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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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The Dandenong Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 4

Referring to a paragraph in yesterday's issue concerning the Dandenong wreck, Mr. Thomas Edmond supplies some interesting particulars. He states that his mother, his…

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Jones Bros' Wreck. Inquest Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 7

The inquest was resumed yesterday into the death of Charles Petersen and William Lilja Manson, seamen of the wrecked schooner Jones Brothers, and Charles…

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Jones Bros' Wreck. Inquest Continued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1905 · page 3

The inquest was continued yesterday into the death of Charles Petersen and William Lilja Manson, seamen of the wrecked schooner ,Jones Brothers, and…

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Jones Bros' Wreck. the Inquest Concluded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

The inquest was concluded yesterday into the death of Charles Petersen and William Lilja Manson, seamen of the wrecked schooner Jones Brothers, and…

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Wreck in the Suez Canal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The removal of the wreckage of the steamer Chatham which recently took fire and was sunk in the Suez Canal, is hindering the…

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A Contraband Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—One of the Copenhagen dailies, the "Politiken," reports that the captain of the steamer John Grafton, which was exploded and…

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New Steamer Riverina

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 4

The steamer Riverina, which was launched from the yards of Sir James Laing and Co., Ltd., Sunderland. in May last, having been built to the order of Messrs. Huddart,…

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New P. and O. Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new steamer, Dongola, has been launched on the Clyde, and the Deutch-Australische's…

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New Australian Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Bingara has been launched at Belfast for the Australian trade…

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New Coastal Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 4

According to advices received by mail, there was launched on August 11 from the yards of Messrs. Scott, of Kinghorn, the steel steamer Duranbah, a vessel 130ft in…

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Mishap to a Steamer. Townsville

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 4

News received this afternoon that the Adelaide Company's steamship Kadina, which left Lucinda Point at noon, was aground in the Hinchinbrook Channel,…

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Jones Bros.' Wreck. Marine Court Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 3

A Court of Marine Inquiry into the wreck of the schooner Jones Brothers at the entrance to the Newcastle barbour, on the 31st of August, was opened before His…

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Jones Bros.' Wreck. Marine Court Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 6

The Court of Marine Inquiry Into the cause of the wreck of the schooner Jones Brothers, at the entrance to Newcastle harbour, on 31st August, was concluded…

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Wreck of the Jones Brothers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 4

The verdict of the Court of Marine Inquiry in regard to the unfortunate disaster which led to the wreck of the ill-fated schooner Jones Brothers, and…

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Schooner Moana Wrecked. the Crew Drowned. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 5

The schooner Moana, from the Manning River (N.S.W.), has been found on the beach at Mokau bottom upwards. There was no sign of the crew…

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Wreck of the Chatham. Cargo to Be Exploded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—It has been decided to blow up the nitro-glycerine, 70 tons, in the wreck of the steamer Chatham in the Suez canal…

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Steamer Aground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1905 · page 4

The steamer Tomki, while crossing out the Richmond Heads last evening, went aground. The latest advice was that the steamer was on the ground between the…

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Wreck of the Loch Vennacher. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 5

It now seems certain that the Loch Vennacher has met with the same fate as the Loch Sloy did five or six years ago on the south coast of Kangaroo Island. A…

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The Schooner Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 4

The schooner Waratah, while being lowed to sea by the steamer Mokaw on Wednesday night to Newcastle, broke adrift owing to the tow-line parting. The schooner…

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Steamer Aground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 4

The steamer Lady Mildred, while entering Newcastle harbour, proceeding to the King's What, yesterday, took the ground near the red light, and became fast on the mud…

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