Severe Winter Storms. Wreck of a Steamer. London
A severe blizzard has occurred in the United States, and fierce snowstorms in Scotland. The British steamer Fidra,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 15
The Other Steamer
It transpires that the Union Steamship Company's steamer Paloona was the vessel which was in close quarters with the Malaita…
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The Marine Court delivered judgment to-day in connection with the inquiry into the striking of an obstacle in Bass Straits by the steamer Ennerdale…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Orient Steamer. Frost Stops Launch. London
The new steamer Oesterley, built at Govan, for the Orient Steam Navigation Company, was to have been launched from the docks yesterday…
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The Howard Smith Company have disposed of the steamer Nelson, which for many years traded between Townsville and Cairns via river ports. The purchaser is Mr. A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Aleida Wreck
Captain A. M. Berntsen, who was master of the Norwegian barque Aleida, lost a few months ago at Surprise Island, returned to Sydney by the French steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer. Brisbane
Shortly after midnight the wool stored in No. 1 hold of the German steamer Tubingen, which arrived at Short-street wharf on Monday from southern ports,…
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A cable message has been received from London by the Marine Underwriters' Association stating that the steamer Indralema had been slightly damaged in a collision. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ururoa Wreck
Advices from New Zealand state that the efforts to reflect the scow Uroroa, ashore at Wanganui are expected to be successful, If is stated that the vessel is not so badly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Clan Ranald. Off Trowbridge Head. Many Lives Lost. Adelaide
The steamer Clan Ranald, of 3596 tons. which left the Semaphore anchorage on Sunday morning for the United Kingdom via South African ports, foundered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunken Barque Explodes. Six Wreckers Killed. London
While a Trinity House wracking party were blowing up a submerged barque near Yarmouth, their boat was blown to pieces and six men were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Clan Ranald. Details of the Disaster. Adelaide
The arrival of the rescued members of the crew of the steamer Clan Ranald has afforded the opportunity to obtain some further information as to the foundering…
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Intelligence was receive in Sydney late to-night that a steamer of 100 tons is ashore at Broken Bay. The message added that it was believed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Romance of Wreck-raising
Mr. Frank T. Bullen contributes a very interesting article in the February “Windsor Magazine” entitled “The Romance of Wreck-raising.” Writing of the…
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Sir Raylton Dixon and Company, Limited, launched from their Cleveland Dockyards on December 23 a fine steel screw cargo and passenger steamer, built with cantilever…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Narooma. Near Cape Three Points. Sydney
The vessel which went ashore at Broken Bay last night turned out to be the coasting steamer Narooma, which had ventured close inshore during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Helpless Steamer. Short of Coal
The steamer Falls of Orchy arrived at Newcastle yesterday after a stormy passage from Manila, via Takluban. Captain Broome informed a “Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Clan Ranald. Theory As to the Cause. Adelaide
The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Constable Shanks, of Edithburgh, stating that another body of a lascar from the Clan Ronald has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifeboat Services
Although the storms and gales of the year 1908 provided plenty of work for the lifeboats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain and their gallant crews, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scene of the Wreck
Cape Terawhit[?] is at the south- western corner of the North Island of New Zealand, and not far from Wellington. From Tongue Point the coast is bold and cliffy…
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