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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

277 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 14

Six Injured. Motors Wrecked in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 3

Both vehicles were overturned and completely wrecked when a motor car collided witha [?]jaker at the corner of Mount Alexander Road and…

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Six Injured. Motors Wrecked in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 13

Both vehicles were overturned and completely wrecked when a motor car collided with a jinker at the corner of Mount Alexander Road and…

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Iceberg Danger. Steamer in Collision. London, Aug. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 8

A Lloyd's report from Buenos Aires states:—The steamer Mamari, on route from Wellington to London, when in altitude 49:42 degrees south…

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Unseaworthy. Foundered Collier. Shipowner Arrested and Charged. London, Aug. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 4

W. J. Williams, a prominent shipowner of Cardiff, has been arrested on a charge of sending the collier Eastway to sea in an unsatisfactory…

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Rooke Injured. 'Plane Reported Wrecked. Calcutta, Auguat 8

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 5

Dennis Rooke, who is attempting to fly in a "Moth" aeroplane from London to Australia, continues to be dogged by ill-luck during his flight through…

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Iceberg Danger. Steamer in Collision. London, Aug. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 13

A Lloyd's report from Buenos Aires slates:—The steamer Mamari, on route from Wellington to London, when in altitude 49.42 degrees south…

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Bomb Outrage. C.i.b. in Brisbane Wrecked. Detective Injured and Records Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 4

What was apparently a desperate effort on the part of members of the underworld to destroy the records of the Criminal Investigation Branch…

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Harbour Collision. Destroyer and Schooner. Hobart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 5

The destroyer Huon collided with the Schooner Alma Deepel, while leaving Queen's Pier last night for Melbourne…

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Detective Office Wrecked. Explosion in Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 5

What is believed to have been a desperate attempt to destroy evidence, and recover the proceeds of certain big robberies in Brisbane, which detectives…

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Detective Office Wrecked. Bomb in Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

What was apparently a desperate effort on the part of members of the underworld to destroy the records of the Criminal Investigation Branch was…

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Detective Office Wrecked Explosion in Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

What is believed to have been a desperate attempt to destroy evidence, and recover the proceeds of certain big robberies in Brisbane, which detectives…

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New Cargo Steamer. for Sydney-melbourne Run. London, Aug. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 5

"John Lewis and Sons, of Aberdeen, launched the cargo steamer, Cardross, to-day. The vessel was christened by Mrs. Patrick for the James…

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Overdue Ketch. Reported Safe, Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 5

The small Ketch, Eva Leeta, for whose safety considerable anxiety was felt, was spoken this morning off Wilson's Promontory…

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Harbour Collision. Destroyer and Schooner. Hobart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 3

The destroyer Huon collided with the schooner Alma Doepel, while leaving Queen's Pier last night for Melbourne…

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Egyptian Steamer-disappears London, Thursday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 4

A Bucharest message states that the Egyptian steamer Costs has mysteriously disappeared, and has not been heard of or seen since the 3rd of August. It…

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Steamer Disappears. Bolsheviks Suspected. London, August 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 10

A Bucharest message states that an Egyptian steamer, en route form Galatz to Alexandria, mysteriously disappeared, and has not been heard of…

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Bomb Outrage. C.i.b. in Brisbane Wrecked. Detective Injured and Records Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 14

What was apparently a desperate effort on the part of members of the underworld to destroy the records of the Criminal Investigation Branch…

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Plane Wrecked. Crashes at 120 Miles an Hour. Marvellous Escapes. of Passengers and Pilot. Mechanic Killed. London, Aug. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 5

Half an hour after leaving Croydon early this morning for Amsterdam, a Dutch Imperial Airway's new Fokker monoplane…

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Frenzied Rioting Paris Communists. Barricades in Streets Moulin Rouge Wrecked. a Thousand People Injured. Paris, Aug, 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1927 · page 5

Paris this morning took stock of the result of the frenzied rioting, in connection with the Sacco-Vanzetti demonstrations, which was not…

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Held Up. Steamer Maheno Delayed. Sydney, Friday.s

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 5

The stewards on board the steamer Maheno went on strike this morning, and refused to take the vessel to sea until the chief and second steward…

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