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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

265 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14

Supposed Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 4

The steamer Bombala, which arrived at Melbourne from Sydney on Monday, brought news of a supposed wreck. It was stated that when the vessel was off…

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An Old Wreck

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

Mr. Macpherson, a Port Darwin diver, returned a few days ago from the wreck of the Thomas Andreas a coastal steamer, that foundered off the mouth of the Daly…

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Fire on a Steamer. Colonial Puts in at Fremantle Perth

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

Shortly after midnight last night the lookout man it Rottnest sighted a steamer heading for Fremantle and flying signals of distress. As the vessel came…

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New Island Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 4

Messrs, Burns, Philp, and Co.'s new schooner Lily, which has been constructed for their island trade, was yesterday despatched from Sydney for the Solomon…

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Wreck of a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The British steamer Mount Royal, of 7045 tons, has been wrecked in the Skeena River, British Columbia…

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New Coastal Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1907 · page 4

The new steamer Kempsey, built for N. Can's coastal co-operative Macleay River service, arrived at Fremantle on Tuesday night. The new vessel is en route from…

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New A.u.s.n. Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 4

A new steamer for the A.U.S.N. Company's Melbourne to Cooktown service is in course of construction. Though somewhat shorter than the Kanowna and the Kyarra, the new vessel…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, July 6. the Kia Ora Wreck

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

It appears, after all, that only half the story was told about the wreck of the Northern Company's coastal steamer Kia Ora, about which I wrote in my last letter. The…

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Wreck of a Racing Yacht

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Herr T. W. Tietjen's yacht Hamburg has been totally wrecked while racing between Heligoland and Ostend…

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The Woollahra Ashore. Loss of Life Feared. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 5

The barque Woollahra, of 942 tons, which left Wellington yesterday for Sydney, via Kaipara, went ashore at Cape Terawhiti, about 29 miles from the…

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New Lund's Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Gileb[?] Wat[?] and Sanderson, Ltd., have received by the l[?] English mail particulars of a new steamer which Messrs. W. Lund and Sons are building for the Blue…

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Steamer Fido Wrecked. All Hands Safe. Tweed Heads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 5

The Norwegian steamer Fido, 1448 tons, in charge of Captain Larsen, stranded at about 7 o'clock last night on a reef outside Cook Island, abreast of the…

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The Kia-ora Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 13

The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Kia-ora wreck continues, and some very hard swearing has resulted. Which side is right, and which wrong,…

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New Turret Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 July 1907 · page 4

The Union Steamship Co. of Now Zealand has contracted with Messrs. W. Doxford and Sons Sunderland, for the construction of a turret deck steamer of about 4000 tons, She…

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Wreck of the Woollahra. Finding of the Court. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 July 1907 · page 5

Judgment was given yesterday by the Marine Court in the case of the wreck of the barque Woollahara, which went ashore at Terawhitt, a few miles from…

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Wreck of a Scow. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 5

The scow Surprise was totally wrecked at Ohare. The captain, mate, and two of the crew are believed to be drowned. The fifth man reached the shore…

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The Columbia Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—It is estimated that 69 lives were lost by the wreck of the steamer Columbia, off Northern California. One hundred…

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The Ysabel Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Burns, Philip and Co. have been advised that their Island steamer Ysabel has gone ashore at Namu Island, in the Marhsall Group. No details, of the mishap have been…

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Another Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 13

The New Zealand coast lately has been acquiring an unenviable reputation for wrecks. Before the inquiry into the wreck of the Kia Ora was concluded,…

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Ship Orient Ashore. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 5

A cable message received in Melbourne to-day states that the Russian ship Orient, which left Melbourne on June 6 with a cargo of wheat for East London,…

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