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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Norwegian's Predicament Lost Everything in Wrecked Manuka. Difficulty of Landing in Australia. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 December 1929 · page 2

Ellis Ellefsog, a Norwegian seaman, lost all his possessions, including £80 in money, when the Manuka was wrecked last week on the New Zealand coast…

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Twenty Drowned. Norwegian Steamer Founders, Vigo, West Indies, Dec. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 December 1929 · page 4

The Norwegian steamer Osland, sank off Boyone last night, and 20 of the crew were drowned…

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Drowning Fatalities. Fell From Excursion Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 2

Robert Dean, 15, was drowned in Campbell's Channel, in the Gippsland Lakes, Dean was one of 300 excursionists to Lake Entrance by…

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By a Length. Thrilling Steamer Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 3

The Togo won the 16th annual Christmas afternoon steamer race from Hobart to Green Island and return, defeating the Carteia after a…

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Fire on Tourist Ship. Passengers Ordered Ashore, Singapore, Dec. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 6

Fifty passengers were aroused from sleep at 3 o'clock this morning and ordered ashore in consequence of an outbreak of fire on the liner president…

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Six Rescued. French Steamer in Crew, Dec. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 8

The Sleepwood, lifebent, to-day rescued six men from the French steamer p Chod, from Berdeaur, which had dragged anchor and drifted on to…

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Steamer Sinks. New York Collision. New York, Dec 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1929 · page 3

The Furness-Bermuda liner Port Victoria sank in the entrance to the harbour, following a collision with the coast liner Algonquin, in a fog…

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Two Wrecks. Havoc of Channel Gales. Many Gallant Rescues. London, December 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1929 · page 7

Fierce gales on the British coast and in south-eastern Europe have caused haven to shipping. So far there have been 32 deaths, the…

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Terrific Gales. England and France Suffer. Heroic Lifeboat Crew. London, Dec. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 December 1929 · page 5

Renewed gales of terrific violence having caused considerably more damage, uprooting large trees, and tearing the roofs off many houses…

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