Dyffryn Manor Wreck
Six members of the crew of the Cardiff steamer Dyffryn Manor, belonging to Messrs. Harrison and Brown, which ran ashore on a coral reef on the island of Minicoy, 400 miles…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 15
Wreck Blown Up
The wreck of the steamer Burrwoog at the entrance to the Manning River has been blown up. Two tons of gelignite were distributed in various ports of the wreck, and the…
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The West Australian Government steamer Penguin, sent out from Fremantle to search for the Government ketch Namoan, suspected of being wrecked on Cervante Island,…
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The steamer Chillagee, which left for Merauke (Dutch Papua) a fortnight ago, and should have touched at Thursday Island on her return voyage during the early…
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After lying at the bottom of the sea undisturbed for a century and a-half, one of the guns of H.M.S. Ramildies, which was wrecked near Bolt Tail, on the south coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Chillagoe. News of Her Safety. Brisbane
The Marine Department received a telegram to-day from the harbour-master at Goode Island, stating that the H.M.S. Pyramus reported having passed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Waratah. Cruisers Sent in Search. Believed to Have Broken Down. London
The cruisers Forte and Pandora have left Simonstown and Durban respectively to search for the Lund liner Waratah, of 9300 tons, which left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Waratah. Owners Not Apprehensive. Cyclonic Weather Experienced. London
The owners of the Blue Anchor liner Waratah, which left Durban for Capetown on the 26th July, while bound for Australian ports to London, and…
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The Hobson's Bay Excursion Company have placed an order for the building of a new excursion steamer in Great Britain. The new vessel is to be a paddle steamer, slightly…
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Forty-five guineas per cent, have been paid to reinsure the Lund line steamer Waratah. The vessel is insured at Lloyd's for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Maori. Ten Miles Off Capetown. Sinks in Four Minutes. Fifty-four Men Drowned. Eight Struggle Ashore. Magnificent Discipline. London
The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Maori, of 5317 tons, which sailed from London on July 9th for Dunedin and…
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The tug which went out to look for the overdue steamer Waratah hag returned to, Mossel Bay, Cape Colony. She found no trace of to missing…
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The Houlder liner Langton Grange, of 6800 tons, which left the Bluff. New Zealand, on May 7th, for West of England ports, has stranded on the coast…
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The owners of the steamer Waratah cling to the idea that the vessel is drifting, owing to disabled machinery. The uncertainty as to the Waratah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Maori. Heroism of Fishermen. Twenty-one Lives Saved. Twelve Men Stayed on Board. Ten of These Were Rescued. London
Fishermen at Duiker Point, near Capetown, the scene of the wreck of the Shaw, Savill liner Maori on Friday, detected twelve men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Waratah. Sighted by the Runic. on the 27th July. London
No intelligence has yet been received concerning the steamer Waratah. Reuter's correspondent at Durban reports that the officers of the liner…
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The agents for the Blue Anchor line at Durban have received a telegram from East London, stating that a Blue Anchor vessel has been sighted…
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It appears that the rescue of the majority of the men who had remained on the steamer Maori when she was driven on to the rocks at Duiker…
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The A.U.S.N. Co. is building a new steamer for the island trade. She will be named the Levuka. The following are the dimensions of the vessel, which is being constructed by…
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Concerts are being ,held at Capetown in aid of the sufferers by the wreck of the Maori…
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