Steamer Delayed
In ordinary circumstances the Aramac, of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s line, would have reached Melbourne on Thursday night, but it was not until shortly before 5 o'clock on Friday…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907
265 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 14
Wreck of a Steamer. Twenty-two Deaths. London
The Cypress has been wrecked in Lake Superior. Of 23 persons on board, 22 were drowned…
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According to the statistical summary just published by "Lloyd's Register," the gross reduction in the effective mercantile marine of the world during 1906 amounted to 946 vessels…
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Further attempts have been made to refloat the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Mildura off the reef at N.W. Cape. West Australia, and although they have been attended by a fair…
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Particulars have been received of the trial run of the new steamer Yulgilbar, built and engined by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company. Troon, for the North Coast Steam Navigation…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Danish steamer Alfred Erlandsen has been wrecked at St. Abbs, on the east coast of Scotland, while bound to Libau,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ferry Steamer Burned. Melbourne
The ferryboat Queen, which, after an absence of two years, yesterday again began to run between Williamstown and Port Melbourne, was burnt last night at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Alfhild Wreck. Hobart
The search party after the castaways on the West Coast from the wreck of the Alfhild returned this morning. They report having experienced a terrible time,…
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The steamer Emerald, which has been plying between Brisbane and Woody Point-Redcliffe for the past seven years, and the other assets of the Humpybong S.S. Company, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Glencairn Wreck
How an English baby, 16 months old, was thrown from the poop of a wrecked ship into a lifeboat while a heavy sea was running is told in connection with the wreck of the ship…
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The steamer Hampstead, which loaded 8200 cases of oil and 1700 tons of bunker coal at Newcastle for Fiji, was ready for sea last night, but was delayed. It appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Trilby. Marine Court Finding. Sydney
The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse, who had Captains J. V. Hall and J: Mackenzie with him as assessors—held an inquiry in the Sydney District Court this…
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Every increase in the calibre of the ship's gun renders necessary an increase in that of the fortress gun. The biggest gun afloat, however, is small potatoes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundered in a Gale. London
The fishing schooner Orion has foundered in a gale off the coast of Newfoundland. There were eighteen hands on board,…
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On Monday afternoon a collision occurred in the Yarra lower swinging basin between the Harbour Trust barge Fawkner, silt laden, and Messers. Henry Moss and Company's steamer…
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Another fire broke out on the auxiliary schooner Endeavour at Auckland on October 20. The fire, which was located in the cabin. gained a firm hold, but after a considerable…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Orara, which is being built for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, has been launched at Kinghorn,…
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The steamer Kilbride, 3712 tons, Captain Gibson, which arrived here on the 2nd instant from Newcastle, has gone ashore on a reef opposite Suva…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Turret Steamer
The Union Company's new turret steamer Koromiko, launched at Sunderland on November 5, will leave for New Zealand at the end of this month or the first week in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Island Steamer
A steamer at 1260 tons has Just been purchased by Messrs. Burns, philp, and Co. for the island trade. The new beat, which has been named Muniara, after an island in the…
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