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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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