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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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

The Maud Weston Wreck. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1904 · page 4

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the coasting steamer Maud Weston, which took place on the 10th November, at Terrigal, while bound…

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Steamer Ottensen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1904 · page 4

The Ottensen of the German-Australia line, arrived at Melbourne late on Monday night. She is a new vessel on her maiden voyage. She is of 4266 tons gross, and was built at…

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New Steamer Priam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1904 · page 4

An account has been raeceived of the trial of the new steamer Priam, just built by Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn Leslie and Co., Limited, for the Ocean S.S. Company (Holt's…

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Harbour Steamer Burned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Glen Island a steamer of the type of the General Slocum, has been burnt to the water's edge in Long island Sound, New York…

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New Coasting Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 4

The new steamer Noorebar, which has been built for Mr. G. W. Nicoll, has left Glasgow for Sydney. The new steamer is intended for the Byron Bay trade, running in conjunction…

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Mutiny on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 December 1904 · page 4

Mail advices from Paris, under date 4th November, state that a muttuy which might have had serious consequences broke' out on hoard the British ship Le Coq, anchored it the…

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Steamer Borderer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 December 1904 · page 4

The steamer Borderer, which was built by Messrs. Russel and Company, to the order of the Border Union Steamship Company, Ltd., of which Messrs. James Little and Company,…

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Steamer Borderer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 4

The steamer Borderer, which was built by Messrs. Russel and Company to the order of the Border Union Steamship Company, Ltd., of which Messrs. James Little and Company,…

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Steamer Milton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 4

The steamer Milton, which was reported overdue at Bunbury (W.A.). has turned up in a disabled condition. A cable to the Sydney underwriters states that the vessel had put into…

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