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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

264 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 14

The Federal Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 7

Sir,—Nearly a month has elapsed since the steamer Federal sailed from Port Kembla on what proved to be her last voyage, and the steamer must…

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A Schooner Capsized

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 7

A collision, attended with serious consequence, occurred off Largs Bay on Saturday between the coasting steamer Investigator and the schooner Mary Webster, a…

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The Federal Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 7

A wire from Cunninghame reports that the second officer of the Federal, who was sent overland to the scene of the wreck, has returned. He states that two bodies…

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The Araidne Wreck. Sensational Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 3

Advices from New Zealand state that considerable attention has been drawn to the evidence given at the magisterial inquiry held at Oamaru…

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The Ariadne Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 4

The inquiry into the stranding of the yacht Ariadne was concluded on Monday at Wellington. The magistrate said that the Court was satisfied that the captain had no intention of casting the…

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Wreck of the Ariadne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 4

The magistrate presiding at the inquiry has suspended the certificate of the master of the yacht Ariadne for three months for committing a grave error of judgment in navigation, and has ordered…

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A Schooner Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 4

Noumea advice to hand state that the American schooner Helene Nicholas, 184 tons, Captain Hanson Nicholas, master and owner, of Tacoma, United Status, which left Apia, German Samoa, on March 17, for…

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The Federal Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 4

Mr. A. Cameron, a resident of Cunninghame (Vic.), who took part in the search at Cape Everard for the bodies of the victims of the wreck of the Federal, has addressed a letter to the Melbourne…

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The Wreck of the Federal. Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

Active and well organised efforts are being made to raise a substantial fund to provide for the relief of the relatives of the victims of the wrecked…

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A Barque Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The barque Stuart, from Liverpool bound to Wellington, which went ashore on the Garnarvonshire coast, has become a…

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The Federal Wreck Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 4

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Federal and Louisa Lamont fund held in Melbourne, it was stated that 32 men had been drowned in the wreck of…

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The Bruthen Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 4

The ketch Elsinore, which returned to Queenscliff on Friday night, had a trying time and a narrow escape during the gale of the 21st march. Under bare pales she managed to make Soa Elephants'…

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A Ship Ashore. Stranded Near Cape Patterson. a Barque in Danger. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 5

A message from Cowes, dated April 23. 2 p.m., states that a large ship is ashore near Cape Patterson, about 20 miles from San Rome…

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Turkish Transport Wrecked. Two Hundred Soldiers Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A Turkish transport was wrecked in the Red Sea. Two thousand five hundred troops and 100 pilgrims were aboard. The…

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The Artizan Wrecked. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 5

Later particulars from Cowes, received this afternoon, state that the vessel wrecked at Cape Patterson is the Nova Scotian barque Artizan, from Manila,…

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Carrington. Wreck of the Federal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 6

A meeting of the residents of Carrington was held at the School of Arts reading-room on Monday night. The Mayor was unavoidably absent, and Alderman George…

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The Federal Wreck. a New Theory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 5

Mr. Alee Cameron, of Cunninghame, who accompanied Mr. Wilson, formerly second mate of the Federal, overland on his search for wreckage and bodies, has made a…

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The Artizan Wreck. a Terrible Experience. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 7

Later details from Cape Patterson regarding the wreck of the barque Artizan, show that the vessel which lies about four miles east of the Magnat…

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The Wrecked Federal. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 5

The Department of Navigation of New South Wales have declined to hold an Investigation into the loss of the Federal, as it took place in Victorian jurisdiction. The…

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P. and O. Steamer Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The P. and O. steamer Sobraon stranded on Tunying Island during a fog, and, it is feared, will be a total loss. The passengers…

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