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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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The Lost Ketch. Foundering of the Phil Forbes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 3

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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Ketch Founders. Off the North Coast. All Hands Saved

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 9

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

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

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

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Steamer's Hough Voyage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1922 · page 5

The steamer Houtman, which reached Sydney to-day from Java, struck a cyclone after leaving Brisbane, and for two days the wind howled and seas…

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Our Telegrams. Steamer Sunk. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 5

The steam collier Meeinderry was sunk through a collision with the steamer Wallsend off Newcastle this morning. The vessel managed to…

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Cables. the Great Shipping Disaster. Wreck of the Egypt. (United Service)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 2

The courtyard of the P. and O. offices was the csene of pathetic vigil since early morning. Groups of relatives of the passengers and crew…

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Stowaways. Left Newcastle on Steamer Burwah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 6

Seven stowaways, Michael Dec, Willliam Jones, Martin McKenzie, Jack Roberts, Frank Parker, Richard Melville, and Leslie Brown, all…

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Wreckage on Beach. at Port Macquarie. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 5

A quantity of fresh wreckage has been washed on to the beach eight miles to the north of Port Macquarie…

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More Wreckage. Ashore on North Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1922 · page 6

The Inspector-General of Police has received a report from Sergeant Hughes, of Port Macquarie, stating that further wreckage has been…

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Wreck of the Egypt Statements Concerning Lascars. (By Cable.) London, Thursday night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 May 1922 · page 6

Eighteen of the passengers rescued from the Egypt have arrived in Paris. They say that but for the Lascars all would have probably been rescued. There…

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Soviet Steamer. in British Port. Paper Millions. London, May 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 May 1922 · page 5

The Soviet steamer Karl Marx proudly steamed into Hull flying the red flag, and berthed at Victoria Dock. She was fitted with wireless…

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Attempt to Wreck Express. Obstruction on the Sine. Lucky Escape. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 5

An attempt was made to wreck the Brisbane Express train, between Eastwood and Epping, yesterday afternoon, but fortunately the cow-catcher lifted…

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Wiltshire Wrecked. Loss of Life. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 5

Further particulars of the mishap to the steamer Wiltshire, show that her two holds were full of water and a strong nor-easter was blowing,…

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Steamer Acquaintance. Alleged False Pretences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 8

In the No. 1 division of the Central Police Court, Ronald Edward Bourne, 37, was charged with having falsely pretended to William…

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More Soldiers. Steamer Stopped. London, June 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 5

A Manchester regiment has been ordered to leave Guernsey for Ireland on June 20. The destroyer Warwick held up a…

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Steamer Wiltshire. Stranded on Barrier Reef. Total Loss Expected. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 5

No further news has been received from the wrecked steamer Wiltshire. The crew is huddled in the forecastle…

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More Wreckage. Ashore on North Coast

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 9

The Inspector-General of Police has received a report from Sergeant Hughes, of Port Macquarie, stating that further wreekage has been…

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Soviet Steamer. in British Port. Paper Millions. London, May 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 12

The Soviet steamer Kari Marx proudly steamed into Hull flying the red flag, and berthed at victoria Dock. She was fitted with wireless…

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Seventy Men Landed From Wiltshire Wreck. Perilous Experience

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 2

Messages received at Auckland on Friday from the scene of the wreck of the steamer Wiltshire stated that the rescue of the crew had proceeded with…

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Wreck of the Wiltshire 100 People on Board. Rescue Prospects Good

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 6

The 12,000. ton steamer Wiltshire of the Federal Steam Navigation Co., went ashore on the Great Barrier Island (N.Z.) on Wednesday night, and is…

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