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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Harbour Blaze. Collier Practically Destroyed. Steamer Damaged. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

One of the most sensational harbour fires for years occurred at Double Bay early this morning, when the collier Duroby was practically…

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Ireland. Looting and Wrecking Shops. (Renter's Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

Irregulars' raided Charlestown, county Mayo, and looted and wrecked most of the shops. Troops were rushed up from Claremorris and Swinford in…

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Steamer to Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 4

Elsewhere the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Ltd., advertises the Easter time-table between Newcastle and Sydney…

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Seaman Missing. Disappears From American Schooner. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 5

Samuel Smith, a seaman on the American schooner Dauntless. now lying in the harbour, disappeared from the vessel on Saturday night. It is…

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Union Boycott. Steamer Held Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 4

A serious situation has been created in regard to the trouble on the Gulf steamer Wandan at Port Adelaide. The men's representative…

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Missing From Schooner Seaman Believed to Be Drowned. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 2

Samuel Smith, a seaman on the American schooner Dauntless, now lying in the harbour,, disappeared from the vessel, on Saturday night. It is…

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Steamer Ashore. Mishap to the Tasman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 3

The Navigation Department in Sydney received word that the steamer Tasman, fi 5022 tons, had gone ashore at Middle Island, near Thursday…

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Violent Cyclone. Raging on Queensland Coast. Steamer's Narrow Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 4

A dangerous tropical cyclone is raging on the extreme north coast of Queensland. Violent seas are reported along the…

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Mindini Wreck. Story of the Stranding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 5

In the Marine Court, in Sydney, before Judge Scholes, with Captains Chudleigh and Reld as asssesors, an inquiry was held concerning the…

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Steamer Ashore. Mishap to the Tasman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 5

The Navigation Department in Sydney received word that the steamer Tasman[?] 5022 tons, had gone ashore at Middle Island, near Thursday…

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Union Boycott. Steamer Held Up

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 16

A serious situation has been created in regard to the trouble on the Gulf steamer Wandan at Port Adelaide. The men's representative…

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Violent Cyclone. Racing on Queensland Coast. Steamer's Narrow Escape

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 5

A dangerous tropical cyclone is racing on the extreme north coast of Queensland. Violent seas are reported along the…

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Wreck of the Mindini. Marine Courts Finding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 2

The Marine Court in Sydney on Thursday concluded its inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the steamer Mindini which…

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Steamer Overdue. Anxiety in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 3

The Government steamer Douglas Mawson, under charter to Messrs. J. Burke and Sons,which left Burketown on March 26 or 27 should have…

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Schooner Ashore. Vessel Undamaged. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 5

The Melbourne police and residents are preparing to search for the crew of a schooner thought to be the Bronzewing which is ashore near…

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Wreck of the Mindini. Marine Court's Finding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 16

The Marine Court in Sydney on Thursday concluded its inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the steamer Mindini, which…

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Disaster at Sea. Loss of 31 Lives. Steamer Sunk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 2

On Sunday news was received in Sydney by the steamer. Changsha of a di[?snst]rous collision 65 miles from Singapore, involving the loss of 31 lives…

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No Tidings. Steamer Douglas Mawson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 6

No tidings have been received of the missing steamer Douglas Mawson. In response to the appeal by the Premier for assistance in the search…

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Steamer on Fire Reaches Auckland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 2

The steamer Kaikoura, which caught fire, has arrived at Auckland. Her wool and tallow cargoes were badly damaged. Smoke is still…

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Fire on Steamer. Now Under Control. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 5

The steamer Kalkoura, which wirelessed yesterday to the effect that there was a serious fire in her hold reached Auckland this morning. The…

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