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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

243 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 13

Killed on a Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 6

Vancouver, Wednesday.—It is advised from Newport (Rhode Island) that 23 are dead and three missing in consequence ,of an explosion on the…

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Two Channel Collisions. French Cargo Steamer Sunk. Lightship Damaged. London, August 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 12

The "Daily Chronicle's" Brest correspondent status that a collision occurred in the Channel in a thick fog between the French cargo steamer…

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The Wreckers. Communist Leader's Declaration

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 3

W. Gaillacher, chairman of the British Communist party, speaking at the Labour party summer school the other day, said that Communists believed in…

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Mixed Batch. Mail Steamer's Passengers. Fremantle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 6

Among the passengers who arrived by the mail steamer Orsova are 119 foreighers, including French, Italian [?] German, and Swedish…

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Three Years. Imprisoned in Icepacks. Schooner Maud' Amundsen's Ship Returns

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 7

A Montreal message states:— A telegram from Nome Alaska, states that Amundsen's schooner, Maud, has returned there after more…

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Mixed Batch. Mail Steamer's Passengers. Fremantle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 5

Among the passengers who arrived by the mail steamer Orsova are 119 foreiguers, including French, Italian, Greeks, Poles, German, and Swedish…

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Steamer Port Curtis Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 6

When the steamer Port Curtis was about to leave Cairns the crew refused to take her to sea, notwithstanding advice received by them…

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In a Cyclone. Steamer Changsha. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 5

The steamer Changsha arrived off Sydney Heads to-day under her own steam. The vessel was knocked about…

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British Seamen Argentine Steamer's Difficulty. Lascars for Capetown. LONDON, Aug. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 5

The assistant secretary of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union has cabled to the secretaries of the Trades Hall and Marine Stewards' Union at…

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Steamer on Fire. a Raging Inferno. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 4

The Federal liner, Kent, which has been anchored in the stream for five days caught fire this morning, and at midday was a raging inferno…

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Steamer Changsha Knocked About in Cyclone. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 2

The steamer Changsha arrived off Sydney Heads to-day under her own steam. The vessel was knocked about during cyclonic weather off the north…

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Another Steamer Idle in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 7

The crow of the C. and D. liner, Port Brisbane, which on Thursday, moved up from an anchorage in the bay to a berth at Victoria Dock…

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Steamer Sinks Fifteen of Crew Saved One Boatload Missing. HOBART

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 5

The steamer Kuramu, which sprang a leak and was disabled off the South-West Cape, sank to-day. This part is 120 miles distant from…

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Shenandoah Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 5

At Boo Valley (Ohio) twelve officers and men were killed when the navy dirigible the Shenandoah crashed in a severe wind-storm ten miles…

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In a Cyclone. Steamer Changsha. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 7

The steamer Changsha arrived off Sydney Heads to-day under her own steam. The vessel wag knocked about…

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Steamer on Fire. a Raging Inferno. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 4

The Federal liner, Kent, which has been anchored in the stream for five days caught fire this morning, and at midday was a raping inferno…

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Fire on Steamer. Large Part of Cargo Damaged. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 5

An investigation aboard the steamer Kent following the outbreak of fire shows that in addition to 1500 tons of cargo destroyed in No. 2 hold…

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The Shenandgah America's Wrecked Dirigible. Further Details of Mishap. New York, September 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 5

Among the killed of the Shenandeah which was wrecked at Ava (Ohio) this morning was Commander Zachary Lansdowne. Four of the crew…

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"Shenandoah" Wrecked (Router's Cable.) New York, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 6

It is reported from Bellevalley, Ohio, that 12 officers and men were killed, two injured, and one missing when the giant U.S. navy dirigible…

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Steamer Sails for England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 2

There was an important development in connection with the British seamen's dispute on Saturday night when the steamer Surrey cleared…

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