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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

114 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 6

Collier Wrecked

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 11

The American barquentine Amaranth, coal laden from Newcastle to Frisco, is a total wreck at Jervis Island. The crew of fifteen reached…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Union Steamer Tyrone Wrecked

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 14

The Union Company's steamer Tyrone went ashore near Otago Heads (N.Z.) on Saturday and became a total wreck…

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Kallatina Ashore. High and Dry

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 14

THE North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Kallatina, 550 tons, went ashore at Woolgoolga on Saturday night last, and latest reports show that she is…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer: leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Panic on Board Wrecked Vessel. As on Titanic Passengers Sang "Nearer, My God."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 2

The story of an exciting wreck off Madagascar has been told in Marseilles, where 49 survivors of the steamship Salazie have been landed…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Disaster at Sea. Steamer on Fire. Over 200 Lives Lost

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 13

THE cables report an appalling disaster at sea. A fire broke out on the steamer Volturno (Canadian Northern Steamships, Ltd.) while on a voyage from…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Euroka Wrecked. Crew Land Safely

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 15

The well-known coastal padd[?] steamer Euroka is lying tight and fast on the rocks of Long Reef, between Dee Why and Narrabeen…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney mid Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sun day, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Scotch Empress Wrecked

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 2

Early on December 24, 1910, the midnight express from St. Pancras to Carlisle and Glasgow was wrecked on the lonely moorland…

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