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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Yacht Wrecked Off New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 7

The yacht Teddy, which left Auckland on Saturday, was wrecked yesterday on Challenger, or Little Kawan on Island, a small rooky islet off…

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Ketch at Taree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 4

The auxiliary ketch, "Day Dream," in which Mr. and Mrs. Le Brown, of Sydney, with an assistant, are making a tour of the Eastern Coast of…

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Still Ashore

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

The ketch "Edris," which blow ashore at Point Stephens whilst loading a cargo of shell grit, is still aground and will probably became a…

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Brought Ashore Runaway Daughter Father's Dash Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 4

Racing 125 miles to Port Adelaide in a hired car in three hours yesterday, Alexander Chesser, a farmer of Coomandbook, reached the wharf…

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Theatre Wrecked War Film Sequel Chinese Riot Shanghai, March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 1

A riot occurred in the Nankink Theatre at the first showing of a talking picture depicting the fighting on the Shanghai front,…

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Fatal Trip Body Washed Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 2

After leaving on a fishing trip in a 14ft dinghy with Harry Bird, 18, the body of William Harvey, 20, was found washed up on the rocks at…

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Total Wreck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

The ketch, "Edris," which went ashore on Narrow Gut Beach some time ago has become a total wreck, and all hopes of refloating her have…

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A Stowaway On N.Z. Steamer NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 7

That he was stranded in New Zealand was the reason James Rogers (44) fireman, gave when charged in Newcastle Police Court to-day, with…

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Salvage Plan For Lusitania Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 10

An expedition whose object is to apply new methods of salvage to the most famous modern wreck on the bottom of any sea—the Lusitania—will start…

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Wrecked Freighter Auctioned Highest Bid £65

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 2

The freighter Northern Firth, which went aground on Brush Island, and later became a total wreck, was submitted for sale at auction on…

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Man Arrested In Female Clothing on Steamer Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1932 · page 5

A young man, dressed in women's clothing, was arrested on the steamer Gwydir last night shortly before it was due to…

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WRECKED French Schooner Many Missing London, APril 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 1

THe French schooner, Roosio was abandoned In the Bay of [?] The crow of 20 put off In eight boats. three of which have since been…

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May Break Up Steamer Ashore SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 1

Word was received in Sydney this morning stating that the position of the Burns Ph[?]p steamer, "Malin[?]a," which is ashore in the New Hebrides…

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Starvation Drives Girl to Jump Into the Ocean REPENTED Swam Ashore Glad Now Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 1

A starving girl, who jumped into the sea near Ben Buckler, Bondi, early this morning, suddenly made…

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FOUNDERED! Gutted Liner 36 Missing Paris, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 1

The Georges Philippar, which drifted 160 miles before foundering, had aboard gold ingots worth £30,000 from Colombo…

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ABANDONED Kaponga a Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 6

A message from Welliagton New Zealand states that the Union S.S Company's steamer Kaponga which is aground on the rocks at the north…

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Hurled to Death Gelignite Explodes Home Wrecked Wellington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 7

A young married woman, named Kelly, met a shocking death to-day, together with her small daughter, when they were blown to pieces…

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Hurled to Death Gelignite Explodes Home Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1932 · page 4

WELLINGTON, Wednesday, A young married woman, named Kelly, met a shocking death to-day, together with her small daughter,…

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"Champion Wrecker"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 9

Speaking at Coonamble, Mr. J. F. Coates, M.L.C., declared that the ex-Premier was the "champion wrecker" of Labour Governments and parties,…

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Steamer Battered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1932 · page 2

A Wellington message states that as a result of violent lessing for five days in a storm in the Pacific, the Federal line [?]lighter…

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