Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Great Ship-wreck, or the Voice of the Siren
Tune: "My Old Dog Tray." I was the voice of the Siren Came over the main, And it called in the darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900
191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 10
Fire on a Steamer. the Kangaroo Burnt. Sydney
About 10 o'clock to-night a fire broke out on the Sydney Ferries' Company's steamer Kangaroo. Fortunately the steamer was not running at the time, but was lying off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floating Wreckage. Nelson's Bay
A spar attached to a vessel's bottom, supposed to belong to the wrecked schooner Jane, which foundered a few months ago, has been discovered floating three-quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Schooner Ashore
A cablegram from Wellington (N.Z.) states that a vessel, supposed to be the Linda Weber, from Newcastle, bound to Gisborne, is shore near East Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Ship Drehna Ashore. Townsville
The German ship Drehna is reported to have struck on reef some-where south of Flinders Channel at midnight on Tuesday last. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck Register
The annual wreck returns compiled by "Lloyds' Register," says the "Economist," of September 8, shrew that during 1899 the gross deduction in the effective mercantile…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Drehna Wreck. Townsville
The steamer Wakefield returned from the wrecked ship Drehna to-night, and Captain Brown, the South British Insurance Company's representative, reports that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Blocked at Pyrmont. Sydney
The steamer Salfordia, in attempting to go through the western passage of the Pyrmont Bridge, got stuck. Throughout the morning, therefore, traffic with Pyrmont,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch of a Ferry Steamer
The Kuring-Gai, a new 16-knot boat, specially built for the Manly Ferry Company, was launched at Mort's Dock yesterday. Her principal dimensions are:—Length…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Drehna Wreck. Townsville
The steamer Bobble Towns returned from the wreck of the ship Drehna to-day. The steamer Wakefield is still alongside the wreck. The salvage saved is 300 drums of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Abeona
Captain MacCorkindale, with officers and crew of the barque Abeona, arrived at Port Elisabeth on September 5, and reported that the previous evening the vessel struck on Thunderbolt Rock, off Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage Recovered
Some spars, supposed to belong to the schooner Jane, which foundered in Shoal Bay some time ago, were towed into the barbour on Saturday by the tug Emu…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundering of a Steamer. Thirty-three Lives Lost
LONDON, Monday.—The Canadian passenger steamer City of Montecillo foundered in a gale in the Bay of Fundy, arid thirty-three persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire and Shipwreck
An extraordinary tale of shipwreck and suffering has (according to an English newspaper) been brought to England by the crow of the barque Primera, who have reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discovery of Wreckage
A cable from New Zealand states a number of incandescent lamps, bearing the White Star brand, have been picked up recently in the vicmity of Maunganui Bluff, between Hokianga and Kaipara…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Ketch Sunk
The ketch Alfred Fenning, while being towed through the Coopernook Bridge, struck one of the piles and sank immediately. The ketch was on her way to Langley's sawmills. Lansdowne River, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boers Wrecking Railways
LONDON, Saturday.—Boers have broken the railway line at Bloemfontein in 20 places, and also the Kimberley-Belmont line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Drehna Wreck
The steamer Wakefield has returned from the wreck of the Drehna, having salved a large quantity of cargo. The wreck has apparently settled down into a hole in the reef, as there is more water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nelson's Bay. the Fish Steamer
When the New Navigation Act came into force the steamer Gosford had to discontinue running on account of the severe nature of the Art. The fishermen at once decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Twenty Thousand Ton Steamer
Of three huge liners at present being built at Belfast for the White Star line by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, one will, it is understood, have a tonnage of no less than 20,000, or 3000 tons more than the…
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