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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926

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On a Reef Steamer Hard and Fast. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 5

The steamer Marain ran ashore on Slipper Island during a trip from and fast but not in a dangerous…

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Steamer Ashore Auckland

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 6

The steamer Manala ran ashore on Slipper Island during the trip from Tauranga to Auckland, and is hard and fast, but not in a dangerous position…

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Steamer Wrecked. Fifty Passengers Rescued. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 5

All the passengers from the wrecked steamer Manala, which struck a reef in the Bay of Plenty, have arrived at Auckland in the rescue ship…

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The Latest the Wreck in Detail. Graphic by Eyewitnesses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 6

Two of our representatives arrived on the scene of the disaster early yesterday morning and secured first-hand details of the wreck…

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Searl's Monument. Damaged by Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 5

The monument, erected on the Parramatta River, at Henley, in memory of the famous sculler, Harry Searl, and at which all the…

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Explosion on a Steamer

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 5

An explosion occurred on the Dairy Company's launch, at Croki, on Wednesday, an employee, Len Carmody…

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Steamer Wrecked. Fifty Passengers Rescued

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 9

All the passengers from the wrecked steamer Manaia, which struck a reef in the Bay of Plenty, have arrived at Auckland i the rescue ship…

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Heroic Japanese. Rescues From Wrecked Steamer. Tokio, June 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 2

The crew of the City of Naples which was wrecked while on a run from Kobe to Yokohama were landed at Yokohama in an exhausted…

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Searl's Monument. Damaged by Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 3

The monument, erected on the Parramatta River, at Henley, in memory of the famous sculler. Harry Searl, and at which all the…

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Heroic Japanese. Rescues From Wrecked Steamer. Tokio, June 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 12

The crew of the City of Naples, which was wrecked while on a run from Kobe to Yokohama, were landed at Yokohama in an exhausted…

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On North Reef. Steamer Cooma Aground. 200 Passengers on Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 6

The interstate passenger steamer Cooma ran aground on North Reef, off the Queensland coast, shortly before 7 o'clock last night…

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Steamer Ashore 200 Tourists Aboard

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

A wireless message was received on Wednesday night by the Deputy Director of the Federal Navigation Department stating that the…

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Stranded Steamer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

The steamer Burwah is standing by the stranded steamer Cooma. The work of transhipping the passengers was begun at six o'clock…

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Cooma Ashore 200 Passengers Aboard

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 7

The well-known steamer Cooma, which left Sydney on Saturday last, with 200 tourists aboard, on, her way to Mackay, North Queensland, went…

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On North Reef. Steamer Cooma Aground. 200 Passengers on Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 5

The interstate passenger steamer Cooma ran aground on North Reef, off the Queensland coast, shortly before 7 o'clock last night…

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The Cooma. May Become Total Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 6

The interstate passenger steamer Cooma is still firmly aground an North Reef. Although the weather conditions have improved since the…

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An Inferno. Crude Oil Alight Fire on Schooner. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 5

The fire on the schooner Louis Teriault, was attended with grave danger to the firemen, and J. Gloger had a narrow escape from death…

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Fire on Steamer. Burnt to Water Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 2

The steamer Kooringa, which left Melbourne for New South Wales and Tasmanian port with a cargo of case benzine and other goods, caught…

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Flame Swept Ship Ill-fated Steamer Kooringa. Captain's Graphic Story. Petrol Fumes Ignite. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 5

Further particulars of the outbreak of the fire on the steamer Kaoringa show that four members of the crew were badly burned…

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Passing of Joseph Clark Assisted at Dunbar Wreck

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 2

The death occurred at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. C. Hemmings, senr., of Mr. Joseph Clark, aged 95 years. Deceased was…

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