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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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Steamer Mambare. Wrecked at the Islands. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 5

This afternoon Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. received from Noumea a cable stating that their island steamer Mambare has been wrecked at Tutuba, in the…

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Wreck of the Mambare

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 4

Further particulars to hand show that the wreck of the island steamer Mambare occurred red during a severe gale. The vessel was driven on to a coral reef that surrounds the…

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Steamer Aground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1902 · page 5

While leaving Newcastle shortly before midnight on Tuesday the Union S. S. Co,'s steamer Talune, bound for Dunedin with 2000 tons of coal, took the ground near…

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New Orient Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The new Orient-Pacific steamer Orontes, at her trial on the Clyde to-day, reached a speed of 18 1-5 knots…

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Loss of a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The British steamer Mehsdale has foundered off Garfunn Island. The captain and thirteen of the…

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Fire on a Steamer. Manapouri's Cargo Destroyed Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 5

At half-past seven o'clock to-night a fire broke out in the lower hold of the Union Company's steamer Manapourli, lying outside the steamer Darmstadt at the…

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Swansea. Launch of a Ketch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 6

A new ketch was launched at Swansea on Saturday. She was built to the order of Mr. T. Boyd, jun., by Mr. James Boyd, shipbuilder. The…

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A Barque Ashore. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1902 · page 5

The Russian barque Concordia, bound from Fromantle (W.A.) to Kalpara, to load timber wan driven on the coast south of Kalpara Heads yesterday afternoon. A…

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An Old Schooner with a History

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 12

The schooner Raven, of Beaumaris, has been brought to Carnarvon harbour to be broken up after a remarkably prosperous service in the coasting trade for a period…

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The Schooner Sybil

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 3

Some time ago the "recruiter" Sybil left Queensland with over one hundred kanakas aboard, on their way back to the Islands. The Sybil, however, never…

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Summons Division. Overloading Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1902 · page 3

Captain P. S. Newton, Inspector under the Department of Navigation, summoned Alexander Robinson, master of the steamer Barrabool, for overloading. The…

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New A.u.s.n. Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 4

The new A.U.S.N, steamer Wyandra has left London for Queensland ports. The new vessel was launched on June 24 last from the yards of Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons,…

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Weather Beaten Ketch. in Trouble Off Nobbys

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 5

The ketch Annie, a vessel of 70 tons, owned by Sir. L. Steinmotz, of the Manning River put into Newcastle yesterday afternoon weather bound and had a rough and…

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Wreck at Kaipara. Only One Survivor. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 5

The barquentine May was wrecked this morning at about 5 o'clock near Kaipara Heads, and of the crew of seven there is only one survivor, a native boy. The…

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The Wrecked May

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 October 1902 · page 4

The barquentine May, which was totally wrecked on Friday morning near Kaipara Heads, and all but one of her crew (a native boy named Wa[?]ue Dunn) drowned, was owned…

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Three Months' Shipwrecks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 7

Lloyd's returns, just issued, show that during the three months included, the number of ships lost from all causes was 243, and their tonnage 145,228 tons—only…

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Wreck of the Korunnah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 5

The severe southerly gale that raged along the coast during Friday was responsible for the loss of the little coasting Ketch Korunnah, which during Friday…

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New Mail Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 4

The Victoria, the Orient-Pacific Company's new mail steamer, arrived at Sydney yesterday on her first visit to Australia, having made the trip in the stead of the veteran…

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The Mambare Wreck. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1902 · page 5

The wrock of Messrs. Burus, Philpand Co,'s steamer Mambare, which took place on the island of Tutula. In the New Hebride Group, on August 30 last, was…

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Wreck of the Ventnor. a Cargo of Corpses Lost. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1902 · page 5

The steamer Ventnor, which left Wellington on Sunday last for Hongkong with a cargo of 500 Chinese encoffined remains and Westport coal, has foundered off…

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