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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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Wreck of Helen B. Sterling a Fearful Experience. The Rescue by the Melbourne. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

A cable from Auckland gives particulars of the loss of the ill-fated schooner, Helen B. Sterling. It appears that two days after the…

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Steamer Ashore. Mishap to the Coaster Mokau

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 3

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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Smallpox. Case on Steamer Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 5

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

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Shipwrecked Crew. Rescue by Warship. London, January 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

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

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Washed Ashore

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

On Monday, a whale, fully 35ft. long, was washed up on the shore at Trial Bay, near the old German internment camp. During the past few…

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Karitane Wreck. Master and Math Exonerated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 3

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the loss of the steamer Kar[?]tane, which struck a rock at Deal island, Bass Strait, on the morning of…

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Steamer Freight Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

Mr. J. J. Shiels, secretary to the Profiteering Prevention Court, writes to Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A.:—"I have to advise you that the following…

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Outrages and Murders in Belfast. Mr. Collins Fears That Treaty Will Be Wrecked. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 3

Boundary commissions to move along the border between Northern and Southern Ireland to keep in touch with each other and to allay unrest have been…

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British Schooner Seized by American Aeroplanes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 2

Miami (Florida), Tuesday.—Eleven aeroplanes, which weie acting as a prohibition enforcement squadron seized the British schooner Auuabella, at the…

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Stranded Steamer. Admiral Farragut's Repairs. Vancouver, March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 5

Repairs to the steamer Admiral Farragut will be completed by the Wallace Company early next week, and the ship will then be taken to…

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Stranded Steamer. Admiral Farragut's Repairs. Vancouver, March 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

Repairs to the steamer Admiral Farragut will be completed by the Wallace Company early next week, and the ship will then be taken to…

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Giant Flying Boat. Wrecked Off Hastings. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 5

The Vickers giant flying boat, Valentia, nose-dived and was wrecked off Hastings wh[?]ist on route to the Thames to take up Admiralty duty…

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Steamer Aground. Mishap Off Nobby's

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 7

While entering Port Hunter on Tuesday afternoon the steamer Darnholne took a sheer and swung round to come aground off the black buoy…

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Steamer Aground. Mishap Off Nobby's

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

While entering Port Hunter on Tuesday afternoon the steamer Darnholme took a sheer and swung round to come aground off the black buoy…

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Steamer on Fire. Flax and Wool Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 16

The British-India Company's steamer Hatipara, completing homeward loading at Wellington, was found to be on fire at Wellington,…

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Giant Flying Boat. Wrecked Off Hastings. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 12

The Vickers' giant Hying boat, Valentia, nose-dived and was wrecked off Hastings, whilst en route to the Thames to take up Admiralty duty…

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A Seaplane Wrecked Five Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

A cable from Miami (Florida) states that a seaplane, carrying two maimed couples and another woman and pilot, which left Miami for Bimini, fell into…

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Newspaper Office Wrecked

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 1

Further details show that 200 rebels in motor cars carried out the raid on the office of the "Freeman's Journal," and wrecked the plant and…

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Easter Steamer Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, announces elsewhere the Easter time-table between Newcastle and Sydney…

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Smallpox. Steamer in Quarantine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 6

Owing to a case of smallpox having occurred on board the Norwegian cargo steamer Bonna on her arrival at…

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