Schooner Galatea Beached. Sydney
The schooner Golaten was yesterday beached at Cronulla, in close proximity to the wreck of the steamer Thodo Fagelund…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
263 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 14
Driven on a Reef. the Steamer Myall. Townsville
The Howard Smith Company's steamer Myall left Lucinda Point at one o'clock on Wednesday morning, after having discharged a cargo of steel rails at that port…
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A remarkable mystery, which has filled a large number of Belgians with, stupefaction and even with awe, has been discovered in the forest of Solgnies,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wreck of the Windsor. Chief Engineer Drowned. Perth
The s.s. Windsor, under charter to Messrs. Duncan, Paterson, and Company and Stewart and company with a cargo of sandalwood for Hongkong, was…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Germaine battleship Hessen, of 13,200 tons, is ashore at Cuxhaven. Four tugs are assisting in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Windsor. Rescue of Survivors. Perth
It has now been ascertained that before the s.s. Penguin reached the scene of the wreck of the steamer Windsor on Friday the vessel had almost completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Windsor. Rescue Party Missing. Perth
Intelligence from Ger[?]ton states that two men who went out in a boat to endeavour to rescue the crew of the stranded steamer Windsor, have not been found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecks in December
The number and not tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of December, 1907, are as follow:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Island Wrecks
The wreck of the Fernmount, which recently foundered at Butaritari, in the Gilbert Islands, was sighted by the steamer Malaita during her island cruise. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Disaster. Wreck of the Emily Reed. London
The American timber ship Emily Reed, of 1466 tons, from Newcastle (N.S.W.), for Portland, Oregon, has been wrecked off Oregon, 11 of those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harbour Collision. Steamer Aground
At about nine o'clock yesterday morning the Currie liner Darius collided with the American four-masted barquentine Jane L. Standford, doing damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Windsor Wreck
The Chief Harbourmaster, Captain Irvine, who recently held a preliminary inquiry concerning the wreck of the steamer Windsor on Pelsart Island, reports that the vessel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Strange Wreck
By the Union Co.'s steamer Navua, a strange story of a wreck at the Gilbert Islands has come from the islands. The auxiliary sc[?]ner Laurel recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap to a Steamer
The German steamer Germania, which arrived at Sydney from the islands on Monday, was several days behind time. The delay was caused by the vessel running ashore at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer and Scow Collide. a Seaman Drowned. Auckland
While leaving for Newcastle at 11 o'clock last night the Union Company's steamer Wairuna collided with the scow Moonah, which was inward-bound, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Drogher
The North Coast Company's drogher Farmers' Friend, which got adrift from her moorings at the Nambucca entrance on Monday morning last, has now broken up in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Union Liner Wrecked
LONDON, Monday.—The Union liner Newark Castle, of 6224 tons, has been wrecked north of Durban. The vessel is in a hopeless condition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wireless Telegraphy. Saves Steamer's Passengers. London
Owing to the prompt use of wireless telegraphy in signalling for assistance, 600 passengers, including many women and children, were safely transferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Tofua
The Union Company's new steamer Tofua, specially built for the South Sea Islands trade, is expected to be ready to leave for the colonies about the middle of next month…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer in a Cyclone
The steamer Timaru has arrived at Rockhampton after having had a rough time in the recent cyclone at Marble Island. Captain Hailigan stated that the vessel was anchored…
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