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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · 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 30 May 1914 · 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 3 June 1914 · 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 6 June 1914 · page 4

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

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · 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 13 June 1914 · 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 17 June 1914 · 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 20 June 1914 · 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 24 June 1914 · 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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The Aleda Wrecked

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 5

SUNDAY afternoon last Mr. Ted. Noonan, of Big Hill, three miles north of Point Plomer, brought news to town that a mass of wrockage floating…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1914 · 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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Alfred Fenning Wreck

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 4

Mr. G. H. Hodgson, senr, of East Kempsey, who knows Crescent Head and the beaches north and south like a book, considers, and rightly we…

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Yacht Wrecked

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 6

THE yacht Wanderlust arrived at Norfolk Island from Lord Howe Island with CapGarrett, Miss Stock, and Messrs. Stock and Jackson on board. While trying to enter…

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The Phil Forbes Wrecked

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 4

THE ketch Phil Forbes was blown by the recent westerly gale on to the rocks near Fly Point, Nelson's Bay, and is now full of Water. All hands were saved. The vessel has been employed for…

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Launch Wrecked

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 5

A shocking disaster occurred at Tweed Heads late on Friday afternoon. A schnapper-fishing party, numbering 13, were wrecked in a…

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Short Story. (All Rights Reserved) in Two Parts. the Wreck. Part 1

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 4

"It would be a pretty morning for a sail on the sea,' said Mrs. Chollop, clearing away the breakfast things and gazing out of the parlour…

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Short Story. (All Rights Reserved.) in Two Parts. the Wreck

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 4

"I can feel the ship trembling just like a hound expecting, the leash to be slipped," said the girl. "What an exciting adventure if we get her off—…

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Latest War Cables. press Telegram Association FRIDAY, 4 p.m. German Cruiser Ashore

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 2

The German steamer Madgeburg went ashore at Odenshelm during a fog. THE crew was rescued by a forpedo boat while under fire from…

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Another Danish Steamer Sunk London

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 2

A Danish steamer struck a mine 15 miles from Tyne, and sunk…

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Another German Steamer Seized Melbourne

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 2

A German steamer, believed to be Port Phillip Heads this morning, and the Hessian, from Bremen, entered was placed under arrest. An armed…

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