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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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Seven Injured Two Severe Explosions Chatswood Buildings Wrecked. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 5

Two serious explosions occurred about 8 o'clock this morning at the rear of Benjamin's store. Victoria Avenue, near Chatswood…

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Chatswood Shop Explosion Stores Wrecked. Petrol and Gelignite. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Monday

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

Two serious explosions occurred at about 8 o 'clock this morning at the rear of Benjamin's store, in Victoria-avenue Chatswood. A large storage shed was…

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Seven Injured Two Severe Explosions Chatswood Buildings Wrecked. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 14

Two serious explosions occurred about 8 o'clock this morning at the near of Benjamin's store, Victoria Avenue, near Chatswood…

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Collier Founders. Seven of the Crew Missing. Master and Four Men Drift Ashore. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 5

The coastal collier Galava foundered off Terrigal, between Newcastle and Sydney, at mid-night…

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Galava Wreck. Cook's Body Recovered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 5

A preliminary inquiry into tho Galava disaster will be held next Monday by the Superintendent of the Department of State Navigation,…

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Foundered. Coastal Collier. Lives Lost; Survivors Rescued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 8

A small coastal collier, the Galava, met with disaster off Terrigal on the voyage from Newcastle to Sydney about 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning. She…

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Collier Founders Seven of the Crew Missing. Master and Four Men Drift Ashore. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 7

The coastal collier Galava foundered off Terrigal, between Newcastle and Sydney, at midnight…

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Steamer in Cyclone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 5

The steamer Yankalilia, which arrived at Townsville from Cairns, struck a cyclone off Fitzroy, and for a time there was danger of the vessel…

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Heavy Fog. Collision in Channel. Deserted Steamer Running Amok. London, Feb. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 5

The whole of England south of the Midlands has been enveloped in a fog which has never completely lifted since Friday. Many collisions…

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Schooner Wrecked. Caught in Cyclone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 4

The Alma, a 50-ton sailing boat, has been wrecked at Gould Island (Q). with a crew of seven, all aboriginals. While returning from a voyage to…

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Boats in Collision Motor Schooner Sinks. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 February 1927 · page 3

The steamer City of Birmingham collided with and sank at Barrow last night the motor' schooner Hibernia. The former was not damaged. No…

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Schooner Wrecked. Caught in Cyclone

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 6

The Alma, a 50-ton sailing boat, has been wrecked at Gould Island (Q.), with a crew of seven, all aboriginals. While returning from a voyage to…

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Steamer in Cyclone

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 13

The steamer Yankalilla, which arrived at Townsville from Cairns, struck a cyclone off Fitzroy, and for a time there was danger of the vessel…

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An Accident. Stranding of Steamer Kallatina. Cairns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 7

A preliminary inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Kallatina on a reef near Cairns during the recent cyclone, was held…

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Heavy Fog. Collision in Channel. Deserted Steamer Running Amok. London, Feb. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 12

The whole of England south of the Midlands has been enveloped in a fog which has never completely lifted since Friday. Many collisions…

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Damage to Steamer

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

The steamer Northumberland, which some time ago struck a submerged object of the east coast of New Zealand, has been docked, and…

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Lonely Outpost. Steamer Stopped for Medicine

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 2

An incident in the life of a white man living alone amongst natives in one of the remotest outposts of civilisation was related by officers of the Swedish…

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Dinghy Disaster Struck by Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 7

The river steamer Zephyr, when returning from Fremantle late at night, ran into a dinghy, which was anchored without lights. The occupants of…

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Launch Wrecked. One Man Drowned. Four Struggle Ashore. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 5

The launch Marcia, While attempting to cruise around North Cape, crashed ashore in heavy seas. A huge wave washed the deckhouse…

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Shops Wrecked

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 3

An explosion—suspected to have been the result of foul play—old extensive damage in Elizabeth-street, Redfern, at 2 o'clock on Wednesday…

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