Wrecks of the Year
The following list of shipwrecks which have occurred on the New South Wales coast during the past year, giving the name of the vessel, date, cause, and locality of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 13
Schooner in Collision
News has been received by the steamer Moerakl that the schooner Jap had collided with the scow Rambler, while the latter was at anchor in Cloudy Bay. The Rambler…
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Grave fears are felt in shipping circles for the steamer Scot, a vessel recently chartered to trade between Sydney and Ocean Island for the Pacific phosphate company. When the…
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The P. and O. steamer Australia, which was wrecked on June 22, 1904, still rests on the Corsair Rock, off point Nepean, in spite of the ceaseless actions of the tide. The…
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LONDON, Saturday.—An outbreak of fire on the steamer Car[?]sle, at Sa[?]gon, French Cochin China, caused an explosion, as a result of which the…
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A well—known New Zealand officer figured in the mishap which befel the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company's steamer [?]eh [?], which was blown up on…
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The King Island trader Yambacoona, which left Launceston on Saturday evening for the island, was reported on Sunday night to be in distress, off Wynyard. Assistance…
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It is nearly a year since the R.M.S. Orizaba was wrecked on the reef outside Fremantle, and the vessel is still fast on the rock. Mr. Charles Moore, purchaser of the cargo and…
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It is announced that the new steamer Ripple has been purchased by the Canterbury Steam Shipping Company, and is to be employed in the coastal trade…
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More than one big fortune has been founded on week salvage. The Normanby family, as most people know, owes its rise to the salvage recovered by…
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The inquiry held at the Auckland into the loss of the four-masted barque Thistle, at Palmerston Island, was concluded last week. The Court were of the opinion that the…
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The small river steamer Burwah has sent in the river at Clarencetown. The mishap was caused by the vessel taking a list and as the tide rose the water flowed in, and she…
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Fears are entertained that the steamer Scott a vessel of 908 tons, has been lost with all hands while on a voyage from Japan to Oceans Island. The steamer Lombard, now…
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The Melbourne Steamship Company has been advised of the launching on Thursday last of the steamer Monaro from the Yards of Sir William Gray and Company, at west…
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The North Coast S.N. Company is having a new passenger steamer built at Havre for the Richmond River trade, and it will be ready for launching in a couple of months…
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The steamer Wakeheld, which has just completed a voyage from Townsville to Sydney, had home rough weather on the run down. The Wakefield has done a…
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We understand on excellent authority (says the "South Wales Daily News") that an influential syndicate has just been formed for the establishment of a first-class…
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Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co., charterers of the steamer Nairn, complain of that vessel being delayed at this port, owing to a pilot refusing to take her to sea. The…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The steamer Atua, which is being built for the Union Steamship Company, was launched on the Clyde yesterday…
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While the steamer Lady Mildred was discharging general cargo alongside the intercolonial wharf, Port Pirie, on the 30th ult. part of her shipment of sulphur became…
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