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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

329 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 17

Ketch Sunk. Crew of Eight Missing. Believed to Be Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 8

The , ketch, Isabella de Fraine, bound from Onehunga to Hokianga, N.Z., capsized at Hokianga bar on Saturday afternoon. She carried a…

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Wrecked Schooner. Bodies Not Yet Recovered. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

No bodies have yet been washed ashore from the wrecked schooner Isabella de Fraine, which capsized on Hokiangra Bar…

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Schooner Sunk Crew Drowned. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 2

The complete crow of the schooner Isabella do Fraine, which capsized with all hands on Kokianga Bar, New Zealand, were:—A. Berridge (captain),…

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Capsized Schooner. Menace to Navigation. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 7

A cable message from Auckland states that the capsized schooner, Isabella de Fraine, is floating off the coast and is a menace to navigation…

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Capsized Schooner Menace to Navigation. Body Washed Ashore. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 2

A cable message from Auckland states that the capsized schooner Isabella de Fraine is floating off the coast, and is a menace to navigation…

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Violent Storm. Damage in Western Australia. Steamer Founders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 6

"Washaways have been reported on the railways in various parts of West Australia as the result of heavy rains…

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Foot Torn Off Shocking Accident on Ferry Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 4

Terrible suffering was experienced by Robert Goldsmith, of Granville, when his left foot was torn off at Sydney on Wednesday…

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Schooner Wrecked Suva, July 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 13

Tje schooner Malaya, owned by the Fiji Shipping Company, formerly a British yacht, became a toal wreck on Horseshee Reef, in the Kore Sea…

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Capsized Schooner. Menace to Navigation. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 8

A cable message from Auckland states that the capsized schooner, Isabella de Fraine, is floating off the coast and is a menace to navigation…

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Violent Storm. Damage in Western Australia. Steamer Founders

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 8

Washaways have been reported on the railways in various parts of West Australia as the result of heavy rains…

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Foot Torn Off Shocking Accident on Ferry Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 4

Terrible suffering was experienced by Robert Goldsmith, of Granville, when his left foot was torn off at Sydney on Wednesday…

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Woman's Body. Pound Under Wrecked Shed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 11

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

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'Plane Wreckage. Found in North Sea. Is It Nungessor's

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 2

A Copenhagen message states that an airplane wreck, believed to be Nungessor's, was found in the North Sea, in the vicinity of the West Coast of…

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River Collision Large Steamer Damaged. Montreal, July 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 7

With her stern pieced and twisted, and buckled plates on the port bow torn, and the port bow anchor missing, the steamer Montrose was…

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Disabled Steamer "No News As Good News." Colombo, July 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 2

No news is accepted as good news in regard to the steamer Yokohama, which is disabled in mid-ocean, and from which no further messages…

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Disabled Steamer Adrift in Mid-ocean. Plight of Japanese Liner. Colombo, July 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 2

The steamer Katuna arrived from East Africa to-day and left a few hours later to aid the disabled Yokohama, which is adrift in mid-ocean…

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Steamer Adrift. Escorted to Colombo. Colombo, July 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 4

The steamer Yokohama arrived this morning under, her own steam escorted by the Knauna. No serious damage was done,…

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Launch Wrecked Encounter with a Whale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 10

A fishing party comprising N. Barton, the owner of a pleasure launch. Nellie F. Glazebrook, one of the staff of the Commonwealth Bank at…

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Disabled Steamer Yokohama Delayed at Colombo. Colombo, August 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 5

The extent of the engine and boiler trouble on the steamer Yokohama was rather more serious than anticipated…

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Steamer Adrift. Escorted to Colombo Colombo, July 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1928 · page 3

The steamer Yokonama arrived this morning under her own steam escorted by the Katuna. No serious damage was done…

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