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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Wrecked Petrograd. English Novelist's View. London, October 28

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

Mr. H. G. Wells's 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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Irish Disorders. Tralee Wrecked. London, Nov. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1920 · page 9

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

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Shipwreck As an Acid Test for Men

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 November 1920 · page 3

To the lover of fiction of the, "thrilling" type nothing is more fascinating than a tale of shipwreck with its castaway sequel. The sudden storm,…

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Steamer Burnt at Pier. £50,000 Loss. Vancouver, November 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 5

Passengers who arrived by the Niagara early this morning witnessed a spectacular pier fire when the steamer Ballena was burnt. The less was…

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Shipping Disasters. Wrecks in the Islands. Exciting Experiences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 7

Advices have been received by the under writers of there shipping disasters at the Fill Group. In the case of the missing vessel,…

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A Total Wreck. Vessel's Romanti[?] History

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1920 · page 2

News has been received that the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Ferret which went aground at Royston Head Yorke Peniasula, on…

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Steamer Burnt at Pier. £50,000 Loss. Vancouver, November 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 2

Passengers who arrived by the Niagara early this morning witnessed [?] pier fire when the steamer [?] was burnt. The loss was…

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Launch, Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 5

A large launch, believed to be the Vigilant, became a total wreck at West Head, near Barrenjoey, while on her way from Newport to Hawkesbury…

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A Total Wreck. Vessel's Romantic History

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 13

News has been received that the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Ferret, which went aground at Reyston Head, Yorke Peninsula, on…

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Steamer's Long Delay. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 5

Compound to wall for seven weeks to obtain a cargo, the steamer walhora has salled with 6000 tons vancouver Island coal for New Zealand…

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Our Telegrams. Coastal Steamer Founders. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 November 1920 · page 5

The coastal steamer Comboyn, founded near Kiama, at 3 o'clock this morning. The crew reac[?] shore safely…

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Explosion in Italy Five Villages Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 2

London, Saturday.—A telegram from Rome states that an explosion, which occurred in a dump of big sheila at Vorgato, wreeked five villages, and…

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Steamer Wrecked. Heavy Loss of Life. Vancouver, December 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1920 · page 5

A Seatary message says: The steemer Pirrlc with a crow of 27, was lost in a great storm off caps Flattery Twrliving sailors were washed ashore on a…

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Island Wreck. Schooner Oceania Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1920 · page 4

News by wireless has been received in. sydney of the auxqlary schooner Oceania, the disaster occurred at the Banks…

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Our Telegrams. Leaking Steamer. Sydney

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

The coastal steamer Bodalla put into Wollongong this morning leaking badly…

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Steamer in Trouble Leaking and Pumps Blocked (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 2

The steamer Bodalla, bound for Port Kembla, arrived at Wollongong in a leaky condition with her pumpa blocked…

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Island Wreck. Schooner Oceania Ashore

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 11

News by wireless has been received in Sydney of the wreck of the auxiliary Schooner Oceania. The disaster occurred at the Banks…

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Explosives for Brisbane. Overdue Schooner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 2

The auxiliary schooner Corlingle 250 tons which left Melbourne with a cargo of 5000 cases of explosives for Brisbane, was due there about December 9…

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Schooner Disabled. Crew and Captain's Wife Picked Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 5

The Union S.S Company's steamer Cosmos, which left Sydney on Tuesday for Dunedin is returning to Syd-ney Harbour with the five-master"…

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Explosives for Brisbane. Overdue Schooner

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 8

The auxiliary schooner Cor[?]gle, [?] tons, which left Melbourne with a car of 5000 cases of explosives for Br[?]bane, was due there about December…

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