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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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Our Telegrams. Fire on a Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 5

A fire broke put last night amongst 400 tons of coal in the bunker on the steamer Qoma. The bulk head was burnt, and a number of tons of coal…

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French Warship. Wrecked Off Brest. London, August 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 2

Further arrivals of survivors from the wrecked battleship France, says a Paris message, reduce the number of those missing to three. The vessel…

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Fishermen in Peril. Rescued by Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 September 1922 · page 5

During the voyage of the steamer Emita from Java. a fishing boat was sighted containing two Javanese. They had been blown out to sea by a strong…

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Fishermen in Peril. Rescued by Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 16

During the voyage of the steamer Emita from Java, a fishing beat was sighted containing two Javanese. They had been blown out to sea by a strong…

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Steamer Destroyed. Fire in Copra Cargo, Crew Reach Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 11

A vessel arrived in port to-day bringing the captain and crow of the steamer James J. Campbell, which was burnt at Tarwarra, in the Gilbert…

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Distress Signals No Trace of Vessel or Wreckage. (By Telegraph.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 2

An Auckland message states that signals. of distress far out to sea, off Whanghape, 160 miles distant, were seen on Saturday night, but up to the present…

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Wreck of the Hammonia English Passenger's Gallantry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 5

In connection with our cable in last issue regarding the sinking of the German steamer Hammonia, further advices state that, according to Mr W. H…

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Angry Natives. Fierce Fight on a Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 4

Determined to avenge the death of two of their tribe, natives in the Solomon Islands were responsible for a f[?]rco fight on a steamer at sea at…

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Shop Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 5

Some person or persons broke into Waugh and Josephson's, Ltd., general engineers, in Surry Hills, last night and practically wrecked the shop. It…

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New Steamer. for Newcastle Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 2

The Gwydir, which was purchased by the Newcastle and Hunter S.S. Co., to augment the Newcastle-Sydney service, arrived at Sydney from Hongkong on…

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Recent Steamer Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 5

The Marine Court found that the recent collision between the steamers Newcastle and Kin[?]hella. off Newcastle Harbour, was caused by the wrongful…

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New Steamer. for Newcastle Trade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 14

The Gwydir, which was purchased by the Newcastle and Hunter S.S. Co., to augment the Newcastle-Sydney service, arrived at Sydney from Hongkong on…

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Lost Overboard. Disappears From Steamer Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 3

James Patrick M'Namara, who was a passenger on te steamer Newcastle, which left Newcastle for Sydney on Thursday night…

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Soviet Steamer. Communism on Board Ship. London, Sept. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

With everyone from the captain down to the cabin boy on a footing of perfect equality, the Soviet steamer "Bolshevik" has arrived at…

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Angry Natives. Fierce Fight on a Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 16

Determined to avenge the death of two of their tribe, natives in the Solomon Islands were responsible for a fierce fight on a steamer at sea at…

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Steamer Delayed. Firemen Cause Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 2

The steamer Hertford of the Federal Steam Navigation Line, which left Adelaide for Port Pirie, to load concentrates, returned to the…

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Lost Overboard. Disappears From Steamer Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 11

James Patrick M'Namara, was a, passenger on the steamer Newcastle, which left Newcastle for Sydney on Thursday night…

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Soviet Steamer. Communism on Board Ship. London, Sep. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 13

With everyone from the captain down to the cabin boy on a footing of perfect equality, the, Soviet steamer "Bolshevik", has arrived at…

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German Steamer. First to Arrive Since the War. Sydney

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

The steamer Hanu, the first German ship to enter the Port of Sydney since 1914, arrived to-day under the command of Captain Voss, who was…

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Passing of the Paddle Steamer

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 2

After 30 years of continuous service in the trade between Sydney and Newcastle the Newcastle is being taken off the regular running. Her place…

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