Wreck of the Laurel. Sydney
Captain Christensen, of the barque Loongana, which arrived from the Gilbert Islands to-day, reports that the well-known schooner Laurel has been…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
263 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14
The Ketch Harold
The ketch Harold, which stuck fast on the North Spit at Bellinger Heads, while attempting to cross out on Tuesday morning, was floated off at 10 o'clock on Tuesday…
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Particulars of the wreck of the steamer Murital on the New Zealand coast show that the vessel ran into a cluster of rocks at the Big Chicken during a heavy fog. The almost…
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The Northern Steamship Company of the Murital—on the Hen and Chickens' Is New Zealand has lost another steamer—lands, but, luckily, on this occasion, there…
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Captain Phillipsen, master of the steamer Hawk was among the passengers for London by the R. M. S. Britannia, which left Sydney on Saturday. He is proceeding to Leith…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →February Wrecks
During the month of February the Board of Trade received reports regarding the loss of 51 British vessels, representing a net register of 15,531 tons. In connection with these…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Holland American line steamer Rotterdam, of 25,000 gross tonnage, and which will carry 4015 passengers and crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Taunton. a Unique Record
To have had her bottom out twice been beached, had a fire on board, and been carried 18 miles inland by a tidal wave is a unique record for a vessel not…
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The sale at public auction by Messrs. Chas. C. Smith and Co. of the wrecked steamer Newark Castle (6224 tons grass) attracted says the "Natal Advertiser," an exceptional…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Steamer Ashore. London
The British steamer Pow An, of 2336 tons, bound from Hongkong to Canton, went ashore on the coast. Eighty Chinese passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Frenchmen
In a former letter 1 gave particulars of the wreck of the French vessel President Felix Faure on the Antipodes Islands, and the rescue of the officers and crew…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Steamer France Aground. Perth
During a heavy gate at Fremantle last night the steamer France broke from her anchorage in Gage Roads, and drifted on to the south bench. She is lying in a good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Bega. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
The inquiry into the loss of the Illawarra Company's steamer Bega on the South Coast on April 5th wan resumed to-day before the Sydney Marine Court,…
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No effort has been made to shift the steamer Franc from her exceedingly dangerous position on the south beach at Fremantle, and each gust of weather…
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The trial trip of the new steamer pericles from Cardiff to London was a success. The submarine signalling apparatus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Off Fremantle. Mail Steamer Delayed. Perth
The R. M. S. Britannia arrived at Fremantle from Adelaide at 2 o'clock this morning, 16 hours late. The captain reported a terrible trip. From the day after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eaten by Cannibals. Wreck on the Congo. London
The Belgian steamer Ville de Bruges has been wrecked on the Congo. Seventy native were drowned, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Big Schooner
The six-masted schooner Edward J. Lawrence, the second largest wooden schooner in the world was launched on April 4 from the Percy and Small shipyard, in Bath, Maine…
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An explosion has occurred on the Hamburg-American liner Arcadia causing loss of life and sinking of the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New England Wreck
Sir,—"Honour to whom honour is due." The late Mr. Zoppi was not one of the rescue party at the New England wreek. There were four men, three of whom…
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