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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Steamer Holiday Time-table

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 4

Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co., Ltd., draw, attention in our draw attention in our advertising columns to their holiday time-table during the Christmas,…

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Schooner Inca. Battered by Hugh Seas. Vessel Waterlogged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 5

Captain Winter of the [?] schooner Inca, which reached Pol Jackson during the night explained hat when the thought there was no…

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American Schooner. Puts Into Sydney in Distress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1920 · page 4

The Eliner H. a five-masted Schooner flying the American flag, put into port on Sunday in distress. She is bound from city Harbour…

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Lugger Wrecked. Story of a Castaway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1920 · page 2

A Broome telegram which has been received at Perth: gives further information respecting the cast ways of the luggar Henry, which sank off…

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Steamer excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River I Steamship Company's as Newcastle I will leave tho steamers" wharf,newcastle, 'at 10 a.m. on Boxing day…

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American Schooner. Puts Into Sydney in Distress

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1920 · page 12

The Eliner H., a five-masted schooner, flying the American flag, put into port on Sunday in distress. She is bound from Gray's Harbour…

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Schooner Inca. Battered by Huge Seas. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1920 · page 9

Captain Winther, of the disabled schooner Inca, which reached port [?]ackson during the night, explained that when he thought there was no…

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Schooner Disabled. Crew and Captain's Wife Picked Up

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1920 · page 11

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

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Lugger Wrecked. Story of a Castaway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1920 · page 12

A Broome telegram which has been received at Perth gives further information respecting the castaways of the luggar Henry, which sank off…

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Irish Disorders. Newspaper Office Wrecked. London. December 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1920 · page 5

Thirty armed and masked men entered the offices of the "Cork Examiner" on Christmas Eve, smashed the machinery, and wrecked parts of the…

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steamer Examination

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1920 · page 4

On New Year's Day, the Newcastle and Hunter River' Steamship Company will conduct one of Km .popular. ocean excursions from Newcastle to port…

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Island Wreck. Trader Strikes Coral Outcrop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1920 · page 6

The auxiliary cutter, Tui Vannasala laden with general cargo and carrying passengers which left Suva for Silgatoken on December 9 struck "a horse's…

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Storm Swept. French Mail Steamer in Cyclone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1920 · page 3

While the French mail steamer El Kantara, which has arrived at Sydney from Marseilles, was travelling between Aden and Colombo, she ran into a…

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Steamer on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 December 1920 · page 5

Latest news of the [?] on the steamer Ewmana, at Perth, show[?] that the decks have fallen in, The whole ship is doomed. The vessel was insured for…

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