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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Search for Schooner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 5

A wireles from the steamer Melbourne says the search for the missing schooner Amelia J. has been carried out on claborate lines, but so far…

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Missing Schooner. Discovery of Wreckage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 9

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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Missing Schooner. No News of the Vessel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 October 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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The Kissing Southern Cross More Wreckage Found. Benzine Cases Adrift. (By Cable.) Hobart

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 5

The steamer Hall Caine has arrived, and the captain states that the vessel steamed for 150 minutes through wreckage and benzine cases…

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World's Biggest Steamer. London, October 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 5

It would appear that damage done to the steamer Bismarck, as reported on Tuesday, was act so extensive as was at first reported…

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Wreckage Found. Fate of Southern Cross

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1920 · page 3

Captain F. B. Gurry, of the steamer Grace Darling, which arrived in Port Adelaide on Wednesday evening, reported that the vessel passed through a…

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Wreckage Found Supposed From Southern Cross

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 4

Captain F.B. Gurry, of the steamer Grace Darling, which arrived in Port Adelaide on Wednesday evening, reported that the vessel passed through a…

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Wreckage Found. Probably From Southern Cross

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 3

The master of the barquentine Thursday which arrived at Hobart On Sunday, reports that on Tuesday, October 5, at a.m. wreckage was passed 20…

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Wreckage Found. Apparently From a Steamboat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 4

The harbour master at Port Wakefield (S.A.) reported to the Marine Board that two fishermen picked up in St. Vincent's Gulf, on October 7 [?]…

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Fall in Prices. Cheaper Steamer Fares. London, October 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 5

The "Times" welcomes the continued fall in commodity prices on the British markets, and in exchange. Combined with the farther heavy fall in metal it…

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Wreckage Found. Probably From Southern Cross

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 6

The master of the barquentine Thursday, which arrived at Hobart on Sunday, reports that on Tuesday. October 5, at 8 a.m., wreckage was passed 20…

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Wreckage Found. Fate of Southern Cross

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 9

Captain F. B. Gurry, of the steamer Grace Darling, which arrived in Port. Adelaide on Wednesday evening, reported that the vessel passed through a…

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Our Telegrams. Mail Steamer Osterley. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1920 · page 5

A Melbourne message says it is probable the passengers of the mail steamer Osterley, including the English cricketers, will be quarantined for…

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Bridge Wrecked. Family's Narrow Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 6

Heavy soaking rain fell throughout most of Victoria during the weekend. Mr. E. Simms, of Kinglake, who was…

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Violent Storms. Damage at Wagga. Many Buildings Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 3

A terrific windstorm occurred at Wagga late on Tuesday evening, when the southern end of the town, which received the full force of the gale, [?]…

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Reds on Steamer. Mutiny Failed. Tokio, Oct. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 5

The deck of the steamer Symbirsk, lying at Nagasaki, was the scene of a Bolshevik uprising yesterday when fifty members of the crew attempted…

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Wrecked Petrograd. English Novelist's View. London, October 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 November 1920 · page 5

Mr. H. G. Wells impressions of the wrecked Empire of Russia make interesting reading. He gives a fine picture of death-still Petrograd, once the…

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Wrecked Petrograd. English Novelist's View. London, October 20

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1920 · page 3

Mr. H. G Well's impression of the wrecked Empire of Russia make interesting reading. He gives a fine picture of the death still Pet…

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[?] on Steamer. [?] Failed. Tokio, Oct. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1920 · page 11

[?] the steamer Symbirsk. [?] was the scene of a [?]xisiting yesterday. When [?] of the crew attempted…

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Irish Disorders. Tralee Wrecked. London, Nov. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1920 · page 5

The "Dally Mail's" Dublin correspondent tells a graphic story of the reprisals in Tralee, which broke out after military protection was…

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