Steamer Traffic
The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's boats Newcastle and Sydney will make special trips on Sunday next, the s.s. Hunter leaving Newcastle at midnight,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
366 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 19
General Cable News. the Hanau Ashore. London, Sept. 24
The German-Australian Steamship Company's Steamer Hanau (4213 tons), bound from Hamburg for Sydney, is ashore in an exposed position off katakolon, Greece…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cutting Steamer Rates. Capetown, Sept. 23
As a result of the new mail contract other steamship lines doing business in Africa, including the German-Australian line, are making their net rates 5 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. Steamer Ashore. London, Sept. 27
The German-Australian steamer Hanan, which is ashore off the coast of Greece, has been reinsured at 35 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Steamer Badly Damaged. London. Sept. 21
The Star of New Zealand collided with the railway steamer Slieveblooin near Holyhead. The Slieveboom was badly damaged, her two holds and the stokehold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Steamer- Clan Mackay Damaged. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The steamer Clan Mackay bad a hole Knocked in her side this morning at Darling Harbour. Owing to the northwest gale which was blowing, she struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mishap to Steamer. Hamburg
The United States steamer Vandalia came into collision with a floating dock on the Elbe, and sank. The passengers were saved, but the cook and the carpenter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeronautics. Army Biplanes Wrecked. London, Oct. 6
Two of the newest army biplanes have been wrecked at Farnborough. One fell from a height of 200 feet, and the other 50 feet. The pilots had very narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Steamer. Burning Ore
While on a voyage form Newcastle to Brisbane a fire was discovered in No. 5 lower hold of the Norddentscher Lloyd's steamer Griefswald. The hold contained ore and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer
While on a voyage from Newcastle to Brisbane a fire was discovered in No. 5 lower hold of the Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamer Griefswald. The hold contained ore, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Ship Wrecked. Terrible Privations
Mail advices received from Lloyd's agent at Hanley, Falkland Island, dated August 5, stated that on July 22, a ship's lifeboat containing the survivors of the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Karuah Overhauled
The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, steamer "Karuah," after receiving a thorough overhaul to hull and machinery is ready for the tourist traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Trawler. Some Fatalities. Capetown, Oct. 15
The Grimsby trawler Tasmania, while whaling, struck a reef off Simon's Bay, where the Birkenhead was lost in 1852, and went to pieces. Seven of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Wrecked
The steamer Daghild has been wrecked on the Kanin Peninsula, on the east coast of the White Sea. She has a cargo of 1600 tons, which is insured in London…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Detained. Sofia
The Roumanian steamer "Princess Marie" conveying Ottoman refugees, has been detained by the Bulgarians at Varna, and Roumania has demanded its release…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Wreck. London, Oct. 17
The four-masted barque Daghild, which was wrecked on the Kanin Peninsula, on the east coast of the White Sea., has broken in halves…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Ship Wrecked. Terrible Privations
Mail advices received from Lloyd's at Hanley, Falkland Island, dated August[?] stated that on July 22. a ship's lifeboat[?] taining the survivors of the crew of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer on Fire. Cargo of Cotton. Norfolk (Va,), Oct. 20
A fire broke out in the Merchant and Miners' Transportation Company's steamer Bershire, (2014 tons), bound to Philadelphia from Savannah with a cargo of cotton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of Steamer Nicaragua. Six Drowned and Seven Rescued. Washington
Reports which were at first denied, but which are now established, show that the steamer Nicaragua was wrecked in a storm south of Corpus Christi. Six of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of Steamer Nicaragua. Six Drowned and Seven Rescued. Washington
Reports which were at first denied, but which are now establish, show that the steamer Nicaragua was wrecked in a storm south of Corpus Christi. Six of the…
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