missing. Those on board are Mr. J. T. Beckett,…

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Landing Cargo. From Stranded Steamer Maianbar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 6

According to the latest news the stranded steamer Maianbar, ashore at the Maclean River, is high and dry at low water. There are, however, good prospect of the…

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Coastal Steamer Ashore at Macleay River Bar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1920 · page 11

When crossing the Maedeay River bar on Saturday, the North Coast S. N. Company's steamer Maianbar became unmanageable, and ran ashore on the South Beach, not for…

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Landing Cargo. From Stranded Steamer Maianbar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1920 · page 3

According to the latest news the stranded steamer Maianbar, ashore at the Maclean River, is high and dry at low water. There are however good prospects of the…

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Explosion on Steamer. One Man Killed, Another Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1920 · page 14

Wireless messages received at Townsville from the lightship Karumbah report that the coastal cargo boat Caroo, a steel vessel of 200 tons, was burned on Saturday morning…

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The Ketch Vic. Party Well But Short of Provisions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 4

On Friday afternoon the ketch Edris returned to Thursday Island from a search for the 10-ton ketch Vic, which was found safe at Mornington Island Mission, where it had…

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Empire Wreckers. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

At a meeting of the National Assembly at Stuttgart, the Chancellor, Herr Bauer, referring to the rising Communist tide and the threatened Bolshevism as a result of the…

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Lubra Wreck. Marine Court Finding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 8

The Marine Court consisting of Judge Cohen with Captains [?] Hall and H.C. Chudleigh [?] inquired into the circumstances surrounding the w[?]eek of…

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Lost Overboard. Captain of Canadian Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 3

When the steamer Canadian Raider, from Melbourne, arrived at Newcastle yesterday, it was reported that the master, Captain R. Winter, was lost overboard between North…

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5000-Ton Steamer Launched. Commonwealth Liner Eudunda. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 2

The new Commonwealth steamer Eudunda, of 5000 tons, was launched at Cockatoo Island to-day…

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Steamer Excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company will conduct a steamer excursion to Port Stephens on Easter Monday. The steamship Hunter (1840 tons) will…

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Government Liner Ashore. Loss of the Carawa Feared

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 4

Information has been received in Melbourne from Galapagos Islands that the Federal Government liner Carawa, with a large cargo of oil, is ashore…

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Steamer Aughinish. Ballast Tanks Stove In

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 6

It is feared that the steamer Aughinish which was bonched at Courunna Bay, on the South Coast, will become a wrock. The Department of Navigation yesterday…

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Steamer Beached. Damaged Near Montagu Island

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 3

The big steamer Aughinish, which was bound from Port S[?]rie to Newcastle, with a cargo of iron are, totalling 4500 tons, was beached in a damaged condition on Sunday…

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Local and General News. American Mail Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 4

The American mail steamer Sonoma, from San Francisco, is expected to reach Sydney at 9 a.m. on Saturday next. She has 3500 bags of English and American mails…

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Stranded Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 5

Owing to a change in her position, hopes are now entertained for the salvage of the steamer Aughinish, which is stranded near Narooma…

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Government Liner Ashore. Loss of the Carawa Feared

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 14

Information has been received in Melbourne from Galapagos Islands that the Federal Government liner Carawn, with a less cargo of oil is ashore…

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