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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

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Firemen's Demands. Steamer Held Up

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 11

Owing to firemen demanding three more trimmers, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Company's steamer Mataram, which was scheduled to leave Sydney…

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Shipwrecked Crew Rescued. Vancouver, December 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 13

A crew of fifteen from the American [?] Harvard, which wsa wrecked between Honolulu and Tahita, have been rescued by the British steamer…

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Steamer Wrecked. Loss of the Karitane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 4

News reached Melbourne on Monday that the Union Company's steamer karitane, which traded between Sydney, and Tasmania, went ashore…

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Schooner on Fire. Newcastle Harbour Occurrence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 6

Shortly after two o'clock on Monday an outbreak of fire was discovered on the American 4-masted schooner Helen B. Sterling, lying in the Wickham…

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Sailing Boat Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1921 · page 5

A sailing boat was washed on to the rocks near Manly this morning. Two men, who are thought to have been in the boat, were seen near it…

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Bubonic Plague. Rats on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1921 · page 2

Mail advices received at Townsville from Japan report that plague rate were discovered, on the Tango Maru at Nagasaki in time to prevent the…

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