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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 9

A Drifting Steamer

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

A message was received in Sydney this morning stating that the steamer Havre was about 200 miles from sydney this morning drifting in a south—easterly direction…

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Today's Telegrams the Drifting Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 5

No further messages have been received from the disabled steamer Havre. It la believed that her wireless apparatus has probably broken down. It is admitted in…

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Steamer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 5

The steamer Erringhi is ashore at Barrenjoey, Her cargo is being removed…

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Small Steamer Stranded (By Telegraph.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 4

The small coasting steamer Eringhi stranded noar Barrenjoey last night…

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In a Howling Gale;. Steamer Waitomo in Trouble

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 9

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

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Steamer Havre. Towed Into Newscastle. Wood Fittings for Full

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 6

The oil steamer Havre, which ran short of bunker coal during heavy weather while she was on route from Dunedin to Newcastle, was towned into that port on Sunday morning by…

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Futile Search. for Disabled Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 7

The tug Eure, which left Port Adelaide at midnight on Friday to pick up the disabled steamer Kingsmore, which lost her rudder 120 miles west of Neptune islands…

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Steamer Kingsmere

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 6

No further wireless communications have been received in Adelaide from the disabled steamer Kingsmere. which lost her rudder off Neptune Islands on Driday. When last heard…

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Futile Search. for Disabled Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 6

The tug Euro, which loft Port Adelatde at midnight on Friday to pick up the disabled steamer Kingsmere, which lost her rudder 120 miles west of Neptune islands,…

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Steamer Havre. Towed Into Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 11

The oil steamer Havre, which ran short of bunker coal during heavy weather while she was on route from Dunedin to Newcastle, was lowed into that port on Sunday morning by…

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Fire on Steamer. Westmeath's Cargo Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 4

During the voyage of the Federal steamer Westmeath from Liverpool to Auckland a fire occurred on board. After the vessel passed through the Panama about 9.30 on the morning…

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Fire on Steamer. Westmeath's Cargo Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 11

During the voyage of the Federal steamer Westmeath from Liverpool to Auckland, a fire occurred on board. After, the vessel possed through the Panama about 9.30 on the morning…

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Affray on a Steamer. Two Men Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 6

A Shooting affray occurred on board the steamer Indarra, at the new pier, at Port Melbourne, last night. Arthur Gridley, 19 years, of age,…

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Hunter River Company's New Steamer

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

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's new wooden steamer Paterson, 445 tons, made the voyage from Sydney last night Newcastle. The vessel the largest wooden…

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Bolshevik Steamer Sinks 2000 Prisoners Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—A report from Helsingfors states that a Bolshevik steamer with 2000 British, Austrian, and Finnish prisoners of war aboard, sank in the…

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New Coastal Steamer. Trial Run of the Paterson

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's new wooden steamer Paterson, 445 tons, left Sydney recently for Newcastle. The vessel the…

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Father Jerger. Steamer Nestor Hung Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 8

The steamer Nestor is still hung up off the Somaphere at Adolaide, as Father Jerger has not been removed from the vessel…

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Schooner Disabled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 5

The motor schooner Malahat, from Portland, Oregon, to Adelaide, put into Sydney in Alistress. The vessel's fall shaft was broken and her propeller lot…

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A New Motor Lifeboat

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 4

The work of the National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain was largely held, up during the war, but an extensive programme of boat-building has since…

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Japanese Steamer. Ashore Near Cooktown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 6

Wireless messages have been received to the effect that the Japanese marge steamer Suki Maru is ashore in Forres Straits, nine miles from…

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