A Leaking Ketch
Shortly before noon on Thursday, Mr. Maclean, Victorian Engineer of Ports and Harbours, received the following telegram:—"Stony Point.—The ketch Tyro, of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 13
The Anjou Wreck
The French Consul at Auckland has received a letter from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, instructing him to forward the official thanks of the French…
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According to present arrangements the new steamer Atua, of the Union line, will leave Port Glasgow for Australia next month, maxing a call at Durban en route. She is…
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The old-time ferry steamer Manly, after 32 years of service, is to be broken up. She was built in 1874, and for years carried passengers between Sydney and Manly. Then…
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The steamer Cornwall, which arrived at Newcastle from Brisbane on Thursday, was to have taken in 1550 tons of bunker coal, but had to leave the port yesterday…
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The auxillary scnooner Hercules, one of the island trading vessels, has been wrecked at the Gilbert Group. It appears that the Hercules was on a trading cruise through the…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Board of Trade has exonerated Captain Gregory, the master, and the officers of the steamer Hilda, which was…
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While the steamer Empire, of the E. and A. line, was in Eastern waters, she fell in with a large steamer in distress. A course shaped for the vessel, and she was found on…
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All hope for the safety of the steamer Scott now appears to have been abandoned, the vessel being long overdue at Ocean Island from Mogi. Captain Ronald, of the steamer…
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The steamer Australian arrived here this morning, Two Japanese divers, examined her bottom, and found no serious damage. The vessel is not leaking, she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The King David Wrecked
The loss of the British ship King David, a Vessel well known in the Australian trade, is reported from San Francisco. The King, David dragged her anchor and drifted broadside on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap to a Steamer
The steamer Ettrickdale, which has been chartered to load case all at New York for Fremantle and Melbourne, has met with an accident. The vessel was caught in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →La Bella Wreck. the Captain Acquitted. Melbourne
The trial of George Myllus, of the barque La Bella, for the manslaughter of Harold Watson, who was drowned when the vessel was wrecked at…
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The ship Speke, of 2875 tons, Captain Tilotson, has gone ashore at Nobbys, near Cowes, in Westernport Bay She is a total wreck, but her crew, who…
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Further particular of the wreck of the ship Spoke, near Cowes, on the Victorian coast, show that the Vessel crashed on the rocks and immediately afterwards awun[?] broadside on to…
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Captain J. Dawson, of the Union Company's steamer Karitane, which arrived at Sydney on Thursday, reports that on Tuesday evening he saw what appeared to be a ship's yard…
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The officers and men of the ship Spoke, wrecked on Phillip Island yesterday, all agree that everything possible was done to save the vessel. The storm was terrific,…
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The steamer Bai, at Sydney from Delngoa Bay, flies the Swedish flag, She belongs to the Swedish-South African Company, her sister ships being the Battle, Euphrates, and…
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In connection with the supposed wreck in Cloudy Bay, South Bruni Island, the Marine Board representative made a further each, and reported by telephone that he had found…
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During the last fortnight Messrs, Morison and Bearby, engineers of Carrington, have been busy carrying out some extensive repairs to two large steamers in port. The s.s…
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