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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

265 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 14

Fire on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 5

Considerable excitement was created on board the steamer Rose yesterday afternoon. The steamer had been chartered, with the Guthrey, to convey excursionists…

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A Steamer Race

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 4

It is reported that the steamer Newton Hall and the Allanton, which is under charter to the Commonwealth line, both left Valparaiso on the 26th April for…

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Wreckage Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 4

Captain C. Babrielson, master of the brigantine Rachel Cohen, which arrived at Adelaide from West Australia on Sunday last, reported having found on Eucla beach on April 23 a…

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Schooner Capsizes. Twenty-eight Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 5

The French schooner La Jalouse, which had sailed from Cayenne for Saint Louis, was swamped and capsized off Barbadoes…

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The Scottish Monarch. a Model Cargo Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

The streamer Scottish Monarch, which sailed from Newcastle last night with a cargo of coal for Honolulu, is one of the finest type of cargo steamers to visit…

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Wreck of the Kiora. Captain and Two Passengers Drowned. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 6

Intelligence has been received of the wreck of the Northern Company's steamer Kiora, between Mawhia and Mokau, on the west coast of the North Island. Captain…

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The Steamer Aymeric

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 5

Trouble in the stokehold of the steamer Aymeric on Saturday was responsible for the vessel being delayed off the port for over thirty hours…

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New Coasting Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 4

The new steamer Queen Bee, which was built at Blackwell by Mrs. R. Davis, to the order of Captain J. Weston, arrived at Newcastle on Saturday. The new vessel…

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The Kai-ora Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

The latest advices regarding the wreck of the Kia-Ora on the west coast of North Island state that all the crew except the captain are safe…

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Barque Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

News has been received that the German four-masted barque Polymnia has been wrecked at Bayley Island, in the Wallaston Group, near Cape Horn. The…

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The Steamer Medic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The White Star line steamer Medic, from Sydney and Melbourne, has arrived at Liverpool. There is a slight crack above…

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Wreck of the Albania. Arrival of the Survivors. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 6

The Union Company's steamer Atua, which arrived to-day from Fiji and the Islands, via Auckland, had on board 16 castaways, comprising the captain, his…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Royal Naval House.—jack Ashore and Jack Afloat.—publishing Police Clues: Is It Wise?—newcastle and Sydney.—something Which Is Seldom Considered. — the Liquor Party Arming. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 4

The Royal Naval House grows, thanks to the energetic services of those in control, and the ever-increasing love of the men for this institution. The laying of…

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Wreck of the Santiago. Great Loss of Life Feared. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 5

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Santiago, of 2950 tons, which left the port of Corral with her engines partly disabled, as the result…

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A Sunken Vessel. Ketch Arab Missing. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 5

The South Coast steamer Allowrie, which put into Botany Bay yesterday with the loss of her three propelier blades, returned to Sydney this morning…

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Wreck of the Santiago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—With reference to the wreck of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer. Santiago, on the Chilian coast, it is…

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Botany Bay Wreckage. Ketch Arab Safe. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 5

Fears for the safety of the ketch Arab were dispelled to-day by the receipt of a telegram from Jervis Bay that the vessel passed Jervis Bay at 8 a.m., bound south…

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A Schooner Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

The master of the steamer Germania, now at Sydney from Marshall and Caroline Islands, reports that during a hurricane the island-grading schooner Charles and Elia foundered,…

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The Wreck of the Kia Ora

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 11

Since I last wrote we have received full particulars of the week of the Northern Company's coasting steamer Kia Ora. There is still some uncertainty as…

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Steamer's Cargo Damaged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Meat to the value of £15,000 aboard the steamer Manchester City, at Buenos Ayres, has been boiled for tallow, owing to…

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