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Scuttl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> steamer Katoomba <strong>in</strong> 1905. At left is <strong>the</strong> dredge Jupiter, <strong>and</strong> at right is <strong>the</strong> steam lighter Powerful.<br />
A series of wrecks on <strong>the</strong> Oyster Bank led to <strong>the</strong> gradual creation <strong>and</strong> extension of <strong>the</strong> Stockton Breakwater.<br />
The photograph above shows <strong>the</strong> famous wreck of <strong>the</strong> Adolphe, which was driven onto <strong>the</strong> bank <strong>in</strong> 1904, seen<br />
through <strong>the</strong> masts of <strong>the</strong> Regent Murray, which had suffered <strong>the</strong> same fate <strong>in</strong> 1899. In <strong>the</strong> photo below <strong>the</strong><br />
Adolphe is at left, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> wrecks at centre are Katoomba <strong>and</strong> Elamang. The Regent Murray’s masts are at right.<br />
The wreck of <strong>the</strong> collier Mee<strong>in</strong>derry, which sank on May 23, 1922. Mee<strong>in</strong>derry collided with <strong>the</strong> steamer<br />
Wallsend off Redhead, <strong>and</strong> struggled to <strong>Newcastle</strong> with all h<strong>and</strong>s at <strong>the</strong> pumps, s<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g just <strong>in</strong>side <strong>the</strong> harbour.<br />
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