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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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

Skull Fractured Accident on Steamer at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 6

Kenneth John Dines, about 3.0, single, living at 17 Hunter-street, Newcastle, whilst working in the hold of the stemmer Burwah, at…

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High and Dry White Star Liner Celtic Ashore. London. Dec. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 2

The White Star liner Celtic went ashore in the darkness entering Cork Harbour. All efforts to tow her were unavailing…

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Skull Fractured Accident on Steamer at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 16

Kenneth John Dines, about 30, single, living at 17 Hunter-street, Newcastle, whilst working in the hold of the steamer Burwah, at…

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Tragic Delay. Lifeboat Disaster, Message Not Delivered, London, Dec. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 6

The seventeen men who perished in the recent lifeboat disaster at Rye lost their lives because of five minutes delay on a telephone…

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Smash at Rockdale Baby Crawls Prom Wreckage

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 7

After a smash at Rockdalo ou Thursday night a 12-months-old baby crawled out of the wreckage of a motor car and cried for its mother…

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Shot in Thigh. Quarrel on Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1928 · page 2

William Larson, aged 48, a seaman on the steamer Canberra, at Melbourne, was shot through the thigh on Monday…

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Tragic Delay. Lifeboat Disaster. Message Not Delivered. London, Dec. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1928 · page 12

The seventeen men who perished in the recent lifeboat disaster at Rye lost their lives because of five minutes delay on a telephone…

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Shot in Thigh. Quarrel on Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1928 · page 7

William Larson, aged 48, a seaman on the steamer Canberra, at Melbourne, was shot through the thigh on Monday…

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Train Beaten Steamer's Trip-from Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1928 · page 7

A new record for a passage between Brisbane and Sydney was made by the Orient liner Orama, which entered the Heads on Saturday…

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