Missing Schooner
The New Zealand Government steamer Tu[?]nekai has returned to Wellington alter an unsuccessful search for the schooner Haeremai, which has been reported missing. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 13
Royal Packet Company's New Steamer
Last Friday the new ocean line Amazon left Southampton on her maiden voyage on the South American service of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London News. Chinese Labour.—german Visitors.—the Education Bill.—turbine Steamers.—tinned Meat Scandals.—royal Packet Company's New Steamer.—dear Wool.—dr. Arthur, of N.S.W., on Australia.—personal. London, June 22nd
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman on Tuesday received a large deputation of members of the House of Commons, who presented a memorial signed by 168…
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The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company steamer Newcastle has been in dock at Sydney for the past week undergoing her usual half-yearly overhaul. The engines…
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The new steamer Rupara is said to be a splendid addition to the Adelaide Company’s fleet. The vessel has been built for the passenger, mail, and cargo service on the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buninyong-criffel Case. Steamer Adjudged at Fault. Sydney
Reserved judgment was to-day delivered by Sir William Owen, Deputy Judge Commissary in Vice-admiralty, in the cross actions for damages in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Cooma
A special feature in connection with the new Howard Smith steamer Cooma, new building, will be the batten between decks, and the electric fans in the holds for the carrying of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capsize of a Ketch. Brisbane
A telegram has been received from Thursday Island, reporting that the ketch Amantis, belonging to Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., capsized at 9…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Emigrant Ship Wrecked Five Hundred Drowned. Fights for the Lifeboats. London
The Italian steamer Sirio, bound from Genoa to Buenos Ayres, with 800 emigrants aboard, has been totally wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Sirio. Charges Against Officers. London
Survivors of the wreck of the Italian emigrant steamer Sirio state that directly the vessel struck the captain dropped into a boat, saying,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Goes Aground. in Newcastle Harbour
The Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer Newcastle went aground in the harbour opposite the ferry wharf, shortly after her arrival from Sydney…
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Advices received by the R.M.S., Omrah state that Messrs. Harland and Wolff. of Queen's island, Belfast, have received an order from the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer
News by the German steamer Laeisz, which arrived at Sydney yesterday, states that an outbreak of fire occurred on the New York steamer Burgermeister Hackmann, bound from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Sirio. Cause of the Disaster. London
Additional survivors from the Italian emigrant steamer Sirio, which was wrecked off Cartagena, Spain, have been landed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Story of a Shipwreck
That terrible wreck on the South American coasts reminds us of some of our own great wrecks. It is a common thing to refer to the wreck of the moment as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Mareeba. a Tempestuous Voyage. Brisbane
The steamer Mareeba arrived at Brisbane from Tahiti, in the Society Islands to-day. Captain Smith reports that the Mareeba left Port Kembla on the 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Montagu. Officers Punished. London
A court martial has been held at Portsmouth into the loss of H.M.S. Montagu. Exhaustive evidence was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecks for June
The number and not tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of June, 1906, and the number of lives last,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pilot Schooner Lost
News of a disaster to one of the Bombay pilot schooners is contained in a letter from the captain of the steamer Queen Christina. The pilot schooner was on the outside station,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton. Launch of a Steamer
At the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. M. and A. and H. Callen, Stockton, on Thursday morning, a new steamer, built by the firm to the order of Messrs…
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