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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

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Earthquake at Lithgow a Cottage Wrecked. Tremors Felt for Six Weeks Past. (By Telegraph,) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 2

The home of Mrs W. Hodgo, at Lithgow, was wrecked by an earth tremor on Saturday night. The first intimation of danger was a rumbling sound under the…

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Ketch Wrecked. Off Tasmanian Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 3

A telegram from Georgetown (Tas.) stated that the master of the smack Alicia Lockwood has reported that the ketch had been wrecked at…

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Unsuccessful Search. Wreck of a Lugger

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 10

The party searching for castaways from the wrecked lugger Rockton has returned to Rockhampton, after having searched all the islands in the…

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Scottish Fields Wrecked. £1,000,000 Lost Beyond Recall. (Router's Cables.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 4

The deplorable effects of the coal dispute on the coal industry itself are strikingly illustrated by the desolation of the Scottish coalfields, which, leading mining…

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Ten Ton Ketch. an Adventurous Voyage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 3

An adventurous voyage from Fiji to Sydney in a ten-ton ketch named the tasman was completed on Saturday by Mr. Logan Morrisby and Captain…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 5

The coastal steamer Tasman was completely wrecked off Raurimus Group Rocks while on a voyage from Auckland to Matalane. The passengers and…

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Vessel Ashore. Motor Ship Elmaren

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 6

Word has been received in Sydney that the Swedish motor ship Elmaren in ashore at Mauritius and in a critical position…

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Steamer Wrecked. Further Particulars. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 5

Further particulars of the wreck of the steamer Tasman on the New Zealand coast show that the crew and passengers kinded after a 4 hours row…

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Ten Ton Ketch. an Adventurous Voyage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 13

An adventurous voyage from Fiji to Sydney in a ten-ton ketch named the Tasman was completed on Saturday by Mr. Logan Morrisby and Captain…

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Dempsey-carpentier Fight. Special Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 5

The liner Leo Paldina is making a special trip to the United States for the Carpenter-Dompsey fight. It leaves Havre an June 13, and will…

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Steamer Collision. Fog on English Coast. London, May 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 5

The steamer benalla came into collision with the oil tank Patella in a fog Neither vessel was seriously. damaged. The Benalla had No. 4…

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Wreck of s.s. Tasman an Unlucky Name

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 4

The coastal steamer Tasman was completely wrecked off Raurimus Group Rocks while on a voyage from Auckland to Matalane. The passengers and…

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North Coast Steamer Ashore the Wollongbar's Plight

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 3

In the height of an easterly gate on Saturday the well-known North Coast steamer Wollongbar was swept from her moorings, in Byron Bay and thrown on…

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The Wollongbar. Ashore at Byron Bay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 6

There was not much change last night in the position of the steamer Wollongbar, which is stranded at Byron Bay…

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Kitchen Wrecked. Gelignite in a Stove

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 7

An attempt was made to wreck the Commercial Boarding-house at Wa[?]by gelignite. Gelignite was placed in the kitchen…

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The Wrecked Benalla Dancing in Pyjamas and Night-gowns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 2

London, Monday.—The passengers on the Benalla were not allowed to leave the deek until the vessel had been beached. They were only partially dressed,…

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Steamer Wrecked. Further Particulars. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 9

Further particulars of the wreck of the steamer Tasman on the New Zealand coast show that the crew and passengers landed after a 4 hours row…

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The Wollongbar. Ashore at Byron Bay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 11

There was not much change last night in the position of the steamer Wollongbar, which is stranded at Byron Bay. One of the vessel's life-boats was…

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Dempsey-carpentier Fight. Special Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 12

The liner Leo Paldina is making a special trip to the United States for the Carpentier-Dempsey fight. It leaves Havre on June 13. and will…

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Steamer Collisions. Fog on English Coast London, May [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 12

The steamer Benalla came collision with the oil tank P[?] a fog. Neither vessel was se[?] damaged. The Benalla had [?]…

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