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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 9

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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Japanese Steamer. Ashore Near Cooktown

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 9

Wireless message, have been received to the effect that the Japanese cargo steamer Suki Mary is ashore in Torres Straits, nine miles from…

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Our Telegrams. Fire on Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 5

A fire was discovered among about 1000 tone of coal in the bunkers of the Melbourne Company's steamer Dimboola at the company's wharf. The…

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Famous Passenger Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 2

The life of the White Star liner Olympie, of 46,300 tons gross (says the "Times" of June 21), falls to date into three main chapters. The…

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Costly Deadlock. Steamer Bakara Held Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 2

Daily inquiry at the office of the Commonwealth Government line of steamers concerning the steamer Bakara, which has been lying idle in…

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Costly Deadlock. Steamer Bakara Held Up

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 5

Daily inquiry at the office of the Commonwealth Government line of steamers concerning the steamer Bakara. which has been lying idle…

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Peace Loan Air Campaign INVERELL'S £4000. Aeroplane Wrecked on Leaving

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1920 · page 6

Captain Wrigley and Corp Love-grove, who have been touring the North-West appealing for subscriptions to the Second Peace Loan…

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Wreck on Pacific Coast. Vancouver, Aug. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 5

A messages from San Francisco reports ports that the steamer Avancar, inward bound from Java, was wrecked off San Francisco. Harbour. There…

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The Breslau Riots French Consulate Wrecked. Penalties Imposed on Germany. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Paris, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 3

In connection with the wreeking of the French Consulate at Breslau, cabled on the 29th ult., the French Government demands that Germany shall rebuild the…

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French President. a Nervous. Wreck, London, September 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 5

M. Deschanel, President of the French Republic, is a nervous, wrock, He is unable to appear and his resignation is being discussed. A leading…

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Steamer Collision. London, September 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 5

The Orient steamer Konight Luise, on [?] for Australia, came into collision with the Longhborough in a thick fog off Lis[?]. The Loughborough was…

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French President. a Nervous Wreck. London, September 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 2

M. Deschanel, President of the French Republic, is a nervous wreck. He is unable to appear ami his resignation in being discussed. A leading…

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Steamer Collision. London, September 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 11

The Orient steamer Konigin Luise, enroute for Australia, came into collision with the Loughborough in a thick for off Lisbon. The Loughborough was…

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Missing Schooner. Discovery of Wreckage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 7

The Navy Department, which has been actively interested in the search for the missing schooner, Amelia J. Owned by Henry Jones and Co., of…

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Avro Wrecked. Forced Landing Pilot and Passenger

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 2

The Australian Aircraft Company's Avro aeroplane which rived at Taroom (Q.) three weeks ago in charge of Messrs. Snooks…

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Steamer for Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. draws special attention to passengers in our advertising column to despatch on Sunday night next of…

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Airman Missing. Search for Schooner. Absence Causing Anxiety

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 3

The complete absence of news of the whereabouts of Captain W. Stuit, who, in company with Major W. H. Anderson, left Port Cook (Vic.) in Thursday…

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Search for Schooner Airman Missing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 2

The complete absence of news of the whereabouts of Captain W. Stutt, who in company with Major W. H. Anderson, left Port Cook on Thursday by…

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Missing Schooner. No News of the Vessel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 6

So far no news has been received of the missing schooner Amelia J. The latest development is that the Minister for the Navy has ordered the…

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Special Steamer Trips

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 4

This Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co., Ltd., draw attention to special trips to and from Sydney and Newcastle on Sunday night next, the…

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