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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

265 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 14

Steamer and Iceberg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 4

The Atlantic liner Kronprinz Willhelm had a sensational experience recently While on a trip from the Continent to New York the great vessel collided with…

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A Schooner Run Down. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 5

The steamer Everton Grange, of the Federal-Houlder-Shire line, whilst outward bound from Port Adelaide to the Eastern States this morning, collided…

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The Nithsdale Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 4

The steamer Nithsdale, which was wrecked about 14 miles from Karachi on an embankment formed some distance to sea from the month of Photti Creek, is,…

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Shipwreck Relief Society. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 5

The thirteenth annual meeting of the Royal Shipwreek Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales was held in Sydney Town Hall to-night. Sir Harry…

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New Tyser Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The steamer Nerehara, which was being built for the Tyser line, has been launched at Belfast…

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Steamer Trocas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 4

The disaster which happened to the steamer Petriana, near Port Phillip Heads, nearly five years ago, has been recalled by the recent arrival in Hobson's Bay of…

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Salvage From a Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat salved from the ship Orient which was wrecked off East London on July 30th, was 3211 bags…

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Steamer Disabled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 4

The steamer Kanowna arrived at Albany from Adelaide on Wednesday afternoon, and reported passing the steamer Winfield about 350 miles east of Albany…

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New Australian Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The steamer Urilla, which is being built for the Adelaide Steamship Company, has been launched at Middlesbrough…

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Wreckage Sighted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 4

The Adelaide Marine Board Department has received the following telegram from Captain A. Littleby, master of the ketch Lurline. It had been despatched from…

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A New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1907 · page 6

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have had launched at Sydney a small steamer for towing and cargo and for salvage work should occasion arise. The dimensions of…

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A Steamer Missing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 4

A New York despatch stated early in August that no word having been received regarding the British freight steamer Nicaraguan since she passed Virginia…

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Wreck of a Cutter. Death of Rev. C. Bleazard. Suva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 5

The cutter Tuimoala was wrecked on Kalafaga Reef, in the Eastern Group, on the 6th instant. The Rev. Colin Bleazard, Wesleyan…

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S.S. Pactolus Ashore. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 5

The steamer Pactolus, en route from Australian ports to London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, has gone ashore on the rocks at Portland, on the Dorsetshire…

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Wreck of the Tomki. Passengers and Crew Landed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 4

The steamer Tomki, when crossing out at the Richmond Heads at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, went aground near the north wall. As the position of the…

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The Steamer Oceano. Bunker Coal on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 5

The steamer Oceano, which arrived from Victoria (B.C.) on Saturday night, had a fire among her bunker coal on the voyage. Captain Davies informed a…

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A Sunken Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 4

Arrangements have been made to refloat the schooner Oscar Robinson, which was sunk at Port Adelaide recently, as the result of a collision with the steamer…

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The Steamer Patroclus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The water in the first and second holds of the steamer Patroclus, ashore near Portland, Dorset, is level with that outside…

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The Steamer Patroclus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Patroclus, from Australian ports, which went on the rocks off Portland, Dorset, is badly torn, and there are…

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Brigantine Natuma Ashore. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 5

The manager of the Central Telegraph Office has received a cable message from Hobort, which reports the brigantine Natuma has gone ashore near Droughty…

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