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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

264 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 14

Alleged Wrecking. the Yacht Ariadne. Remand to New Zealand. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 4

At the Water Police Court this morning proceedings were taken by the police authorities for the extradition of the two persons against whom…

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The Steamer Monowai. Four Days Overdue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1901 · page 5

A telegram received yesterday from Hobart states that the Union Company's steamer Monowal, which was due there from The Bluff (N.Z.), on Friday last, has…

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The Steamer Monowai. Her Passengers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1901 · page 5

There is no further news of the Union S.S Company's steamer Monowai, now nearly a week overdue on a voyage from The Bluff to Hobart In shipping circles it…

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The New Schooner Kohola

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 4

A new vessel, the Kohola, an excellent type of schooner, has arrived at Melbourne from Eureka, on her maiden voyage. The Kohola has for masts, and her discussions are:—Leugah 183ft on the keel,…

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Wreck of a Trawler. Twelve Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A trawler engaged in fishing named the St. Bernard, of Hull, has been wrecked on the Faroe Isles, in the Baltic…

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Fire on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1901 · page 6

When the British India steamer Ujina passed Sydney Heads yesterday morning bound for Newcastle from Melbourne she signalled that on…

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Maritime Alarm. Wallsend Reported Ashore. a Mistaken Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1901 · page 5

A great deal of excitement and intense anxiety were caused in the city yesterday afternoon when two guns were fired from Fort Scratchley, and it was reported that…

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That Reported Wreck. Damage to the Ujina

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 5

It has transpired that the British-India steamer Ujina, which on Sunday afternoon arrived at Newcastle sustained damage while endeavouring to approach the…

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A Barque Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 4

The occupiers of a fishing boat which had been sometime as Jur[?]n Bay, near Fremantle, reported on Tuesday to the Fremantle authorities that the French barque. Ville de Reues, had gone aground…

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Alleged Ship Wrecking Sensational Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 5

The hearing of the case against T. C. Kerry, owner; George Mumford, master; and E. C. Freke, seaman, of the yacht Arladne, commenced at Christchurch…

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Struck a Sunken Wreck. the Waterloo Leaking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The four-masted barque Waterloo, bound from London to Melbourne with general cargo, has put into Falmouth in distress…

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Alleged Shipwrecking. Accused Committed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 4

The hearing of the case, in which Geo. Mumford, Thomas Canadox Kerry and Anderic Freke are charged with causing the loss of the yacht Ariadne,…

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Alleged Yacht Wrecking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 5

Mr. T. Caradox Kerry was the owner of the wrecked yacht Ariadne. At present he is under committal with two others on a charge of conspiring to cheat the insurance…

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Wreck of the Ariadne. Some Extraordinary Eveidence. Three Men Committed for Trial. Wellington, November 2nd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 2

The extraordinary case of the wrecking of the Ariadne has been engaging the attention of our courts, and as the result George Mumford, of Lyttelton, N.Z.,…

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Wreck of a Tug

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1901 · page 4

Early on Tuesday afternoon the tug Wyong was wrecked at the South Solitary. Captain Radcliffe and the four hands on board were saved in the tug's boat. The tug was on her usual monthly trip to…

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Gale in Britain. Many Lives Lost. Wrecks on the Coast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The heavy gale which began in England on Tuesday has not abated, and continued yesterday with great severity…

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Wreck of a Cutter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 5

A wire was received in the city this morning from Gabo Island stating that the cutter Storm Bird, which has of late been trading between…

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A New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 November 1901 · page 4

The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand have contracted with Messrs. Wm. Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, for the construction of a twin-screw steamer for the company's intercolonial…

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The Wrecked Baroda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1901 · page 4

The Mandalay, s, on her last trip to Coquille laid she moorings by which it is expected to float the British barque Baroda, which ran ashore on August 19th in a dense fog, nine miles south of Coquille…

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The Seized Steamer. Under False Pretences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer which was seized yesterday in the London Docks by the Customs officials on the ground that she carried…

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