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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 10

Battened Down. Steamer in a Typhoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 6

The steamer AK Maru. which has arrived at Thursday Island, reports having met with a typhoon in the China Sen which on the voyage south…

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Island Wreck. Loss of the Schooner Awa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 3

News has reached sydney bt wireless of the wreck of the auxiliary schooner Awa, belonging to the Hamiliton Plaptation and Choisuel…

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Canadian Steamer. Unavailing Search. London', August 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 5

A message from Vancouver states that hope is practically gone with regard to the Canalian importer it is feared that all aboard are lost,…

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Missing Steamer Found. Vancouver. September 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 5

The missing steamer, Canadian Importer, which it was feared had been lost, and for which three steamers were making a systematic search, has…

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Island Wreck. Loss of the Schooner Awa

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 7

News has reached Sydney by wireless of the wreck of the auxiliary schooner Awa, belonging to the Hamilton Plantation and Cholsuel…

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Battened Down. Steamer in a Typhoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 16

The steamer Aki Maru, which has arrived at Thursday Island, reports having met with a typhoon in the China Sea while on the voyage south,…

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Canadian Steamer. Still Missing. Great Loss of Life Feared. VANCOUVER, Aug. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 13

Some wreckage has been found, and it is feared that the Canadian Importer has foundered with 23 persons aboard…

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Burial Service by Wireless. Sent Over 200 Miles From Carmania to Tramp Steamer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 5

When the Cunard liner Carmania was about 300 miles west of the Fast[?], steering for Liverpool, a wireless message was received from…

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Burned at Sea. Fate of Schooner Cecilia Sudden. Crew Rescued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 6

The five- masted schooner Cecilia Suddenon route from Newcastle to Casino, with 500 tons of coal a 50 gallon task of benzine and several hundred cases…

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Derelict Steamer. Wireless Messages. Vancouver, September 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 2

The Steamer Canadian Importer, which was believed to have foundered off the Californian coast, but was finally found by the Canadian…

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Improving British Lifeboat Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 3

Excellent results have been obtained by the British lifebeat service in the use of tractors in place of horses to launch the beats. but this is only…

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Burned at Sea. Fate of Schooner Cecilia Sudden. Crew Rescued

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 6

The five-meated schooner Cecilia Sudden, on route from Newcastle to Cailao, with 500 ous of coal, a 50-gallon ta[?]k of benzine, and several hundred cases…

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Another Steamer Withdrawn. Effect of Shipping Slump

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 4

Owing to the falling off in the trade between Newcastle and Now Zealand another of the Union Company's cargo steamers has been withdrawn. This…

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Job Control Aboard Ship Steamer Laid Up Through Firemen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 4

In consequence of the holding up in Sydney oh Tuesday last of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Wyandra through a dispute between the firemen and the…

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Entire Mink Wrecked. Explosion Heard Miles. Brsbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 5

A message from Cairns states that the explosion occurred throughout the whole Maligan mine. The entire mine was wreeked and there is much dehris…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster. in North Queensland. Eighty Men Entombed. Mine Wrecked by Gas Explosion. Little Hope of Rescue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 5

At least seventy men have been entombed as a result of a terrible disaster at Mount Mulligan coalmine, in North Queensland. Several bodies have been recovered, and all messages indicate…

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A Total Wreck. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 5

Mr. C. H. Hewith, secretary of the Chillagee Company, who arrived in Brisbane to-day by the Cooma after an officials visit to the Mount…

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Ceasless Efforts. Impeded by Cas and Wreckage. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 5

A message which the Commissioner of Police received this morning from Inspector Daley, of Cairas, states that rescue partes which entered Mount…

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Bubonic Plague Dead Rats Found on Steamer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 3

Six dead rats were found on the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Wyreema after she berthed at Lime-street Wharf on Monday on her return from…

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Wreck Off French Coast. London, September 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 5

The British Steamer South Quay was wrecked off Cherbough during Saturday's storm. A raft and two bodies were washed…

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