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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

205 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 11

Jumped Overboard Manly Steamer Sensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

An elderly man jumped from the Manly ferry steamer Barrenjoey, when she was near Sydney Heads on Saturday…

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Karitane Wreck. No Attempt at Salvage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

Owing to the expense involved, no attempt will be made by the Union S.S. Company to salvage the steam or Karitane, which was wrecked in…

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North Sea Gale. Steamer Capsizes. London, Jan.3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

Seven men were drowned and five are missing through the capsizing of the German steamer Fehmarn in the North Sea. during the gale on…

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Greek Destroyer. Wrecked by Explosion. London, January 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Athens corresponded reports that a shell explosion aboard the Greek destroyer Leon, lying in the Piraeus, practically wrecked the…

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Jumped Overboard. Manly Steamer Sensation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 3

An elderly man jumped from the Manly ferry steamer Barrenjoey, when she was near Sydney Heads on Saturday…

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Bubonic Plague. Rats on a Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 14

Mail advices received at Townsville from Japan report that plague rats were discovered on the Tango Maru at Nagasaki in time to prevent the…

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North Sea Gale. Steamer Capsizes. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

Seven men were drowned and five are missing through the capsizing of the German steamer Fehmarn in the North Sea during the gale on…

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Karitane Wreck. No Attempt at Salvage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 10

Owing to the expense involved, no attempt will be made by the Union S.S. Company to salvage the steamer Karitane, which was wrecked in…

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Our Telegrams. Japanese Mail Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 5

The case of bubonic plague having been landed from the vessel at Thursday Island, the Japanese mail steamer Tango Maru, which arrived this…

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Mishap to Steamer. Arrival at Port Alma

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

A message from. Rockhampton states that the s.s. Cooma arrived at Port Alma late on Thursday night, and left for the north next morning…

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Greek Destroyer. Wrecked by Explosion. London, January 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 13

Reuter's Athens correspondent reports that a shell explosion aboard the Greek destroyer Leon, lying in the Piraeus, practically wrecked the…

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Disabled Schooner. Maroro Signals for Assistance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 3

The schooner Maroro was yesterday reported disabled south of Sydney Heads. Tugs were sent to her assistance, and late last night the…

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Disabled Schooner. Maroro Signals for Assistance

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 9

The schooner Maroro was yesterday reported disabled south of Sydney Heads. Tugs were sent to her assistance, and late last night the…

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Rough Trip. Steamer's Experience. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 11

The steamer Ulimaroa arrived from Wellington, via Sydney, on Wednesday night. Yesterday, one of the officers, referring to the run across to…

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Mishap to Steamer. Arrival at Port Alma

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 11

A message from Rockhampton states that the s.s. Cooma arrived at Port Alum late on Thursday week, and left for the [?]…

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American Schooner in Distress HELEN B. Sterling Sinking

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 2

Auckland, Sunday.—A wireless message was received here to-day from the captain of the American schooner Helen B. Sterling, stating that the vessel was…

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The Vessel Wrecked. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 2

An, Auckland message states that the flagship H.M.A.S. Melbourne reached the wrecked American schooner Helen B. Sterling at 3 o'clock this morning…

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Steamer Ashore. Mishap to This Coaster Mokau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

With a cargo of silica and in a leaking condition, the coasting steamer Mokau, a vessel of 194 tons, is ashore on a sandy bottom between…

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Shipwrecked Crew. Rescue by Warship. London, January 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

The British Admiralty, for the conformation of the Navy Board, is requesting Lord Beatty to report on the Melbourne's rescue of the crew of the…

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Smallpox. Cask on Steamer Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 3

On arrival at Sydney from Hong-kong and ports the steamer Victoria was sent to an anchorage in the quarantine area under North Head, as a…

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