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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Bomb Outrage in Melbourne Interior of Cottages Wrecked. Escape of Occupants

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 3

Thrown by one or two men, who were seen to escape on a motor cycle and sidecar, a bomb completely wrecked the inside of two small brick houses, at…

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ANNIE M. Miller. Wreckage Washed Ashore. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 5

A took companionway, believed to belong to the ill-fated collier, Annie M. Miller, was washed ashore at the mouth of the Goorges River to-day…

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Jumped Overboard. Cook Ok Outward Bound Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 16

The third cook of the steamer City of Canberra was reported to have jumped overboard last night when the vessel was passing through the Heads…

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Bomb Outrace Interior of Cottages Wrecked Occupants Escape. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 16

Thrown by one or two men, who were seen to escape on a motor cycle and sidecar, a bomb completely wrecked the inside of…

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Coast Steamer Inquiry Into Foundering. Alleged Overloading. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 5

The Marine Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Annie M. Miller, which foundered between Bondi and Sydney Heads, was opened to-day…

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Big Steamer Bunker at Durban Newcastle's Loss NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 5

Four large steamers, from overseas, are due at Newcastle in the next few days, and they would have taken in bunker coal…

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Wheat Steamer Aground in Caroline Group

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

The Marine Underwriters' Association in Sydney has received a cable that the Japanese steamer Bankaku Maru, of 5954 tons, is aground at…

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Wheat Steamer Aground in Caroline Group

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 2

The Marine Underwriters Association in Sydney has received a cable that the Japanese steamer Bankaku Maru of 5954 tons is aground at…

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Terrific Hailstorm Stones As Big, As Hen Eggs. Gardens Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 6

A thunderstorm which developed quickly, broke over Wingham about 1 p.m. on Sunday, For several minates, hailstones fairly pelted down,…

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Smallpox. Suspected Outbreak On. Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 9

A wireless message received it Adelaide from the British-India line steamer, Woodara states that a member of the crew is a victim of what…

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Terrific Hailstorm Stones As Big As Hen Eggs. Gardens Wrecked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 16

A thunderstorm which developed quickly, broke over Wingham about 1 p.m. on Sunday. For several minutes, hailstones fairly pelted down,…

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British Schooner Sunk at Sea After a Fight

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

New York, Saturday.—The British auxiliary schooner Imalone, suspected of being a contraband carrier, was sunk off the coast near New Orleans in a…

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Fight at Sea. British Schooner Sunk. Said to Be Rum-runner. New York, March 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 5

The British auxiliary schooner Imalone, suspected of being contraband carrier, was sunk off the coast near New Orleans in a battle…

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The Sunken Schooner a Delicate Situation

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

Washington, Tuesday.— To-day the Secretary of the United States Treasury (Mr Mellon) said that the coastguards were fiully justified, under…

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Sunken Schooner the Imalone Case Terms of Liquor Treaty. LONDON, March 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 6

The Australian Press Association' authoritatively understands that the Foreign Office is leaving the preliminary handling of the Imalone affair…

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Aground in Fog. Destroyer Wrecked. Shanghai, March 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 6

The Italian destroyer Muggla, while returning from Amoy to Shanghal in a fog, grounded on Finger Rock during the night of march…

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Steamer Founders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 5

The Norweigan steamer Selje, 6030 tons, founded 120 miles west of Port Philip Heads on Friday. The Union Company's steamer…

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Fight at Sea. British Schooner Sunk. Said to Be Rum-runner. New York, March 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 12

The British auxiliary schooner Imalone, suspected of being a contraband carrier, was sunk off the coast near New Orleans in a battle…

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Schooner Wrecked One Man Drowned Five Reach the Shore. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 4

The auxiliary fishing schooner, Wanderer was dashed to pieces in the breakers at Coff's Harbour this morning…

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Steamer Founders

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 9

The Norwegian steamer Se[?], 6630 tons foundered 120 miles west of Port Philip Heads on 29th ult. The Union Company's steamer…

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