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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Steamer Canberra. Still Held Up. Bureau Men at Work. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 11

The steamer Canberra is still held up at Sydney. In all probability the vessel will pay off. The steamer Cooma, belonging to…

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Mine Disaster. Wrecked Cage. Capetown, Dec. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 5

One body has been recovered from the Randfontein mine disaster. The search is a vary dangerous one as the searchers have to clamber about among the…

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Wheat Steamer. Ashore on New Zealand Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 6

Between midnight and two o'clock on Monday morning in thick, rainy weather, the steamer Konini went ashore about two miles from the…

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Wreck of Konini. Due to Low Visibility

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 3

A preliminary inquiry into the wreck of the cargo steamer Konini which went ashore at the entrance to Bluff Harbour (N.Z.), was held at…

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Excitement on Steamer Greaser Goes Mad

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 December 1924 · page 1

When the steamer Tugela was eight, days from Australia on her present voyage, a greaser aboard went mad. There was a little boy passenger,…

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Infuriated Native Fight in Steamer's Hold

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 December 1924 · page 8

According to the crew of the Mataram, which arrived in Sydney on Tuesday, a native passenger ran amok when the vessel reached…

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Vessel Ashore. En Route to Australia. London, Dec. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 December 1924 · page 2

A message from Bremen reports that the North German Lloyd steamer Westfalen, from Bremen to Australia, is aground in the Weser. Seven tugs…

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Wheat Steamer. Ashore on New Zealand Coast

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1924 · page 6

Between midnight and two o'clock on Monday morning in thick, rainy weather, the steamer Konini went ashore about two miles from the…

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U.S.A. Prohibition. British Schooner Captured. Vancouver, Dec. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1924 · page 2

A Reuter message from New York states that the British schooner Petara, with seven prisoners and 6000 cases alleged to contain…

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Wreck of Konini. Due to Low Visibility

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1924 · page 1

A preliminary inquiry into the wreck of the cargo steamer Konini, which went ashore at the entrance to Bluff Harbour (N.Z.), was held at…

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Mine Disaster. Wrecked Cage. Capetown, Dec. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1924 · page 12

One body has been recovered from the Randfontein mine disaster. The search is a very dangerous one, as the searchers have to clamber about among the…

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Embargo Lifted. Steamer Clan Monroe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 4

A special meeting of the Fremantle branch of the Waterside workers Federation dealt with the question of raising the embargo from the…

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Fire at Sea Japanese Steamer. Passengers Take to Boats. VANCOUVER, Dec. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1924 · page 5

The Japanese passenger steamer Ginyo Maru bound from Valpardise to Japan, is afire and calling for assistance…

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