Mount Mulligan Disaster 70 Men Entombed. Little Hope of Rescue. Mine Wrecked by Gas Explosion
Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 2
Further details of the Mount Mulligan disaster state that a serious explosion occurred on Monday morning at Mount Mulligan Coal Mine, situated in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Total Wreck. Brisbane
The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 4
Mr. C. H. Hewitt, Secretary of the Chillagoe Company, who arrived in Brisbane to-day by the Cooma, after an official visit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Colliery Disaster. in North Queensland. Mine Wrecked by Gas Explosion. 70 Bodies Recovered
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 6
The mine, which is situated in precipitous surroundings in the Chillagoe district, was wrecked at about 9.30 a.m. on Monday, the cause apparently being a gas explosion. Latest messages state that the rescue gangs, which are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ceaselless Efforts. Impeded by Gas and Wreckage. Brisbane
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 6
A message which the Commissioner of Police received this morning from Inspector Daley, of Cairns, states that rescue partes which entered Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Entire Mine Wrecked. Explosion Heard Miles Away. Brisbane
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 6
A message from Claims states that the explosion occurred throughout the whole Mulligan mine. The entire mine was wrecked, and there is much debets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Total Wreck. Brisbane
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 6
Mr. C. H. Hewitt, secretary of the Chillagee Company, who arrived in Brisbane to-day by the Cooma, after an official visit to the Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck Off French Coast. London, September 20
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 5
(United Service Cables.) The British steamer South Quay us wrecked off Cherbough during Saturday's storm. A raft and two bodies were washed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Village Wrecked Appalling Nitrogen Explosion. Hundreds of People Killed. Paris
Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 3
A telegram from Mainz, the great fortress town on the Rhine, and in the occupied German territory, says:—"As the result of an explosion in an aniline…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Excursion
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 4
The steamship Irranwang will Morpeth for Raymond Terrace, at 9.10 a.m. on Sunday next on a river excursion. A train leaves West Maitland at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Island Wrecks. Chews Safe. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 5
A cable from Save, states that the ship Cardinia, was breaking up on Saturday night. She was on her beam ends, and the copra was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Irish Situation. Peace Wreckers' Busy London, Sept. 24
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 5
The news from and about Ireland to-day is not reassuring. A truce ostensibly exists, but it continues to be broken at Belfast, where the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipwreck on Kermadecs Boat Voyage to Fiji
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 2
The schooner Columbia River was wreeked on Sunday Island, in the Kermadees, on the 8th instant, while bound from Auckland to Portland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Island Wrecks. Crews Safe
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 10
A cable from Suva states that the ship Cardinia was breaking up on Saturday night. She was on her beam ends, and the copra cargo was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Speared by Blacks. Fate of Shipwrecked Men
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 5
Mr. W. R. Easton Government surveyor who left Derby several months ago to explore the Noth-west Kimbereley country has reported his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Shipwrecked Crew
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 5
Portion of the crew of the ship Cordinia, which was wrecked recently near Fiji, arrived in Sydney today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Fire. Capetown Enquiry. Capetown, October 6
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 5
The court or inquiry on the fire on the steamer Port Augusta; mentioned on September 27, found that every endeavour was made to cope with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speared by Blacks. Fate of Shipwrecked Men
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 13
Mr. W. R. Easton, Government surveyor who left Derby several months ago to explore the North-west Kimberley country has reported his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Steamer Sunk. London, Oct. 9
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1921 · page 5
The British steamer Rowan sank after a collision in a fog off the West Coast of Scotland. The missing number 67…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clyde Disaster. Steamer Founders. Rescuer the Ruiner. LONDON, October 9
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 5
The British steamer Rowan has been sunk as the result of a collision in a fog oft the west coast of Scotland. Sixty-seven persons are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Gunboat. Fires on British Steamer. Tokio, October 10
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1921 · page 5
The Russian gunboat Batavia, flying the Vladivostock flag, on Friday stopped the British steamer Gladys Doclier, off Muroran Japan from whence the…
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