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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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Steamer Inger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 4

The steamer Inger collided with a warping pile of the Robinson Bridge, in Port Adelaide Harbour, on November 8, and was damaged to the extent of from £800 to £1000. The…

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The Wollumbin Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 4

Captain C. Spinks, chief surveyor of the Sydney Underwriters' Association, returned to Sydney on Thursday from the wreck of the steamer Wollumbin, at the Bellinger…

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New Steamer Riverina

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 4

Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s now steamer Riverina, specially designed for the interstate trade, reached Fremantle on Friday on route from Southampton, via Durban, to…

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The Schooner Kineo. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 5

The five-masted American schooner Kineo, bound from Manila to Newcastle (N.S.W.), a hundred days out, put into Moreton Bay to-day. She signalled that…

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Wreck at Sea. Great Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 5

The steamer Hilda, belonging to Southampton, has been wrecked off Cezimbra, on the Portuguese coast. She had on board, in addition to the…

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Another Turbine Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 4

The A.U.S.N. Company, following on the launch of the turbine steamer Bingera, has ordered another steamer of the same class for the Sydney, Noumea, and Fiji trade,…

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La Bella Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 4

The Marine Board has directed Captain Myllus, of the ill-fated ship La Bella, at Warrnambool, to have the wreckage removed within one month. The wreck will…

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Wreck of the Hilda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Sixty-four out of 139 persons who lost their lives in the wreck of the steamer Hilda have been identified. They include several…

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Steamer Evandale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 4

Captain Buyers, of the steamer Evandale, which arrived fit port yesterday, reports that he left Mogi on October 31, and when the vessel was in 50deg north a cyclone was…

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Wreck of the Hilda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Among the victims of the wreck of the Hilda was Mrs. Mary Butler, wife of the Hon C. Butler, formerly Aide-de-Camp to…

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Beri-beri on a Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 11

The officers of the American five-masted schooner Kineo, which put into Moreton Bay on Monday afternoon, had a pitiable story to relate of their experiences since…

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La Bella Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 4

The Victorian Engineer of Ports and Harbours (Mr. Maclean), who made an investigation into the work done by the Warranambool lifeboat and crew on the occasion of…

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The Ernest Reyer Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 4

News was brought to Sydney by the R.M.S. Ventura of to mishap to the French ship Ernest Reyer at Honolulu. This vessel sailed from Newcastle on September 16 with…

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Steamer in a Cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1905 · page 4

When she was four days out from New York, the well-known Tyser line steamer Star of Ireland was struck by a cyclone, and for some hours underwent a particularly…

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The Thordis Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 4

Mr. R. N. Wallace is in receipt of advice that the steamer Thordis, which was coming to Newcastle from Manila, had been ashore at or near Thursday Island, and sustained…

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Wreck of the La Bella. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 5

An inquiry was commenced by the Marine Council to-day into the wreck of the barquentine La Bella, at Warrnambool, when Captain Mylius was charged with…

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New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer Hymettus, which is being built for Messrs. Archibald Currie's trade, was launched at Jarrow yesterday…

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Wreck of the La Bella. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 5

The investigation by a Court of Marine Inquiry into the week of the barque La Bella, at Warrnambool, on November 10, was concluded to-day. Captain Mylius was…

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The New Turbine Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 11

The Union Company's new turbine steamer "Maheno" made a good but not a sensational passage from Sydney. She was deeply laden and was not pushed; but…

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New Coasting Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1905 · page 4

Advices received by the North Coast S.N. Company by the last English mail state that the company's new steamer building of the yard of Messrs. Dunlop and Co., is already…

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