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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Another Wreck. Off Devon Coast. London

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

The steamer Jebba, from, Lagos, West Africa, has been wrecked off Salcombe, Devonshire. Eighty passengers were with…

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Pearling Schooner Wrecked. Fremantle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 6

Captain Perke has receicd a cable from Onslow, via Port Darwin, stating that the pearling schooner Cutty Sark is a total wreck in Big Blow, Exmouth Gulf, West…

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Steamer Ennerdale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 4

News has been received that Captain Holm, senr., late of the barque Helen Denny, who was sent from New Zealand to London in search of a new steamer,…

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Wrecks in West Australia. Perth

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

Particulars of the wreck of the Mildura have been received at last. It appears that the vessel, on March 12th, ran en the reefs outside the North-west…

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A Wrecked Ship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 4

The captain of the French barque Choteau diff, which arrived at Nantes on January 12 from New Caledonia with a cargo of ore, reports that on November 4, when off the…

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Big V. Small Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 4

On Saturday the steamer Inveric, 4789 tons, cleared Sydney Heads for Newcastle at 10.20 a.m. Twenty minutes afterwards the North Coast steamer Cavanba…

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The Wrecked Suevic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—It is expected that about three-fifths of the cargo and other valuable property on the wrecked White Star liner Suevic will…

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A Schooner Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4

News has been received of the loss of the schooner Viking at Santa Cruz. The vessel belonged to the Lever's Plantation, and while on a trading voyage was driven ashore in…

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Shipwreck Experiences. Terrible Sufferings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

The wreck of the steamer Larchmont, running between Providence and New York, on February 11, was recently reported by cable. The steamer ran into a…

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The Brunswick Wreck. a Sensational Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

The latest English files testily to the horror felt by the people of Great Britain upon receipt of the news of the wreck of the Great Eastern Railway…

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The Mildura Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4

Then Court of Marine Inquiry at Perth has suspended the certificate of Captain Thorpe, of the Mildura, for three months, for careless navigation. Slaving regard to the state…

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The Suevic Wreck. Condition Critical. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 5

A heavy swell has caused the suspension of operations on the White Star liner Suevic, wrecked off the Lizard, and all the salvage steamers'…

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Steamer Disabled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 4

The steamer. Herbert, of the Adolaide Company's line, broke down in Spencer Gulf recently, and was towed to Adelaide by the Excelsior. The Herbert left…

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The Larchmont Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 4

A terrible shipping disaster, in which over 180 persons were drowned or frozen to death, occurred last night (cabled the Daily- Express" New York correspondent…

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Excursion Staemer Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer Albion, bound from Newport to Bristol, went ashore in a fog on rocks near Portishead, on the Severn…

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Explosion on a Steamer. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 5

The steamer Alabama, laden with benzine, while on a trip to Fremantle from Aroe Bay, in Sumatra, had a narrow escape from destruction off Java Head. On…

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Wreck of the Suevic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The wrecked White Star steamer Suevic has been severed, and a large portion of the vessel is being towed to…

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The Australian Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

Captain J. Strachan, of the schooner Envy, is negotiating for the wreck of the steamer Australian, near Port Darwin. He was on the Australian when she ran…

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Claims to a Steamer. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 6

A somewhat unique position has been created in connection with the wreck of the steamer Mildura, off the North-west Cape. It appears that soon after the…

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Our London Letter Australian States Constitution Bill.—municipal Politics.—queensland Immigration Scheme.—improvements in Conveying Perishable Produce.—consumption and Milk.—the King and the New Old Bailey.—mr. Haldane's Army Scheme.—the Berlin Wreck.—women Cab-drivers. Australian States Constitution Bill. London, March 1st

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2

In the House of Lords on Tuesday night Lord Elgin moved the second reading of the Australian States Constitution Bill. The main provisions of the measures…

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