Wreck of the Bega. Opening of the Inquiry
Captain Newton Superintendent of Navigation and Mr. N. Lockhart, secretary, have held an inquiry at Bega into the circumstances of the foundering of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
263 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 14
Wreck of the Sophia Ann. Sold for £35. SYDNEY
The wreck of the steamer Sophia Ann on the Richmond River bar was to-day put up for auction by Messrs. Fraser, other, and Company, and sold for £35 to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Schooner Lost
Advice has been received of the total loss at the Gilbert Islands of the schooner Louise J. Kenny. The vessel was driven on a coral reef. Upon examination it was discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipwrecked Crew
On March 9 the steamer Bray Head Indeed at Belfast (Ireland) the crew of the wrecked schooner William Skinner. The latter vessel left Georgetown, South Carolina, on February…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Founders
News has been received of the total loss of the recruiting schooner Fawn in the New Hebrides group. The Fawn was making for Aoba, when a reef was sighted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Steamer
Messrs. J. and T. Miles' new steamer Austral, built for the Cape Hawke-Sydney trade, was launched at Forster on Saturday. The new vessel is a tidy-looking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Lifeboat
The motor lifeboat, operated from the shore; is already a fact. One was put into commission at an English port six months ago, and during the rough…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Disabled. Sydney
The pilot at the Tweed Heads to-day telegraphed to Captain Newton, the Superintendent of the Navigation Department, stating that a large steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Allowrie. Sydney
It was stated to-day that some painters who had been engaged on the steamer Allowrie whilst she was in dock preparing for her recent trip during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taviuni Ashore. Wellington
The Union Company's Tavlunal is ashore a mile south of Westport breakwater. Steamer have been sent to assist her. It is expected she will be towed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Druce Case. Caldwell a Wreck. London
The medical officers of Matteawan Lunatic Asylum, New York, pronounce Robert Caldwell (who was arrested on an extradition warrant warrant for perjury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Ancient Wreck
An attempt is to be soon made to recover the freight of the ship Schomberg, which was wrecked at Port Campbell on the Victorian coast as far back as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Taviuni
According to latest reports, the Taviuni, which went ashore near Westport, New Zealand, is high and dry on the beach, with the cabins and saloons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Gladiator Many Sailors Missing. London
Captain Waller Lumsden, the commander of the cruiser Gladiator, which was beached on the Isle of Wight, after a collision with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Taviuni
An anchor has been got out seaward from the wrecked steamer Taviuni, at Westport, holding her in position. No damage is discernible to the hull. The water seems to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pearling Fleet Wrecked. West Australian Disaster. Perth
A sensation was caused in Fremantle to-day, by the receipt of advice from Broome to the effect that the pearling fleet, which included many luggers, had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Age. Loses Her Propeller. Sydney
The Howard Smith steamer Age was towed into Port Jackson in a disabled condition by the steamer Arawatta this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gladiator Wreck. No Criminal Responsibility. London
The inquest into the death of the members of the crew of the cruiser Gladiator, which came into collision with the liner St. Paul off the Isle of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of Pearling Boats. Fifty-five Men Drowned. Perth
A further telegram was received to-day from the Police Magistrate at Lagrange Bay, concerning the disaster to the pearling fleet. It is as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Barque Wrecked
News has reached Noumea of the wreck of the Norwegian barque Bjurne. The captain of the French steamer St. Pierre wired from Pane that he was bringing on the crew…
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