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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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Wreck of the Kinclune

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 4

Further particulars have been received from Auckland of the wrecked barque Kinclune, which went ashore on the Rangatira Beach, about 15 miles south of Kaipara, early in…

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An Eg[?]-shaped Lifeboat Crosses the Atlantic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 5

A remarkable 18-foot boat has just succeeded in crossing the Atlantic. It is really a lifeboat, and was designed with the special object of showing what a craft…

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Fire Extinguishing Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 7

At Wivenhoo on January 13th, there was launched by Messrs. Forrestt and Company, Ltd., the steel twin-screw fire-extinguishing and disinfecting steamer…

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Wreckage Sighted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 4

On the arrival of the ketch Wave at Sydney from the Bellinger River on Tuesday afternoon, Captain Mommson reported having sighted wreckage off the coast. The course…

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New Union Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 4

The new steamer, which the Union Co. has ordered for the Sydney-Samoa-Auckland trade is to be a trific larger than the Navua. Mr. James Mills, in a recent letter to the manager…

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Fire on the Warrimoo Steamer Returns to Port an Exciting Experience. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 5

The steamer Warrimoo returned to port to-day, owing to a fire having broken out on board the vessel while on the outward voyage to Hobart and New Zealand. The…

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Seizure on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 4

The steamer Tungehow arrived at Hongkong recently from a coastal port, and was boarded in the ordinary way by the harbour officials, (says the "Morning Post"), who, their…

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The Wreckage Off Terrigal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 4

The wreckage sighted off Terrigal by the keth Wave on Tuesday, is believed to be from the punt which sank in heavy weather off Norah Head on Monday, whilst being…

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Schooner Fanny Safe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 4

News has been received that the three-masted schooner Fanny, 73 days out from Sydney, and which was given up as lost, arrived at Noumea on Monday. She sighted the first…

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Another New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 4

Messrs. William Hamilton and Co., Limited, launched at Port Glasgow on January 21 a steel screw steamer for Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Euchara, and Co., Limited, for their…

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Wreck of the Khyber. Twenty-three Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Severe hurricanes are blowing on the English coast. The Khyber, a barque of 1927 tons,…

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The Khyber Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—It transpires that of the three survivors of the Khyber wreck, Johansen joined the vessel at Melbourne as a seaman, and…

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Wreck of a Barque

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

The French barque Cannebiere, 2578 tons, bound from New Caledonia to the Clyde, has been wrecked at Dandrum Bay, on the northeast coast of Ireland. The Cannebiere, a fine…

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The Khyber Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 4

In connection with the wreck of the ship Khyber, homeward bound from Melbourne, on the Cornish coast, it transpires that no complete record of the crew has been left behind…

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The Steamer Pilbarra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 6

A cable message has been received from Noumea stating that the steamer Pilbarra, which was fourteen days overdue at Suva from New Caledonia, broke down two days…

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Supposed Wreck. Thursday Island

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

Men who arrived here from the Mapoon Mission Station report that the remains of a large ship have drifted ashore on the west coast of the peninsular, about 50…

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A Schooner in Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 4

The new schooner Eugene, outward bound from Sydney for the Solomon Islands, got close to North Head yesterday morning and was taken in low by the tug conqueror, and…

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A Supposed Wreck. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 5

A telegram received from Thursday Island to-day states that the wreckage which was reported from the Mappoon Mission Station may be that of the Italian ship…

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York Peninsula Wreck

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

Further information from the Batavia River natives shows that the wreckage already reported on York Peninsula was washed up near the mo[?]th of the Coen River. It was…

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The Acacia Wreck

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

Concerning the delay in reporting the finding of the wreck of the Acacla before the wreck of the Hrier Holme, the fishermen concerned say that bad weather prevented…

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