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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Steamer Adrift. in Cook Strait

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 3

The steamer Ripple, of 413 tons, in charge of Captain Norling, is adrift in Cook Strait. She left Wellington on Wednesday…

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No Word. Missing Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 5

A cable message from New Zealand this morning states that there is still no word of the missing steamer Ripple, which is believed to be disabled off the…

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Ketch Sunders. Seaman Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 13

The ketch Eliza Davies foundered off Wilson's Promontory while on a voyage from Tasmania to Melbourne, William Davis, A.B. of Hobart, was…

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Body Washed Ashore. Wreck of the Ripple Feared

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 7

The Worst is now feared regarding the steamer Ripple, which signalled her distress off Cape Pallisor on Thursday morning…

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A Missing Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 6

A cable message from New Zealand this morning states there is still no word of the missing steamer Ripple, which is believed to be disabled off the…

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Schooner Delayed. Vessel Reported Safe. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 5

Mr. J. S. White, Sydney agent for the three-masted schooner Cathkit, about which considerable anxiety existed during the last three weeks,…

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Aeroplane Crashes. Wreck Near Marulan

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 8

An aeroplane crashed three-quarters of a mile from Marulan and 18 miles from Goulburn, at about half-past 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon…

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Storm Damage. Circus Tent Wrecked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 3

A severe windstorm was experienced at Ivanhoe and Dareebin (Vic.) on Saturday at 2 p.m. Half an ho[?] before a performance…

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Steamer Disaster. No Further News of the Ripple

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 3

There is nothing fresh regarding the steamer Ripple, beyond the discovery of another barrel of oil from the deck cargo (says a New Zealand…

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Steamer Disaster. Loss of the Riple. Captain's Body Found. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 5

A message from Wellington (N.Z.) states that the body of Captain Norling, of the steamer Ripple, was found yesterday four miles south of…

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Swedish Steamer in Collision S.O.S. SIGNALS. (Reuter's Cable.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 2

A message from Gibraltar states that the Swedish steamer Tisnarou, from Gothenburg to Brisbane and Sydney, came into collision off Cape Roca. The…

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The Wrecked Ripple Fears Confirmed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 2

There does not seem to be much doubt that the steamer Hippie foundered early on Thursday morning off Cape Pallister, New Zealand, shortly after…

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Loss of Ketch. Founding of the Eliza Davies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 7

The Marine Court in Melbourne opened an inquiry into the sinking of the ketch Eliza Davies on August 2 off Wilson's Promontory…

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Foundered Ketch. Eliza Davies Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 6

In Melbourne, the Marine Court cave judgment regarding the sinking of the ketch Eliza Davies on August 2, off Wilson's Promontory, as the…

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Body Washed Ashore Wreck of the Ripple Feared

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 11

The worst is now feared regarding the steamer Ripple, which signalled her distress off Cape Palliser on Thursday morning…

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Schooner Delayed. Vessel Reported Safe. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 9

Mr. J. S. White, Sydney agent for the three-masted schooner Cathkit about which considerable anxiety existed during the last three weeks…

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Loss of Ketch. Founding of the Eliza Davies

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 3

The Marine Court in Melbourne opened an inquiry into the sinking of the ketch Eliza Davies on August 2 off Wilson's Promontory…

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Relief Steamer. Search for Douglas Mawson Survivors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 8

Advice has been received by the Minister for Home and Territories (Senator Pearce) from the Administrator of the Northern Territory that…

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Struck by Squall. Steamer Goes Aground. Milluna Mishap. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 5

A Court of Marine Inquiry into the grounding of the s.s. Milluna, at Port Kembla, on August 2, was heard at the Water Court to-day, before…

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Steamer Disaster. Loss of the Ripple. Captain's Body Found. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 14

A message from Wellington (N.Z.) states that the body of Captain Norling, of the steamer Ripple, was found yesterday four miles south of…

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