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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 19

Locating the Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 5

In discussing the possibility of locating the exact scene of the disaster, the wreck of the Catterthun on Seal Rocks some yeasts ago is recalled. When the…

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The Nemesis. More Wreckage Found. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 5

A report, the authenticity of which may reasonably be accepted, throws additional light upon the movements of the steamer Nemesis after her departure from…

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More Wreckage Discovered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 5

Reports from Cronulla Beach show that the Nemesis, wherever the wreck may be located, is breaking up. More feather pillows have been washed ashore, also…

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British Steamer Captured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Reuter's Agency reports that the Japanese have captured a British steamer near Chifu, on the ground that she was laden with…

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A Large Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The steamer Caronia, which is being built for the Cunard Steamship Company, was launched yesterday…

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Collision at Sea. a Schooner Sunk. Four Men Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 5

At an early hour yesterday morning a collision occurred ten miles south-east of the report between the steamer Tagliaferro and the schooner Western Star, in which…

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Search by the Pilot Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 5

Shortly after two o'clock in the morning the lookout men at the signal station signalled to the relieving pilot steamer Barunda that a vessel was in distress…

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The War. Operations Recommencing P. and O. Steamer Seized

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The correspondents of "The Times" at Tokio declares that General Kuropatkin's plans are perplexing…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Marvels of the Twentieth Century. the Wardenclyffe Tower, Showing Arrows on Left Communicating Force Niagara, and Arrows on Right Paying It Out to Light Up Cities and Provide Them with Power and to Carry Messages to People Afloat and Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 5

Tesla, the wizard of light, declares that the earth is like a human brain, it is full of electrical vibrations, of cells, which the human brain can make reflective,…

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Steamer Kincumber

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 4

The Manning River Limestone Company's steamer Kincumber was yesterday taken off the Stockton slip, after having undergone a general overhaul. The vessel has been…

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Wreckage Sighted. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 5

When the steamer Lady Mildred was 20 miles north-cast of Sydney Heads, on her way from Newcastle to Port Adelaide, with a cargo of coal, those on board sighted a…

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Steamer Strikes a Whale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 4

The North Coast Company's steamer Kyogle on Wednesday evening, while on a trip from the Clarence to Sydney, has an exciting experience. At about half-past eight…

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Relic of an Old Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 2

There turned up in an auction room the other day a relic of a wreck, the news of which created a great sensation in Australia at the time. On the 26th October,…

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British Steamer Sunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, 11 a.m.—Intelligence has been received that the Vladivostock squadron has sunk the British steamer Knight Commander,…

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The Steamer Malacca

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The destination of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Malacca is supposed to be Algiers or Crete…

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German Steamer Searched

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A Russian warship has searched and released the Gulf of Finland, a German tramp steamer, at Lisbon…

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The Steamer Allanton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A deputation of shipowners has waited upon the Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour, in reference to the selzure by the Russians of the…

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The Steamer Ardova

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The British steamer Ardova, bound from New York to Manila and Japan, which was seized by a volunteer cruiser in the Red Sea,…

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Steamer Delayed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Hall line steamer City of Agra, which left Liverpool on July 9 for Bombay and Kurrachee, has arrived at Perim. She…

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Steamer Ysabel Repaired

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 4

A cable message has been received from the New Hebrides, stating that the steamship Ysabel, which some time ago was disabled in the islands, had been repaired, and sailed…

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