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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

264 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14

The Wreck of the Cobra. How She Foundered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The torpedoboat destroyer Cobra, which was wrecked on Wednesday on the Dowsing Shoals, was only transferred by…

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The New Steamer Moira

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 4

The A.U.S.N. Co.'s new steamer Morn, now on hot moiden visit to this port, has while lying at the dyke, been admired by all who appreciate a cargo vessel that is thoroughly up-to-date in…

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The Wreck of the Cobra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The victims in has disaster, both officers and blue-Baskets, belong chiefly to Grimsby. The French gunboat Ibes…

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Ship Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1901 · page 4

A telegram has been received at Port Adelaide stating hat the ship Acainis is ashore on Tuesday Island, in Spencer's Golf. The vessel is on sandy bottom, and is in no danger…

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The Acamas Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 4

From Mr. A. Cole, harbour-master at Port Lincoin the secretary of the Adelaide Marine Board has received the following telegram:—"The steamer William Scraby, from Stilaby Island, reports…

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The Oakland Wreck. Captain Molloy Exonerated. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 5

The Marine Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse and Captains William Jack and Henry Wethorspoon (assessors), hold an inquiry to-day into the circumstanced…

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A Russian Steamer Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1901 · page 4

To Sydney on Friday were brought by the steamer Eastern particulars of the loss of the Russian steamer Finauxminster Witte. The lost vessel was proceeding from Mogi (Japan) to…

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Sale of a Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1901 · page 4

On Wednesday, at Port Darwin, the steamer Thomas Andrea and her cargo of 80 tons copper ore, now lying sunk oil Peron Island, near the mouth of the Daly River, was sold at auction by the…

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Wreck of the Whakapai Four Persons Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1901 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Monday.—News has been received to-day that the scow Whakapai capsized near Gisborne. The crew consisting of five persons,…

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The Steamer Oakland. Safely Floated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1901 · page 4

Early yesterday morning the North Coast S.N. Co.'s steamer Oakland was successfully floated at the Richmond River Heads, where she was stranded…

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Wreck of the Moonstone. Master and Mate Suspended. SYDNEY

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

The Court of Marine Inquiry, consisting of Judge Blackhouse and Captains Dakin end Meckenzie (assessors), sat to-day in connection with the less of the steamer…

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A Barque Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1901 · page 4

News has been received from Portland (Oregon) that the barque Bareds, a well known Australian trader, is ashore on a sandy beach nine miles south of the Coquille River. The vessel was bound from…

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Wreckage Sighted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1901 · page 4

On arrival at Sydney on Monday from Mackay. Captain Munro, master of the Adelaide S.S. Co's steamer Mintaro, reported that when about eight miles north from Smoky Cape, or some 215 miles…

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A New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 4

The Allanton, new steamer, which has been taken up to load at New York for Australian ports, was launched on August 30 by the Sutherland Shipbuilding Company, Limited. She is a steel screw…

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Wreck of a Scow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 7

By the wreck of a scow near Gisborne the other day four of the crew were drowned. The crew clung to the vessel for two hours and were then…

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A Year's Wrecks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1901 · page 4

A return just issued by the New Zealand Marine Department shows that there were 48 wrecks on the coast during the year, representing 19,503 tons, as againas 42, representing 10,148 tons, in the previous…

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For Shipwrecked Sailors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1901 · page 4

Captain Weir, on behalf of the South Australian Government, has finished the work of erecting on Kangaroo Island shelter-houses and finger posts for shipwrecked mariners. Two houses 10ft square,…

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Wreck of a Barque. the Earl of Dalhousie Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 October 1901 · page 5

News has been received by the English mail of the wreck of the four-masted barque Earl of Dalhousie, a vessel of 1765 tons, built in 1884 at Dundee by Messrs…

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The Earl of Dalhousie Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1901 · page 4

Further particulars are to hand of the wreck of the well-known Australian trader, the Earl of Dal-housie, which, while board with a cargo of nitrate valued at £18,000 from Isuique to Rotterdam, was…

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The Steamer Dovedale. Still Under Arrest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 5

At a late hour last night the steamer Dovedale (Captain Darley), which is engaged in the inter-state trade under charter to the Adelaide S.S. Company, was…

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