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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Wreck of a Schooner. Master's Terrible Danger. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 October 1908 · page 5

The French schooner Juanita has been wrecked on the Newfoundland coast. Captian Ybart, the sole survivor of…

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Loch Finlas Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1908 · page 4

The Launceston Marino Court has entered the following finding concerning the wreck of the ship Lock [?]:— "After reviewing the evidence, the Court is…

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Smart Steamer Repairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 6

When the s.s. Elvaston was last in Sydney some extensive repairs were found necessary, and the steamer was brought on to Newcastle, contract for the…

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Steamer Claverburn. Stormy Experiences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 5

The steamer Claverburn, which arrived off the port on Monday night, entered the harbour yesterday morning. The vessel came from Hongkong, and on the voyage…

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The Aeon Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 4

The Sydney underwriters interested in the cargo of the steamer Aeon, wrecked at Christmas Island, after obtaining the report of Captain Downle and the officers of the vessel,…

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An Island Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1908 · page 4

Belama is the name given to the new steamer recently purchased by the British Government and intended for the use of Mr. C. M. Woodford, the British Commissioner in…

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Wreck of the Zior

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1908 · page 4

Captain Diaz and the crew of the schooner Zior, which was wrecked at Takatu Point, have arrived at Auckland. The captain states that the Zior missed stays a quarter…

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Japanese Steamer Disabled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 4

The steamer liver Clyde arrived in port yesterday from Nicolajosk via Hakodato, Japan to load coal. Captain Korr,the master reported that when in latitude 41.21…

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Wreck of the Aeon. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 6

The Court of Marine lnquiry to-day resumed the investigation of the circumstances connected with the loss of the steamer Acon, which was wrecked at…

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Improved Lifeboat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 October 1908 · page 4

A well-known Tyreside boatbuilder is the inventor of a lifeboat which he claims to be superior in safety and other sea-going qualities to other types. In this boat he…

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Steamer Trawlers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 October 1908 · page 4

There are over 400 steam trawlers and liners belonging to the port of Grimsby, says Sir George Doughty, M.P., in a letter to the "Daily Telegraph," and every tide bears to…

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Steamer Gordon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 October 1908 · page 4

Advices from London state that new steamer, christened the Gordon, and built to the order of Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co., of Liverpool, was launched on August 27 from…

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An Aeroplane Wreck. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 October 1908 · page 5

Mr. S. F. Cody, of the Farnborough Balloon School, was experimenting with an aeroplane, at Aldershot, yesterday, when the machine, through…

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Wreck of the Fifeshire. All Hands Saved. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 4

News was received to-day that the barque Fifeshire, which left Newcastle on August 2, bound for Portland and Astoria (Oregon), coal-laden, had been…

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The Kincumber Wrecked. at the Manning Heads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 5

The steamer Kincumber, a well-known and frequent trader between Newcastle and the Manning River, has been worked at the entrance to the latter place…

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The Walden Abbey Ashore. on the English Coast. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 5

The ship Walden Abbey, from Hamburg for Australia, is ashore at Clacton, Essex, in a dangerous position. [The ship Walden Abbey, a vessel of…

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The Kincumber Wreck. Captain and Seaman Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 5

Early yesterday morning word was received from the Manning Heads that Captain August Anderson, master of the wrecked steamer Kincumber, and Fritz…

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Schooner Seized. High-handed Action. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 5

The schooner Lady Kensington, bound from Trinidad, was seized while becalmed at Venezuela. The passengers and crew were…

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The Kincumber Wreck. Further Particulars

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 5

At the inquest on the body of Captain August Anderson, held at Harrington, some particulars of how the Kincumber got wrecked were given…

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New Orient Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The first of the new Orient mail steamers will be launched at Clydebank on November 7, and the second probably at Fairfield…

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