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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

264 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 14

The Schooner Hilda Overdue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 September 1901 · page 4

Anxiety is being felt in shipping circles for the safety of the schooner Hindu, which is about sixteen days out on a trip which usually takes about a day to complete. The schooner about three…

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The Schooner Hilda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 4

The schooner Hilda, about which some anxiety was felt in consequence of her having been about 16 days overdue on a passage from Sydney to Jervis Bay, has according to telegram received at…

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Mail Steamer Sunk. the Crew Safe. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 5

The contract mall steamer Thomaz A. Andrea foundered near Person Islnd on Tuesday last, while on a trip from Port Darwin, but no lives were lost, passengers…

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The Schooner Toogooloo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1901 · page 4

Since the schooner Toogooloo, timber lades, left Cape Hawke 14 days ago for Sydney, nothing has been heard of her, and the worst is feared. The department of Navigation has, at the request of the…

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The New Steamer Barwon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1901 · page 5

Barwon, Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s now inter-state trader, is due at Newcastle this afternoon, from London via Fremantle and Sydney. The vessel,…

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The Steamer Willowdene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1901 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. recently received word that the steamer Willowdene met with an accident to her machinery on September 1st, off Double Island Point, on…

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The New Steamer Barwon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1901 · page 4

Messrs, Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s now steamer Barwon arrived at Newcastle yesterday afternoon from London via ports, in command of the well-known voteran…

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The Disabled Steamer Willowdene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1901 · page 5

Captain J. Brinkworth, master of the tug Emu, spoke the disabled steamer Willowdene yesterday at 1.30 p.m. about 12 miles north-east of Port Stephens. The master…

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The Ketch Dewdrop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 4

The non arrival of the ketch Dewdrop at Sydney is causing some anxiety. Two months ago the Dewdrop, which went to Noumea with a cargo of explosives, left on her return to Sydney via Lord…

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The Schooner Toogooloo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 5

Intense anxiety is felt regarding the schooner Toogooloo, which 18 days ago left Cape Hawke, with a cargo of timber for Sydney, and has not since been heard…

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An Overdue Ketch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1901 · page 4

On Sunday the overdue ketch Dewdrop arrived safely at Sydney from Noumea via Lord Howe Island. After leaving Noumea the vessel had to battle against sales and rough seas, but suffered no…

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Wreck of the Islander. on an Iceberg. Appalling Loss of Life

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1901 · page 4

From American exchanges are culled the following details of the wreck of the steamer Islander, which early last month crashed into an iceberg off the coast of…

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The Wreck of the Manchester

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 4

A message from dose Francisco states that the missing ship Manchester, which sailed from New York on August 23 last year, with a cargo of kerosone for Yokohama, has been found beyond…

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Wreck of the Moonstone. Crew Saved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 4

The following telegram was received yesterday from, Cape Moreton—Steamer Quiraing reports proceeding to Sydney this morning with the crow of…

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Loss of the Moonstone. the Shipwrecked Crew

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 8

The members of the crew of the steamer Moonstone, which was wrecked at Ocean Island on July 27th, arrived at Sydney yesterday morning on board the steamer…

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Wrecked on a Coral Reef

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 4

By the steamer Noeu Tong, which arrived at Sydney on Wednesday night, was brought the news that the schooner Sunge, owned at Mioko, was wrecked on a coral resf on August 9. The crew…

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Wreck of a Barque

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 5

The steamer Haurote, which arrived at Sydney yesterday, had on board the shipwreeked crew of the Norwegian barque Stantsminster Selmer, which was wrecker…

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A Schooner on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 4

Captain Schonaberg, of the steamer Nenn Tung, which has arrived at Sydney from the Islands, reports that the German schooner Mascootta, while on a voyage from Matupi to Bougamville, was…

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A Destroyer Wrecked. Eighteen Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The torpodo-boat destroyer Cobra (turbine engines) while on a steam trail from the constructor's yard,…

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The Cobra Wreck. Latest Particulars

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 September 1901 · page 5

LONDON Saturday.—The torpedo-boat destrbyer Cobra, which was a sister vessel to the Viper (recently wrecked), had just been completed at…

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