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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Steamer Aughinish. Ballast Tanks Stove In

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 6

It is feared that the steamer Aughinise which was beached at Corunna Bay, on the South Coast, will become a wreck. The Department of Navigation yesterday…

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Steamer Beached. Damaged Near Montagu Island

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 6

The big steamer Aughinish, which was bound from Port Sine to Newcastle, with a cargo of iron ore, totalling 4500 tons, was toadied in a damaged condition on Sunday…

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The Aughinish. Traces of Submerged Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 2

A diver's examination of the hull of the Aughinish, whic was recently run ashore at Corunna Bay, has been completed. The damag is considerable and extends along almost…

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The Aughinish. Tracks of Submerged Wreck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 14

A diver's examination of the hall of the Aughinish. which was recently run ashore at Corunna Bay has been completed The damage is considerable and extends along almost…

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Fire on Japanese Steamer. Firemen's Great Work. Steamer Undamaged. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 5

A fire broke out this morning on the Japanese Steamer Madras Maru,lying at Lee's Wharf, Newcastle. The fire brigade was quickly on the scene, and the men, using…

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Burning Steamer Beached Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

A San Franciseo message says: The [?] er West Cape, leaded with gasoline, en route for the Orient, caught fire. She was beached and scuttled at Oakland, partly preventing…

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Fire on Japanese Steamer. Firemen's Great Work. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 7

A fire broke out this morning on the Japanese steamer Madras Maru, lying at Lee's Wharf, Newcastle. The fire brigade was quickly on the scone, and the inon, using…

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Repairing Steamer Bombala

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

Repairs to the steamer Bombala, which recently was stranded on the Queensland Coast, and which now are being carried out in Sydney, are expected to cost nearly £50,000. This…

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Britain Gets Scapa Wrecks. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 5

In the House of Commons statement, cabled earlier, concerning the allocation of ex-German warships, Britain's share should read 6 warships and 124 submarines: France…

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Steamer Dilga. Walsh Island Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 2

The steamship Dilga, the latest vessel to be completed at the Government Dockyard at Walgh Island, was handed over to the Comonwealth authorities yesterday…

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Schooner Wrecked. Fears for the Crew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 4

A message from Suva states that an American schooner, believed to be the Defender, which was bound from Gray's Harbour to Suva, was wrecked on the reef between Ogea…

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Britain Gets Scapa Wrecks. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 3

In the House of Commons [?] earlier concerning the allocation of German warships. Britain's share should and 6 warships and 124 submarines France…

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Accident to Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

The steamer Bodalla while crossing out at Crookhaven Heads last night was caught by the ebb tide and carried on to the rocks. The vessel was floating off this morning and…

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Italian Steamer Sinks. LONDON.Wednesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

A message from Leghorn states that the steamship Assiria (1605 tous), engaged in the Siclly to Sardinin and Corsica to Leghoru services, struct a mine and sunk…

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Schooner Wrecked. Peaks for the Crew

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 14

A message from Suva states that an American schooner, believed to be the Defender which was bound from Gray's Harbour to Suva, was wrecked on the reef between Ogea…

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Steamer Dilga. Walsh Island Production

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 9

The steamship Dilga, the latest vessel to be completed at the Government Dockyare at Walsh Island, was handed over to the Commonwealth authorities last week…

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Stranding of Steamer. Lost in This Gilbert Group

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 6

An inquiry was held by the Marine court into the standing of the Steamship St. George on a reef at Tapetueca in the Gilbert Group, at 3.40 a.m.on January 31 last…

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Stranding of Steamer. Lost in the Gilbert Group

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 7

An inquiry was held by the Marino Court into the stranding of the stranding of the steamship St. George on a reef at Tapetueca in the Gilbert Group, at 3.40 a.m on January 31 last…

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In a Howling Gale. Steamer Waitomo in Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 6

The Union company's cargo s'eimer [?]tomo had an exciting experience during her voyage from Geelong to Lyttleton. The vessel struck a south—west blow on…

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Missing Schooner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 5

It now transpires that the shooner joseph Sims which was reported missing [?] at Spring Bay Tasmania a week ago…

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