The Nambucca Wreck
Particulars of the wreck of the steamer Namubueen, a vessel well known in connection with the New South Wales coastal trade, were received from New Zealand by the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905
290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 15
A Motor Driven Lifeboat
Motor boats are now common, but a motor-driven lifeboat is entirely now. Until recently, says "Cassell's Magazine," it was thought impossible to construct…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Slieve Bawn Wreck
In connection with the wreck of the Slieve Bawn, the Salvage Association have received the following telegram, dated Bahia, December 16:—"Six feet of water round her at low tide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Excursions
The steamship Newcastle left the wharf at about 9.30 a.m. for Cowan flay with 400 people on board. The City Band was engaged, and a pleasant run south was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Haudaudine Wreck
Among the passengers from Noumea by the French mail steamer Pacifique, which arrived at Sydney on Sunday, was Captain N, Sevin, two officers, and 22 sailors, comprising the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Telamon
The steamer Telamon, flying the flat of the Ocean S.S. Company (Holt's Blue Funnel line), now making her maiden trip to Australia, was launched by Messrs. Workman, Clark,…
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The new twin-screw mail steamer, P[?]na, built for the Eastern and Australian service of the P. and O. Company, was launched from Messrs. Barclay, Curie, and Co.'s yards…
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The E. and A. Company's steamer Australian, about the safety of which fears were entertained, arrived at Brisbane early yesterday. She was due at Brisbane from Japan and China…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Medora Wreck
Further news concerning the wreck of the schooner Medora at Fortuna Island, north of Fiji, has been received. The mishap was caused by a hurricane, which lasted two days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sinking the Wrecks
Active preparations have been in progress, for some time with a view to sinking the bulks Elamang and Katoomba at the end of the northern breakwater. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Turbine Steamer
On December 22 last Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons, of Linthouse, launched a turbine steamer of 11,000 tons, for the Allan Line Steamship Company. Limited of Glasgow. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barque Mayfield Wrecked. All the Crew Safe. Melbourne
The four-masted barque Mayfield, which sailed from Geelong on the 3rd February, wheat laden, for England, is a total wreck off the Tasmanian coast. The crew are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H.M.S. Pylades Ashore. Brisbane
A message was received from Thursday Island to-day, stating that H.M.S. Pylades, which recently left Sydney for England, went aground on Peel Reef. Torres straits,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundering of a Schooner Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
An investigation was commenced by the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day into the circumstances surrounding the foundering on the 24th ult. of the schooner Violet…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Later details with regard to the grounding of the French armoured cruiser Sully, 9856 tons, which is ashore on the rocks in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Medora Wreck
Further particulars have been received from Levuka, Fiji, respecting the loss of the schoolner nor Medora, which was wrecked at Wallis Island during a heavy gale last month. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Orizaba Ashore. Her Position Serious. Perth
A sensation was caused this afternoon when it became known that the mail steamer Orizaba had gone aground on Garden Island, outside of Fremantle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Castle Steamer
An order for a new steel twin-screw steamer has recently been placed by the Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., for their coastal trade. The general dimensions of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Position of the Steamer
The Orizaba lies in an exposed position, close to Coventry Reef, on which the barque Carlisle Castle was wrecked and all hands lost some years ago. She has a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Orizaba Wreck. Total Loss Feared. How the Accident Occurred. Perth
Later particulars available regarding the stranding of the Orient liner Orizaba indicate that there is little prospect of saving the vessel except under the most…
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