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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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Don Sturzo. Priests Intrigues to Wreck Italian Cabinet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 5

Although the Cabinet of Signor Facta was formed only last Saturday, after a month's political crisis (wrote the Rome correspondent of…

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Steamer in Trouble. London, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 5

The Donaldson liner Orthia, from St. Johns, New Zealand, to Glasgow, with a cargo of cattle, was held up by terrific [?] gales, and fuel and…

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Steamer Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

A grand steamer dance will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Raymond Terrace, on Wednesday night next. Newcastle's famous "Do Us" Jazz…

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Steamer Held Up. Vessel's Chequered History

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 7

Concern is felt in Melbourne at the action of the Seamen's Union in again detaining the Melbourne Steamship Company's new steamer Coolana at…

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Steamer Held Up. Vessel's Chequered History

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 1

Concern is felt in Melbourne at the action of, the Seamen's Union in again detaining the Melbourne Steamship Company's new steamer Coolana at…

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French Steamer Founders. Seventeen Drowned. London, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Havre correspondent reports that seventeen of the crew, including the captain, were drowned on the three thousand-ton steamer Depute Albert…

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British Steamer Shelled. by Russian Battery. London, April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 5

Lloyd's agent at Constantinople reports that a shell fired from a coast battery near Odessa struck the British steamer Datchet, causing her to…

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Peace Conference Wrecked. De Valera's Demands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 5

The Irish Peace Conference finally broke down to-day. The Irish Peace Conference has apparently been wrecked on Mr. De…

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Bubonic Plague. Suspicious Cases on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 6

When the Dimboola reached Wild liamstown (Vic.) from Sydney on Monday it was reported to the quarantine authorities that a member of the crew…

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French Steamer Founders. Seventeen Drowned. London, April 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 13

Reuter's Havre correspondent reports that seventeen of the crew, including the captain, were drowned on the three thousand-ten steamer. Depute Albert…

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British Steamer Shelled. by Russian Battery. London, April 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 13

Lloyd's agent at Constantinople reports that a shell fired from a coast battery near Odessa struck the British steamer Datchet, causing her to…

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Peace Conference Wrecked. De Valera's Demands

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 12

The Irish Peace Conference finally broke down to-day. The Irish Peace Conference has apparenty been wrecked on Mr. De…

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Barque Manurewa. Grave Fears for Safety. Wreckage on North Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 6

Pilots at Harrington, on the Manning River, and Forster (Cape Hawke), and a settler at Elizabeth Head have reported to the…

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Ketch Founders. Off the North Coast. All Hands Saved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 3

News was received in Sydney on Sunday of the loss of the ketch Phil Forbes off the North Coast. The vessel foundered three miles north of…

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Wreckage on North Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 3

The wreckage reported found at Charlotte and Elizabeth Beaches has been examined by Pilot Sargent and Constable Nosbit…

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Phil Forbes Wreck. No Further Information. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 5

No further information is available hero regarding the ketch. Phil Forbes, which foundered near Broughton Island on Friday night…

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Wrecked Ketch. Crew at Port Stephens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 8

Captain Muir and the crew of the ketch Phil Forbes, which foundered off Broughton Island on Friday night, landed at Nelson's Bay at 3.30 on…

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The Lost Ketch. Foundering of the Phil Forbes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 7

Captain Muir, master of the ketch Phil Forbes, which foundered off Broughton Island, arrived in Newcastle on Tuesday afternoon, with the other…

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Steamer Buffeted. Casks of Wine Break Loose

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 7

Passengers by the Messageries Maritime Company's steamer El Kantara which is now in Australian waters, from marscilles, had an exciting…

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Ketch Phil Forbes Founders

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 2

After an adventurous career in trading around the coast of Australia, the ketch Phil Forbes, owned by Messrs Forbes Bros founded near what is known as the…

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