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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Mosman Ferry. New Time-table Almost Ready. Tram and Steamer

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

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Trouble on a Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 9

At the Water Police Court yesterday, six seamen were convicted op. a charge of leaving a steamer without sufficient reason. The steamer without sufficient reason…

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The Phantom Ship. Strange Sequel to Irish Steamer Collision

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 7

The terrible tragedy off the County Down coast of Ireland when the L. and N.W. Railway Company's steamer the Connemara and the Retriever…

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Wrecked Vessel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 14

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Love, S.M., an application was made by the Navigation Department for an order to remove the steamer Belmore, which…

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Hope Not Abanboned Mosman Boats and Trams Midnight Steamer to Run

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1917 · page 2

No decision has yet been reached between the Tramway Department and Sydney Ferries, Ltd., as to what alteration. if any, can he made in the transit services between the…

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A Schooner Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 5

PERTH, Sunday.--Hurricane weather Is reported from Broome, with 14 inches of rain In 24 hours. Tho schooner Niagara was driven on to Buccaneor Rock and wrecked. There were…

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Steamer Wrecked. Maitai a Total Loss in Pacific. Passengers and Mails Saved. Auckland. Monday Afternoon

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 1

Details of the loss of the Union Company's steamer Maital at Baratonga in the Cook Islands, were received to-day when a vessel arrived with the passengers and crew and also…

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French Steamer's S.O.S. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Madrid cables that messages have been received at Spanish wireless stations from the French mail steamer Ville a Havre stating that she was…

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R.M.S. Maitai Ashore Vessel's Position Bad Engine Room Flooded Passengers and Mails Safe Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 5

The passengers and mails and some of the crew of the Maita[?], which was wrecked on a reef at Rarotonga, arrived in Auckland to-day…

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"Wreckage and Ruin." Clermont of To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Acting-Premier, Mr. Theodore, yesterday received the following telegraphic message from the Minister for Public Instruction, Mr. Hardacre:--…

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Schooner for Tahiti

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

Messrs. W. H. Brown and Sons, shipbuilders, of Auckland, are building a schooner for Tahiti. The vessel is to be exactly similar to one Mr. Brown…

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Steamer Cunene

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 11

The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from the Collector of Customs (Mr. W. H. Barkley), confirming an arrangement made with him that sight entries would…

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Wrecked. Loss of the Ma[?]ta[?] at Rarotonga. Passengers Saved. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 9

The steamer Maitai, of the Union Co. of New Zealand, bound from San Francisco for Wellington, dragged her anchors and went on a reef at Rarotonga at midnight on…

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The Maitai Wrecked. Vessel a Total Loss

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

News received' front Auckland yesterday gives details of the loss of the Union Company's steamer Maital at Raratonga, in the Cook Islands. A…

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R.m.s. Maitai on Reef Wrecked at Rarotonga. a Hopeless Position

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 5

The Union Steamship Company's San Francisco mall liner Maital has been wrecked at Rarotonga in the Cook Group, and the passengers and portion of the crow have reached…

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Steamer Maitai Wrecked

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 18

Details of the loss of the Union Company's steamer Maitai at Raratonga, in the Cook Islands, were received in Auckland (N.Z.) on the afternoon of January 8, when a vessel…

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Missing Schooner. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 12

The Brisbane portmaster to-day received a telegram from the harbour master at Mackay, stating that the Government relief steamer has returned from Pine Island. No trace…

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French Steamer's Escape

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 13

The French liner Espagne, 11,155 tons, had an exciting experience on her recent voyage. Passengers who have landed in New York state that when the steamer was in the Bay of…

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Police Courts. Thefts From a Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 9

Edward Hudson, 50, and John Bowden, 43, were charged at the Central Police Court, before Mr. Macfarlane, C.S.M., yesterday, with knowingly having in the custody of Abraham Kopit, at 83 Sussex-street, Sydney,…

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A Sunken Steamer, Impedes Traffic on Macicay River

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 4

The steamer Belmore, which was wrecked at the mouth of the Maclcay (N.S.W.) River, has impeded the passage of vessels in the waterway. At the Sydney Water…

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