The Steamer Mareeba. Ashore at Stockton. All Hands Saved
The A.U.S.N. Company's well-known cargo steamer Mareeba went ashore on the beach, about ten miles north of Stockton, early yesterday morning…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
263 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
The Steamer's Crew
Captain Murchie, master of the Mareeba, came into Newcastle last evening for medical attention. He is suffering from injuries to his hands and one of…
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As was predicted in yesterday's issue, the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Mareeba, which stranded on the Stockton beach on Friday morning, has become a…
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According to advices received by mail, Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co. have received tenders from builders for the connection of a twin-scew three-decked…
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Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Company's cargo steamer New Guinea took the ground in Newcastle harbour early yesterday morning…
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The steamer Galava, 500 tons, arrived from Cardiff yesterday morning. She is in charge of Captain Irvine, who says he does not know who the owners of the…
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Whilst lying on and on the Island of Atiu recently, the schooner Vaiti had a narrow escape from total destruction. It appears that Captain Harries has proceeded to the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The German training cruiser Freya, of 5650 tons, ran down the fishing schooner Maggie May during a dense fog off the Banks…
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It will be learned with interest by coastal passengers cod shippers (says an exchange) that a new steamer has been ordered for the interstate trade by M'Ilwraith, M'Eachan,…
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Messrs. William Gray and Co., Limited, have launched at West Hartlepool the steel screw steamer Saramac, which they have built for the bulk petroleum trade of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mareeba Wreck. Marine Court Inquiry. Officers Held in Fault
A Court of Marine inquiry concerning the stranding and subsequent wreck of the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Maeeba on the Stockton beach on July 31 was held at the…
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The four-masted barque Palgrave, which sailed from Newcastle, New South Wales, on June 4th, for Coquimbo, Chili, has been wrecked at Lengua…
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The steamer South Australia, on her return to Levuka, Fiji, from Wallis and Rotuma, reported that on arrival at Matautu, Wallis Island, a small schooner was observed…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Morea, the new vessel built for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, has been launched on the Clyde…
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The barquentine Polly, timber laden, bound to Melbourne, went aground in the channel at Whangarei, a mile below the wharf, a week ago. The vessel is now considered a…
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The Deputy Postmaster-General has received a telegram from Normanton reporting that the ketch Mark Twain, of 9 tons, sprang a leak on July 27th, and…
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The passenger and fruit-carrying, steamer Cartago, built at Belfast for the Tropical Fruit Steamship Company, of Glasgow, has undergone her speed trials bi the Skelmorlie…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The turbine steamer Otaki, which is being built for the New Zealand Shipping Company, has been launched at…
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The "Petit Marseillais" publises, with an illustration, the history of the oldest steamship afloat, belonging to that port. It is the Orient, of the New…
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Advices from Bergen report that the Norwegian steamer Folgefonden has Stranded off Skaauerik, and sank in three minutes…
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