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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

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Ketch Wrecked. Hit Hook in Bass Strait

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 6

The crayfish ketch Angle Sve[?] owned by J. Sword, was wrecked in the Furneaux Group in Bass Strait, Information of the wreck was…

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Body Identified. Washed Ashore at Curl Ourl. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 5

The body of the man which was washed ashore at Curl Curl yesterday has been identified as William Anderson, a resident of Burwood, who…

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Thieves Wreck Office Premises Angered at Not Finding Money

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 4

Angered because they did not find money in a boot shop kept by Mr A. J. Liddy in George-street, Sydney, on Tuesday night a band of thieves…

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Wrecked Plane. Found in Sahara Desert. Two Men Missing. Paris, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 5

The wreckage of a plane was fund by tribesman in the Sahara Desert, 900 miles from Reggan, to which Captains Goulette…

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Caught in Cyclone Indian River Steamer Turns Turtle. Death Roll Fully 200. (Australian Press Assn. Message.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 3

Calcutta, Tuesday.— Nearly 200 people are believed to have been drowned in a steamer disaster on the river, between Natun Bharenga and Nagar…

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Mysterious Steamer. May Be Drug Runner. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1930 · page 5

Mystery surrounds the movements of a streamers whose lights were sighted off. Cleveland, near Townsville…

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Missionary Steamer to Be Sold John Williams Last Voyage

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 1

Within a few weeks the London Missionary Society steamer, John, Williams, will make her last voyage from Sydney to the Gilbert Islands, and will…

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Mystery Steamer. View of Customs Officials. Townsville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 5

All enquiries have failed to identify the mystery steamer, which disappeared after she was sighted by the Taranaki off the Queensland…

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Unionists Board Steamer Firemen Hand in Their Notices. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 8

When the steamer-Kowarra arrived in Sydney from Newcastle this morning a large number of unionists boarded the vessel, and the firemen were…

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Workers Compensation Commission (Before Judge Perdriau and Mr. Halliday, Commissioner.) Shipwrecked Fireman. Frederickson v. N. Cain Coastal Steamship Co., Ltd

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 1

George Frederickson, a fireman, formerly of the steamer Pappinbarra, claimed compensation from the N. Cain Coastal Steamship Co. for…

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Luckless Tourists. Privations Follow Wreck

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 3

Two men, Ekatulsky, a Russian, and C. Masluck, a Frenchman, who are making a world tour on a motor cycle and side-car, arrived at Darwin on…

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Two Drowned Fishing Boat Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 3

Allan Williams, married, and Sydney Bickle, single, both young men, were drowned at Bustard Heads, Q., when the fishing boat Laurel, with…

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Steamer 'Ablaze. Pilgrims in Danger. Jeddail, May 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 3

The French steamer Asia, carrying 1500 pilgrims to southern Red Sea ports, suddenly caught fire in the harbour at [?]…

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Adrift on Raft. Two Men Almost Frozen. Pleasure Steamer Aground. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 5

The steamer Favourite, carrying about 150 passengers ran agroung in Botany Bay last evening. Frank Brydon, and Arthur Bolton…

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Strange Rescue at Sea "Drowned" Man Comes Ashore, by Next Boat

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 2

When the paddle steamer Glencoe, which plies between Portrec, in Skye, and Mallaig, Inverness-shire, arrived at Mallaig, it reported that the chief…

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Vessels Blown Ashore Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 2

Further details of last night's gale disclose that more damage was done than was at first reported. than coastal steamer Cobaki and…

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Swedish Steamer Sinks (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 1

The,Swedish steamer Inger has sunk, and 15, of the crew appear to be drowned The sinking was in consequence of a…

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Tragic Air Smash at Tamworth. Canberra "Pup" Wrecked. Pilot and Pupil Killed. Aeroplane Falls Into Street

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 1

Tamworth's first aeroplane smash on Saturday last had a tragic ending, resulting in the loss of two lives. Muswellbrook people will remember…

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Newcastle Steamer Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company draws attention in our advertising columns to an alteration in the timetable commencing…

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Anxious Time. Steamer Battered in Cale. Townsville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 6

The American tramp steamer Boulan had a narrow escape from being overwholmed, by huge waves during a heavy gale experienced 100…

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