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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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Power Station Wrecked. (Reuter.) Capetown, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 2

Victoria Falls power station, situated 30 miles from Johannesburg, the largest power station in South Africa, has been wrecked by an explosion. Huge…

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Steamer Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1925 · page 5

An inquiry into the recent collision between the steamers Suva and Chillagoo was opened by the Marine Court to-day, which investigated a charge…

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Holy Island. a Romantic Life-boat Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 28

A new motor life-boat was recently launched and formally named Milburn, after the late Sir Charles Stamp Milburn and his family, who…

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Batman Sinks Steamer Brisbane to Dunkirk. London. Dec. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 12

From Port Said news has arrived that the Dutch steamer, Batman, en route from Brisbane to Dunkirk, collided with an unknown steamer. In…

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Died on Steamer. Chinese Merchant From Apia. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 5

Kwai Ting La[?] a Chinese merchant of Apia who was travelling to China with his wife and family died on board the steamer Sierra on…

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