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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 10

Fitzroy Wreck. Unsuccessful Search. Four Survivors Reach Sydney Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 5

the gunboat Marguerite returned to Sydney this morning after having covered a thousand square miles of sea without discovering any signs of…

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Missing Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 5

The warship Tratham returned to New Zealand this morning after a fruitless search for the missing steamer Canastota…

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Shipping Disasters. Little Hope of Further Survivors. Further Wreckage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 6

No traces have been found of any further survivors of the wrecked coastal steamers Fitzroy and Our Jack. It as feared that the last vestige of hope…

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Fruitless Search for Survivors. Wreckage From Fitzroy. Maitland Boy Missing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 4

A Taree message says that, although a sharp look out is being kept on the beaches around Cape Hawke, nothing further has been found from the ill-fated Fitzrey,…

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[?]E Wrecks. [?]R Searches Fail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 3

[?] there being any more in the wrecked steamers [?]ur Jack has now been was continued [?]th of…

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Disastrous Wrecks

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 3

During the violent weather which prevailed on Saturday night, and Sunday morning, two wrecks occurred on the coast near Cape Hawke, which…

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Overdue Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 7

Anxiety for the safety of the cargo steamer Canastota increases. The vessel is now eight days overdue at Wellington from Sydney…

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Barque Ashore Cargo of Newcastle [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 14

The barque Rona, which [?] Newcastle with a cargo of [?] the rocks just inside the [?] Wellington (N.Z.) harbour late [?]…

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Loss of the Fitzroy. Story of the Wreck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 3

The following message was received lust night by Superintendent Childs, from the police at Taree:— The Fitzroy left Coff's Harbour at…

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Dead Cattle and Wreckage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 3

At three o'clock on Monday afternoon Captain Cumming, Director of Navigation (Sydney), received a report from a pilot ship which had been…

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The Wrecks. Further Searches Fail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 9

All hope of there being any more survivors from the weeked steamers Fitzroy and our jack has now been abandoned The search was continued no the of…

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Our Jack Wreck Rescuers' Work Recognised

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

At a large gathering of the directors and staff of the North Coast S.N. Co. on Friday, Captain Richard Purdy, master of the steamer Brundah, was presented…

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Wreck of Amethyst. Trying-experiences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 July 1921 · page 2

Rev G. H. Hewitt, acting general secretary of, the." Methodist Foreign Missionary Society In Sydney, received a lettergram from the Rev J.C…

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Ketch in Distress. Steamer Gives Assistance. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 5

The ketch Mascot signalled early this morning that she was in distress a few miles off Barren Joey. The steamer Yulgilbar, which was…

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Wreck of Amethyst. Trying Experiences

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 5

Rev. G. H. Hewitt, acting-general secretary of the Methodist Foreign Missionary Society in Sydney, received a lettergram from the Rev. J. C…

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Gale at Newcastle. Vessels in Distress. Lifeboat Ordered Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 2

Owing to the fury of the gale at Newcastle on Saturday those interested in shipping had a particularly anxious time. A tremondous sea was…

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The Fitzroy Wreck. Marine Court Inquiry Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 5

The Marine Court commenced an inquiry into the foundering of the steamer Fitzroy. Mr Curtis, who appeared for the…

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Schooner Wrecked. Crew Escape Through Breakers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 7

The three-masted schooner Le Maxil, timber laden from Tasmania, went ashore on the south-eastern coast of South Australia early on Sunday…

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Wreckage Found. Believed to Be From Canastota. Lord Howe Island Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 3

A wireless radio message, was received on Monday afternoon from the steamer Makambo at Lord Howe island, stating that a quantity of…

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Ketch Wrecked. Body Washed Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1921 · page 2

About two months ago the ketchlly May went dawn off Port Hughes, near Wallaroo (S,A.), but no trace could be found or the bodies of…

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