Remarkable Escape. Steamer Passenger's Long Swim
A unique experience, involving a wonderful escape from death by drowning, was that of Jack Greenwood, aged 21, a passenger who left Newcastle on…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923
342 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 18
Swim for Life. Man Falls From Newcastle Steamer. Newcastle
Some fishermen on the beach at Redhead early this morning were startled to see a naked man walking along the beach towards them. They…
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The small steamer Otus, purchased from the North Coast Steam Navigation Company on Tuesday last by Mr. Charles Pullen, for drogherage…
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A message was received yesterday by the Queensland . Insurance Company, in Sydney stating that the steamer Otus irad become a totalo…
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The small steamer Otus, purchased from the North Coast Steam Navigation Company on Tuesday last" by Mr. Charles Pullen, for drogherage…
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Apparently little the worse for her experience, the steamer Bodalla, which was beached at Ulladulla, returned to Sydney to-day. The vessel…
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Not content with the progress already made, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, in whose hands the upkeep of lifeboats lies, are now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Total Wreck. River Steamer Otus
A message was received yesterday by the Queensland Insurance Company, in Sydney, stating that the steamer Otus had become a total…
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Arrangements have been made in Great Britain for building a new type of motor lifeboat which will be the largest of any yet known. Its length…
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Not content with the progress already made, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, in whose hands the upkeep of lifeboats lies, are now…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seamen Killed. Steamer in a Storm
A Christmastide Atlantic storm severely buffeted the steamer Kaikoura, which has reached Auckland Tromondeus seas swept ever the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rebuilding a Wrecked Ship
One of the most of remarkable of ship reconstruction jobs over under taken was in connection with a British vessel which played a prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →German Barque. Wrecked. Off English Coast. London, Feb, 11
The German five-masted barque Adolf Vinnen has been wrecked in a gale on the Lizard, while on her maiden voyage from Bremen to Barry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gas Explosion. Houses Wrecked. London, Feb. 14
"There was a terrible roar, a sheet of flame and the two houses went up in a cloud of dust." This was the graphic description…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Berrima Passengers' Complaints. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The steamer Berrima arrived in Sydney to-day. Statements made by the passengers confirm practically all that has previously been said about the…
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The German five-masted barque Adolf Vinnen has been wrecked in a gale on the Lizard while on her maiden voyage from Bremen to Barry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Emigrant Steamer. Berrima Complaints. London, Feb, 19
In the House of Commons replying to Mr. John Robertson (Labour) who urged a searching inquiry with regard to the steamer Berrima to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer in Cyclone Two Days Hove-to. (By Cable.) Auckland
The sugar company's steamer Rona had a terrific battle with a cyclone while en route from Fiji. The vessel was hove-to for two days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a Gale. Schooner's Long Voyage. From Hamburg
The German schooner Bertha, which has arrived at Newcastle, is the first German sailing vessel to enter the port since the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Emigrant Steamer. Berrima Complaints. London, Feb. 19
In the House of Commons replying to Mr. John Robertson (Labour) who urged a searching inquiry with regard to the steamer Berrima to…
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