Newcastle Steamer Blown Up
News has been received in Newcastle that the steamer Tiberius, which left here for Klung Chow with 5700 tons of Lambton coal, has been blown up by Russian mines. When the steamer…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 19
A Schooner in Trouble
The topsail schooner Jones Bros., engaged in the Sydney cool trade, which arrived here from Sydney yesterday, had a sensational experience on Monday night. She left Sydney at. o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrecked Jeera
The ketch Jeera, which was wrecked near Dederi Point last week, was a wooden vessel built at Crookhaven, in this State, in the year 1900, her principal dimensions being: Length,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The German steamer Gertrude Moermann, with reinforcements, etc., for the troops in German South-West Africa, has gone…
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News was received in Sydney this morning of the total loss of the German steamer Solingen on the South African coast. The vessel was at the time…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—There have been heavy snowstorms throughout the United Kingdom, and telegraphic communication has been interrupted…
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LONDON, Friday.—The American steamer Donald, while proceeding from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to New Brunswick, foundered during a storm…
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Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's new steamer Wimmera arrived yesterday from Sydney in charge of Captain Sheriff. The Wimmera reached Sydney on her maiden…
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News has been received that the new steamer Carpentaria, which was recently launched, and is now being completed in Messrs. Furness, Withy, and Co.'s yards,…
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A telegram received from Bellinger Heads states that the work of blowing up the wreck of the three-masted schooner Elliston was commenced on Thursday, dynamite being used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Vermont
The steamer Vermont, under charter to the Lion Line, Ltd., arrived on Saturday In ballast from Hongkong She ho to the agency of Mr. R. B. Wallace, and will load a quantity or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatality on a Mail Steamer. Adelaide
The commander of the German mail steamer Grosser Kurfurst, which arrived from Bremen yesterday, reports that on Friday he sighted the R.M.S. Orizaba,…
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As the R. M. S. Aorangi was leaving Sydney on Monday afternoon on her voyage to Vancouver the steam steering gear by some means became unworkable and as a result the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Australind
The steamer Australind arrived at Port Pirie on Friday last. After taking in a shipment of ore she will leave for Sydney to take the berth to load wool, etc., for the United…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Shipwrecks
Old ocean has a wonderful power of keeping her secrets. Few people indeed have any conception how incomplete are the chronicles of shipwrecks. For there is…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Steamer Newcastle
After a short period in dock the Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer Newcastle resumed her running in the Sydney-Newcastle service on Thursday night, arriving here…
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The inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Maud Weston, near Terrigal, on 10th November, was resumed to-day by a Marine Court, consisting of Judge…
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Particulars of the wreck of the steamer Solingen have been received. Captain Fisher, of the steamer Hyades, of the Houston line, which is trading between Capetown and…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer Secundra, of 2610 tons, belonging to the British-India Steam Navigation Company, struck a rock outside Galle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Indralema
Details were received by the R.M.S. Himalaya of the accident to the Indralema near Manchester on November 15. The vessel was leaving Eastham Docks, Manchester Canal…
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