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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Wreck of the Amy Turner. News of Survivors. London, May 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 2

A Manila message states that Charles West and three other survivors of the harque Amy Turner, which was wrecked on its way from…

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Lost Amy Turner Four Survivors. Story of the Wreck. SHANGHAI, May 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 5

Charles Went and three other survivors from the Melbourne schooner Amy Turner, have readied Surigao (in the Philippines), and will arrive…

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Wreck Realises £60

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 2

The wreck of the Iron Prince was sold at auction in Sydney "as it now lies at Cape Howe" for £60. The purchaser was Mr. Alexander Croll…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1923 · page 12

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

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Racial Feud. Trouble on a Steamer. Lascars v. MALAYS

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1923 · page 9

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

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Engine Explodes. Motor Boat Wrecked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1923 · page 14

A Brisbane message states that the explosion of the engine wrecked the motor-boat Henderson on the river near Farm Park, on the 27th inst.,…

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Starting Mishap. Steamer Crashes Into Bridge Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 May 1923 · page 2

When the steamer Kuramia crowded with passengers, was passing through Gladesville Bridge on Saturday, she crashed into one of the buttresses, with…

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Foundered. Barquentine Lost. Harry Rich (Dungog) Lost

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 2

The barquentine, Amy Turner which left Newcastle laden with coal for Manila (Philippine Islands) on 7th February, foundered off…

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After the Boat Race Steamer Crashes Into Bridge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 2

When the steamer Kuramia, crowded with passengers, was returning to Sydney on Saturday afternoon after the schools' boatrace, she collided with…

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Missing Steamer. No Trace of the Douglas Mawson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 7

The Government steamer Relief has returned to Thursday Island from searching for the Douglas Mawson in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Ideal…

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After the Boat Race. Steamer Crashes Into Bridge

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 3

WHEN the steamer Kuramis, crowded with passengers, was returning to Sydney on Saturday afternoon, after the schools' bootrace, she collided with the buttress…

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Disappointed Migrants Steamer Stowaways. London, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1923 · page 2

Three man, John Taylor, W. Prize man, and James Donovan, have been fined £2 each at Hall, for stowing themselves away on the Australian…

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Wreck of Iron Prince. Crew Behaved Admirably

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 2

An inquiry was commenced this morning by the Marine Court into the stranding of the steamship Iron Prince near Cape Howe, and her subsequent…

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Disappointed Migrants Steamer Stowaways. London, May 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 2

Three men John Taylor W. Prizeman and James Donovan have been fined £2 each at Hall for stowing themselves away on the Australian…

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Bussing Steamer. No Trace of the Douglas Mawson

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 9

The Government steamer Relief has returned to Thursday Island from, searching for the Douglas Mawson in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Ideal…

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Startling Mishap. Steamer Crashing Into Bridge Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 13

When the steamer Kuramia crowded with passengers was passing through Gladesville Bridge on 5th inst., she crashed into one of the buttresses with…

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Lost Amy Turner Four Survivors. Story of the Wreck. SHANGHAI, May 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 12

Charles West and three other survivors from the Melbourne schooner Amy Turner, have reached Surig[?] (in the Philippines), and will arrive…

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Iron Prince Wreck. Marine Court Decision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 5

The Marine Court delivered judgement in the iron Prince disaster to day. The Court ordered that tom…

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Government Steamer's Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O' Hearn, M. L. A., has received word from the Public Works Department, in reply to his letter of 18th April, urging as a measure of…

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Chinese Steamer. Seized by Pirates. London, May 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

A Hong Kong message states that the china Merchant Shipping co, s steamer Taishun, going from Shanghai to Canton and Hong Kong, with…

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