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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 17

Vellore Wrecked Moir and Owen Injured. Plane Hits Tree in Landing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 5

The discovery of the men's whereabouts was made by Captain Brain, in the Quantas plane, Atalanta. It was Captain Brain who found the Kookaburra. Captain brain, pilot of the Quantas 'Plane Atalanta, in…

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Arrival at Darwin. 'Plane a Total Wreck. Darwin

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 5

The steamer Kyogle reached Darwin at 8 o'clock this morning. Captain Moir and…

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Wrecked Plane Future Disposal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 5

Sir Keith Smith said that he had cabled to London to his principals Vickers-Armstrong Pty., Ltd., giving a report of Moir and Owen's forced…

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SCHOONER FOUNDERS.s Struck Reef Near Hobart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 6

The schooner Thuraka, 248 tons, while on her way from Hobart to Recherche to complete here cargo of timber for sAdelaide, struck before…

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Signal Box Wrecked. Department Near Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 3

The railway signal box at Watermark was carried away by a derailed horsebox attached to a passenger train from Narrabri to Werris Creek,…

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New Steamer. for Interstate Service

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 9

The steamer Manunda, which has reached Sydney from the United Kingdom to order the inter-State passenger service, cost £500,000 to…

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'Pitiable Thing.' South African Labour Party. "Wrecked and Ruined." Capetown, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 7

The general secretary and members of the Labour Council advised sympathisers to vote for the South Africa party…

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Signal Box Wrecked. Derailment Near Gunnedah

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 13

The railway signal box at Water mark was carried away by a derailed horsebox attached to a passenger train from Narrabri to Worris Creek…

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'Pitiable Thing.' South African Labour Party. "Wrecked and Ruined." Capetown, June 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 12

The general secretary and members of the Labour Council advised sympathisors to vote for the South African party…

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Air Disaster Search for Four Recovered From Wreckage. LONDON, June 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 5

Throughout the night, a search was made among the wreekege of the Imperial Airways air-liner, which yesterday…

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Search of Wreckage. Three Bodies Still Missing. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 2

Throughout the night search was made of the wreekage of the air-liner, which yesterday dived int the English Channel when seven persons were…

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Missing Kobenhaven Reported Wreck Disbelieved Copenhagen, June 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5

The East Asiatic Company owners of the missing training ship Kpbenhaven, consider unrellable the observation of the captain of the…

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Oil Tanks Explode Rubber Factory Wrecked. Burned and Mutilated Body. Bratislava, June 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 5

With a deafening explosion, three oil tanks and a rubber factory went skyward and distributed wreckage over a wide…

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Steamer Grounds, Then, Sinks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 2

On Saturday the steamer Australia broke from her moorings at the wharf of Davis Brothers and Burgess, and was blown up the river,…

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Perilous Voyage. Swedish Steamer in Cyclone. Severe Buffeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1929 · page 6

When the Swedish steamer Roxen reached Sydney last night after a severe buffeting in the cyclone which swept the northern coast of Australia…

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Mr. Theodore Attack on Mr. Bruce. Wrecking National Party

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 6

Mr. E. G. Theodore, M. H. R. Deputy-Leader of the Federal Labour party, accused the Prime Minister of trying to wreck the Nationalist…

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Steamer Grounds, Then Sinks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 16

On Saturday the steamer Australia broke from her moorings at the wharf of Davis Brothers and Burgess, and was blown up the river…

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Perilous Voyage. Swedish Steamer in Cyclone. Severe Buffeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 7

When the Swedish steamer Roxen reached Sydney last night after a severe buffeting in the cyclone which swept the norther coast of Australia…

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Oil Tanks Explode Rubber Factory Wrecked. Burned and Mutilated Body. Bratislava, June 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 12

With a deafening explosion, three oil tanks and a rubber factory went skyward and distributed wreckage over a wide…

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First Flight Home Made Plane Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1929 · page 8

Nose-driving after striking a hilltop at the take-off, Auckland's first home made aeroplane was completely wrecked on Wednesday. The…

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