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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

329 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 17

Cruiser Ashore. Loses Bearings in Dense Fog. Vancouver, July 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 7

A Halifax message states that steaming slowly into Halifax Harbour ina dense fog on Monday, the British cruiser Dauntless crashed ashore,…

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Stranded Steamer. Attempts at Floating Fail. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 7

Attempts made last night on the full tide to refloat the steamer Uralla, at Stockton Bight, failed. Another attempt will be made…

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Fell on Steamer Passenger Rendered Unconscious. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 7

Information with respect to the man, John Crofts, who was found in an unconscious condition on the Manly ferry steamer, Barrenjoey, last…

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Doomed Cruiser. Ashore at Nova Scotia. Vancouver, July 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 10

News comes from Halifax, Nova Scotia, that the British light cruiser Dauntless, which ran ashore there on Monday, is rapidly reaking up…

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H.M.S. Dauntless Ashore Rapidly Breaking Up. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 2

A Halifax (Nova, Scotia) message states that the British light cruiser Dauntless ran ashore at the entrance to the harbor during a dense fog. She…

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Washed Ashore. Motor Launch Pounders. Companion Drowned. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 7

Early to-day, William Corbett, who with Michael McCarthy, has been missing for more than a fortnight, was found…

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Cruiser Ashore. Loses Bearings in Dense Fog. Vancouver, July 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 2

A Halifax message states that steaming slowly into Halifax Harbour in a dense fog on Monday, the British cruiser Dauntless crashed ashore…

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Pell on Steamer Passenger Rendered Unconscious. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 3

Information with respect to the man, John Crofts, who was found in an unconscious condition on the Manly ferry steamer. Barrenjocy, last…

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Shop Wrecked. Gas Explosion Near Adelaide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 13

Three people were injured and shop wrecked by an explosion of gas in a shop in Military-road, Semaphore (S.A.) on Saturday…

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Transport Wrecked. Disaster in Chile. Appalling Loss of Life. Vancouver, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 5

A message from Santiago (Chile) reports, that the Government-owned army transport steamer Angamos, of 3570 tons, sank on Saturday in…

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Total Wreck Plane Crashes Near Mascot. Pilot and Passenger Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 6

On Monday afternoon, when returning from a flight over the harbour to Mascot aerodrome, a D.H. Moth aeroplane get out of control…

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Wrecked. South African Labour Party. Wholesale Expulsions. Capetown, July 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 8

At midnight the Labour party conference summoned by the National Council, heretofore the governing body, resolved to expel from the…

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Ship Would have Been Pulled in Halves Bottom of Uralla Broken—wreck May Be Auctioned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 4

Mr. Mitchell, salvage manager for the underwriters, passed through Newcastle last week, having spent a couple of days in an examination of…

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Washed Ashore. Motor Launch Pounders

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 9

Early on 7th inst. W. Corbett, who with Michael McCarthy, has been missing for more than a fortnight, was found…

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Fire on Steamer Oil Bunkers Ablaze. London, July 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 2

When the oil bunkers were found to be seriously on fire, the steamer Carmarthenshire, was beached immediately. The passengers were…

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Woman's Body. Found Under Wrecked Shed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 8

The fully-dressed body of an elderly woman was in Friday found under a collapsed shed at Carrum, near Seaford (Vic.)…

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Total Wreck Plane Crashes Near Mascot. Pilot and Passenger Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 16

On Monday afternoon [?] re[?]ning from a flight over the harbour to Mascot aerodrome, a D.H. Moth aeroplane got out of control…

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Transport Wrecked. Disaster in Chile. Appalling Loss of Life. Vancouver, July [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 12

A message from Santiago (Chile) reports that the Government-owned army transport steamer Angamos, of 3379 tons, sank on Saturday in…

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Wrecked. South African Labour Party. Wholesale Expulsions. Capetown, July 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 2

At midnight the Labour party conference summoned by the National Council, heretofore the governing body, resolved to expel from the…

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Schooner Wrecked Suva, July 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 5

"Tim schooner Malaya, owned by the Fill Shipping Company formerly a British yacht, become a teal wreck on Horseshoe Reel, in the kore Sea…

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