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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Steamer Deserted. Sydney

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

Captain Henry Newton, Superintendent Of Navigation, this afternoon received the following telegram from the Adelaide Marine Board:—"We are advised, that…

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The Morven Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 4

Further particulars have been received of the wreck of the ship Morven, commanded by Captain Rees, son-in-law of Mr. H. Kerr, of Stockton. The vessel was…

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Wreck of the Annasona. Crew at Lord Howe Island. Maelgwyn's Crew Also Safe. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 5

Telegraphic information was received to-day from Norfolk Island that the barque Annasona, bound from Callao to Newcastle, had been wrecked on…

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New Steamer Cooma

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 4

The Howard Smith steamer Cooma, the launching of which was recently reported, is intended for the Melbourne-Queensland trade. She is about the same size and…

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Wreck of a Schooner. Off the Crozet Islands. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 5

The German barque De Ruyter, which arrived off the heads this evening, reported the wreck of the Norwegian schooner Catherine off the Crozet Islands,…

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Wreck in the Atlantic. Great Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 5

The steamer Larchmont, bound from Providence, the capital of Rhode Island, to New York, came into collision with the collier Harry…

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A Schooner Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 4

A cable from Suva states that the schooner Cygnet, with 25 head of cattle on board, has been wrecked at Cicia Island…

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Wreck of the Catherine. the Captain's Statement. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

Captain Ree, who was in charge of the schooner Catherine, which was wrecked off the Crozet Islands, has supplied further details of the disaster…

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The Larchmont Wreck. Terrible Scenes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

Further details have been received of the sinking of the passenger steamer Larchmont, while on a journey from Providence to New York,…

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Suffocation on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Fumes from a cargo of matches on a steamer bound from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Antwerp, suffocated four passengers,…

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A New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Thos. Law and Co., the owners of the well-known Shire line of sailing vessels, have just had constructed to their order a fine type of cargo steamer, and…

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Barque Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 4

News from Wellington states that the French barque Marguerite Mirabaud is ashore, 10 miles south of the mouth of the Taleri River. The crow is safe. The…

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Schooner on Fire. Two Men Blown to Pieces. Cooktown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 5

A quantity of benzine, consisting of 340 cases, which had been removed from the ketch Victor to the auxiliary schooner Papuan, for transfer to New Guinea,…

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Disaster to a Steamer. Many People Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 5

The Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Berlin, from Harwich, was driven on to the pier at Rotterdam…

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Wreck of the Annosona. Marine Court Action. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 6

The Marine Court held an inquiry this afternoon into the circumstances attending the striking of the barque Annasona on Middleton Reef, near Lord Howe…

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Wreck of the Berlin. Great Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 5

Further details of the wreek of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Berlin, near Rotterdam, show that the vessel was driven ashore on…

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The Crozet Castaways. Steamer to the Rescue. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 5

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Turakina, from London for Wellington, via Capetown and Hobart, will call at the Crozets,…

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Wreck of the Berlin. the Work of Rescue. How the Passengers Perished. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 5

Later details concerning the wreck an Voorne Island, Holland, of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Berlin, which was attended…

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Another Shipwreck. Austrian-lloyd Liner Ashore. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 5

The steamer Imperatrix, 4213 tons, belonging to the Austrian-Lloyd line, was wrecked at Cape Elaphionisi, on the Island of Crete, while on a…

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Wreck of the Annasona. Master's Certificate Suspended Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 5

George Wm. Blackstock, master of the barque Annasona, which was wrecked on January 18, on the Middleton Reef, near Lord Howe Island, while on a voyage…

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