The Pilot Steamer Ajax. Sydney
Mr. F. T. Dunn has written the following letter to the press:— While the Ajax is in dry dock at Cockatoo Island, and in the interest of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 15
New Union Steamer
LONDON, Friday.—The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand's cargo steamer Kurow, of over 2500 tons, has been launched at Sunderland…
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Singapore advice from Salgon, under date February 11th, report a sensational occurrence on board the French mall steamer Salamis. As the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington February 26. the Penguin Wreck
All, except a very few of the bodies from the Penguin wreck have now, come ashore, and all, except one or two, have been identified. The reason so many…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Colonial Sugar Refining Company's new steamer Fiona has undergone successful trails at Middlesborough-on-Tyne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aeon Wreck. British Cruiser Watching. Auckland
In consequence of the syndicate which has purchased the wreck of the steamer Aeon at Christmas Island having received intelligence that a schooner has left…
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More than usual interest attaches to the launch from the yard of Messrs. William Gray and Co., West Hartlepool, on January 22, of the Spanish steel screw steamer Eretza…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Old Wreck
Tom's Rock on which the Union Company's Penguin is believed to have struck (says the Gunedin ''Star''), was the scene of a most disastrous wreck way back in the ''sixties.''…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wreck of the Fast
An Ancient Greek ship, loaded with treasures of the finest period of Greek art, has been recovered from the Mediterranean Sea by an extraordinary, chance. A modern ship…
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New Zealand is certainly getting a rather bad population for weeks. In addition to the wreck of the Penguin, two other vessels have been wrecked within the last few…
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We have not yet heard the last of the Penguin wreck, though the inquiry is at an end and the verdict given. The fact of the matter is that the Court had…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Plague at Bunbury. Outbreak on a Steamer. Perth
Two cases of supposed bubonic plague have been discovered on the steamer Zorcaster, at Bunbury. About five days age two of the Asiatic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. Mr. Justice Higgins' Award.—the Position of the Proprietary.—more Chinese Stowarways.—the Vandal and the Windows.—the Queen Margaret's White Cat.—superstation Ashore and Afloat. Sydney
Mr. Justice Higgins' award in the Broken Hill Proprietary case excited no surprise. Right through the hearing his Honor manifested a determination to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Forest Hall. Auckland
The Marine Court commenced an inquiry to-day regarding the loss of the barque Forest Hall, which was wrecked on the West Coast of the North Island on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Tokelau
The steamers Tokelau (late Tuncarry), recently purchased for a patrol boat in the Gilbert and Ellice Groups, is expected to leave Sydney to-day for the Islands. Since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship King Edward Ashore. Wallaroo
The ship King Edward, 1734 tons, Captain Cannon, which came from Betterdam to Wallaroo with 2000 tons of coke under charter to Mr. F. H. Snow, went…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stranded Steamer Koombana. Perth
The steamer Winfield arrived at Sharks' Bay on Friday afternoon, and is now engaged in taking the cargo out of the s.s. Koombana. It is hoped that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Eventful Voyage. Steamer's Coal Runs Short. London
The steamer Tiberius, which left Melbourne on February 9th for the United Kingdom or the Continent, has arrived at Durban after a rather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Eugenie. Claim for Salvage. Sydney
In the Vice-Admiralty Court to-day, the Deputy Judge Commissary, Mr. Justice Street, delivered his reserved judgment in the case of the North Coast Steam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aeon Wreck
News received by the Moana states that the steamer Acon, which went ashore on a reef off Christmas Island, had broken up. It appears that H.M.S. Cambrian, which is…
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