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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Still No Word. Steamer Douglas Mawson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 3

There is still no word of the steamer Douglas Mawson. It is hop[?]rta the Marine Department's steamer Relief will be able to get…

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No Tidings. Steamer Douglas Mawson

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

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 Overdue. Anxiety in Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 11

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

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Disaster at Sea. Loss of 31 Lives. Steamer Sunk

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 13

On Sunday news was received in Sydney by the steamer Changsha of a disastrous collision 65 miles from Singapore, involving the less of 31 lives…

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Fire on Steamer. Terrible Experience. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 5

[?] the Steamer Mesopotamia, Which arrived at Sydney to-day, was between Capetown and South…

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Steamer Ashore. Little Hope of Safety. Tug to the Rescue. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 5

A mesage was received in Sydney to-day. Stating that the cargo steamer from Prince had gone ashore south of Cape Howe…

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Iron Prince a Total Wreck

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

Advices received this morning stated that the Iron Prince is now a total wreck. Its position became so perilous after midnight that the…

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Brtain's Most Powerful Lifeboat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

Nearly twenty years age the Royal National Lifeboat, Institution of Great Britain began to instal oil driven motors on its lifeboats. The…

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Steamer Ashore. Little Hope of Safety. Tug to the Rescue. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 3

A message was received in Sydney to-day, staling that the carse steamer Iron Prince had gone ashore south of Cape Howe…

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Fire on Steamer. Terrible Experience. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

White the steamer Mesopotamia, which arrived at Sydney to-day, was between Capetown and South America, a fire broke out among the…

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A Total Wreck. Iron Prince Abandoned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 6

The Iron Prince, which went ashore at Cape Howe early on Thursday, has been abandoned, the remainder of the officers and grew having been taken…

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Still No Trace. Steamer Douglas Mawson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1923 · page 6

Although a number of Queensland vessels are still searching the gulf waters and the police and other patrols have watched the coastline,…

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The Douglas Mawson Steamer Relief Searching

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 3

The Government steamer Relief, which is now searching for the Douglas Mawson, is at present on a route which will take her over 1300…

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Engine Explodes. Motor Boat Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 7

A Brisbane message states that the explosion of the engine wrecked the motor-boat Henderson on the river near Farm Park, on Friday…

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Iron Prince Wreck. Heavy Loss to Underwriters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 12

The wreck of the steamer Iron Prince was sold at auction in Sydney on Thursday, "as it now lies at Cape Howe," for £60. The purchaser was…

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A Total Wreck. Iron Prince Abandoned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 9

The Iron Prince, which went ashore at Cape Howe early on Thursday, has been abandoned, the remainder of the officers and crew having been taken…

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Schooner Founders. Eleven of Crew Missing. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 5

The schooner, Amy Turner, bound from Melbourne to Manila, foundered in a gale off Guam. Eleven of the crew are missing…

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Stranded Steamer. One Boat Load Missing. Capetown, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 5

Details are coming to hand concerning the fate of the steamer Mosamedes on the rocks at Cape Frio The Portuguese gunboat, Salvador…

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Racial Feud. Trouble on a Steamer. Lascars v. Malays. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 5

The steamer City of Brisbane, on which a terrific racial feud was recently waged, arrived in Sydney to-day…

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Schooner Wrecked. Ten Men Missing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 2

The schooner Amy Turner, from Newcastle, was wrecked off the coast of Guam. Three of the crew were rescued and ten are missing. She was…

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