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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

136 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 7

Malabar Wreck SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 1

The preliminary hearing opened in camera to-day concerning the loss of the steamer Malabar…

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WRECKED Women Sat on Oars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 8

Allegations of slackness in regard to boat drills were made when the Board of Trade inquired into the wreek of the…

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Sought Wreckage But Found Death SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 1

A report reached the Daceyville police this morning that a man was drowned at Long Bay while searching for wreckage of the Malabar…

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Searching for Wreckage Man Reported Drowned at Long Bay Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 6

A message reached the Dacyville police this morning that a man was drowned at Long Bay while searching for the wreckage of the Malabar…

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Wrecked Malabar Sold for £140

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

The wreck of the Malabar was sold at auction this week for £140. The cargo was sold separately for £41…

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Long Tow Steamer Mataram SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 10

The steamer Mataram left Tulagai, Solomon Islands, during the wepk-end in tow of a tug. The Mataram developed engine…

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Cargo Ablaze Steamer's Plight CAPETOWN, April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 1

The South African steamer Aloe (arrived at Port Louis for Egypt with the bunkers and cargo of Australian timber…

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Youth's Story 'Plane Wreckage Police Inquire Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 1

It has been reported to the police that a youth saw what he believed to be the wreckage of an aeroplane on a mountainside near Hail…

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Opium Haul Raid on Premises Taken From Wreck Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 7

Police raided an alleged opium don in Dixon Street City thin morning and took possession of 15 tins of opium find pipes…

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Wreck Sold

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 12

The wreckage of the Malabar was sold at auction in Sydney for £149 The purchasers were the Penguin Salvage Company Ltd…

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Malabar Wreck Inquiry Commenced. Charges Preferred Against Captain. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 3

When the inquiry Into the wreck of the steamer Malabar commenced this morning, charges of having failed in his duty were preferred…

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Cargo Ablaze Steamer's Plight CAPETOWN, April 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1931 · page 12

The South African steamer Aloe arrived at Port Louis for Egypt with the bunkers and cargo of Australian timber…

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Steamer Aground Sydney, Wednesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 5

A radie message was received in Sydney to-day stating Unit a cargo steamer, the Pinna, had run aground in the Gulf of Papua last night…

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WRECKED Chinese Steamer on Rock Hongkong, April 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 8

The liner Rajputana has arrived from Shanghai with 114 passengers and crew of the Chinese steamer Hwah Yang, which foundered during…

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Steamer Aground Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 6

A radio message was received in Sydney to-day stating that a cargo steamer, the Pinna, had run aground in the Gulf of Papua last night…

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Angry Mob Tenant Evicted Home Wrecked Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 8

Following the ejectment from n house In Rose-street, Brunswick, of a returned soldier, who Is said to have defaulted In payment of…

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Convicts Revolt Machines Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 2

Disturbances at the Yatala labour prison on Saturday and yesterday have been reported to the Comptroller of Prisons (Mr…

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Plant Wrecked Huge Death-roll Explosion Rio De Janeiro, April 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

Half of the 400 employees at the naval laboratory, at Nich-theroy, are reported to have been killed or injured to-day…

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Two Senators Launch Bitter Attack on Theodore "This Wrecker" Scullin Blamed Last Opportunity Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 6

Strong criticism of Mr. Theodore's action in absenting himself from Parliament during the present crisis, was…

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Total Wreck Three Men Drowned AUCKLAND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 5

The steamer Progress drifted on to the rocks in Ohira Bay, Cook Stralt, New Zealand, last night, and became a total wreck…

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