Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shipwrecks & the sea, all years

Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

243 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 13

Ellice Islands. Brigantine Wrecked. Suva, Jan, 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

The brigantine Jeannette is reported to have become a total loss on Mannomaha Island, in the North Ellice group on December 5. The…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Channel Gale. Steamer Wrecked. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

The Aorangi had to anchor off Ryde to-night is the heavy seas prevented her dropping the Channel pilot. The Themistocks, bounded for…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Steamer's Peril. Engines Fail. New York Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

After drifting holplessly off the treacherous Seabright Sands for two hours to-day, the Australian steamer, Ulooloo, is expected to reach port…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Steamer Wrecked. London. Jan. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 12

The Aorangi had to anchor off Ryde to-night, as the heavy, [?]ns prevented her dropping the Channel pilot. The Themistocles bound for…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Steamer's Peril. Engines Fail. New York. Jan. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 12

After drifting helplessly off the treacherous Seabright Sands for two hours to-day the Australian steamer, Ulooloo, is expected to reach port…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Ellice Islands. Brigantine Wrecked. Suva, Jan. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 12

The brigantine Jeannette is reported to have become a total loss on Mannonmaha Island, in the North Ellice group on December 5. The…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Wreck of Konini. Captain Censured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 2

The nautical court, in Wellington (N.Z.), which inquired into the stranding of the Konini on December 22 found that Captain Vint continued at…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Arrested. De Gams on Steamer Maheno

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

When the steamer Maheno reached the Auckland Heads on Tuesday she was hoarded by a numbr of plainclothes men…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Steamer Macumba Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Macumba joined the idle fleet in Brisbane. The ship's articles expired yesterday, and when the men signed off…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Wreck of Konini. Captain Censured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

The nautical court, in Wellington (N.Z.), winch inquired into the stranding of the Konini on December 22 found that Captain Vint continued at…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Steamer Mackarra Held Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

The Howard Smith cargo steamer Mackarra, with 2500 tons of cargo on board, which was to have sailed for the eastern States on Friday, was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire on Steamer. Cargo Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

While the steamer Pakeha was loading, at Tokomarn Bay (N.Z.), a fire was discovered in No. 1 hold, which contained about 4000 carcases of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fell Overboard. Steamer's Engineer. Sidney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 5

A message from Suva states that Donald McCallum, second engineer of the steamer Callandia, disappeared overboard yesterday. Although a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Disturbed China. Steamer Fired On. Shanghai, Jan. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 5

The British steamer werenow was heavily shelled by Chinese, seven miles above Chin Kiang, on the 16th. One of the shells passed…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wrecked Erivan Mystery Solved. Crew at Capetown. CAPETOWN, Jan. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 5

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Norwegian steamer Erivan was cleared up to-day when the whalling steamer,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

British Steamer Fired On

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 4

London, Monday.—The British steamer Wenchow was heavily shelled by Chinese seven miles above Chinkiang on Friday, one shell passing just over…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Steamer Aground. at King Island

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 3

The Deputy-Director of Navingation in Brisbane was advised on Thursday that the steamer Havre was ashore at King Island, 300 miles…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Steamer Mishap. London, Jan 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

The Dutch steamer Arendskerk. from Brisbane to Rotterdam, sent a wireless from the Gulf of Aden, stating that it had struck sunken wreckage, and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire on Steamer. Cargo Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 16

White the steamer Pakeha was loading at Tokomaru Bay (N.Z.), a fire was discovered in No. 1 hold, which contained about 4000 carcases of…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Disturbed China. Steamer Fired On. Shanghai, Jan. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

The British steamer Wenchow was heavily shelled by Chinese, seven miles above Chin Kiang, on the 16th. One of the shells passed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →