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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Wreck Off Cape Hatteras, British Steamer Johanna. Twelve Men Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

The British steamer Johanna has been wrecked off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The mate and eleven seamen were…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer Arcadian Sunk. the Ayrshire Beached. Twelve Lascars Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

A collision took place off the Tuskar Rock, seven miles to the north-east of Carnsore Point, Wexford, between the Ellerman steamer Arcadian of 6000…

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Death of an Aviator. M. Delagrange Killed. His Machine Wrecked. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

Reuter's agency reports that M. Leon Delagrange, the French aviator, was killed while aeroplaning at Bordeaux…

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Wreck of the Waikare. in a Perilous Position. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

Latest advices regarding the wreck of the Walkare in Dusky Sound are to the effect that the passengers and crew landed all well…

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The Steamer Waikare. No Hope of Saving Her. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 5

The official report upon the wreck Dusky Sound of the Union steamer Wakare, on Tuesday, has been received. The officers declined to give any into…

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The Steamer Marama. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 6

The wharf labourers this morning refused to load the steamer Marama, which had returned from Newcastle with bunker coal, because they believed it to…

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Steamer on Fire. the Norse Prince. Abandoned Off Ascension. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 5

The steamer Norse Prince, of 5611 tons, owned by the Prince Line, Limited, has been abandoned on fire off Ascension…

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The Ourimbah Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 4

By the South African mail copies have come to hand of the report of the inquiry held into the loss of the North Coast Company's new steamer Ourimbah,…

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Steamer Ashore. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

The coastal steamer Manawatu, of 2[?]0 tons, engaged in carrying coal from Inverloch to Melbourne, went ashore at Point Smythe, Anderson's Inlet, at ten o'clock…

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Mishap to a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

When the well-known N.D.L. steamer Schwaben was proceeding down the River Wesser early last month, outward bound for the customary Australian…

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November Wrecks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

The number and net tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of November, 1909,…

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Wreck of the Waikare. Marine Court's Decision. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

The Marine Court, sitting at Dunedin, gave its decision to-day regarding the inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Walkare at Dusky Sound…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Off the Oregon Coast. Thirty Sailors Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 5

The steamer Czarina has been wrecked in Coos Bay, Oregon. The crew clambered in the rigging but the waves swept over them, and…

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The Last of the Waikare. Wrecked in Dusky Sound. Wellington, January 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 13

For several years now the Union Company's fine steamer Walkare, and, before that, for several years, other steamers of the same line have been making…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, January 14. Echoes From the Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 13

The wreck of the Walkare might, under different circumstances, have proved a terrible tragedy. For instance, had it occurred at night, in rough weather, there…

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Ketch Whaup Abandoned. the Crew Rescued. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 6

The steamer Time arrived at Brisbane to-day with the captain and crew of the ketch Whaup, which was abandoned off Double Island Point on Sunday night in a…

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Wreck of the Amicas. Crew Brought to Auckland. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 5

The Union Company's island steamer Tofua has arrived with the crew of the Norwegian barque Amicas. The Amicas struck on at reef off Haapai,…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, January 21. Another Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 13

New Zealand is certainly getting an unenviable reputation for wrecks. No sooner had the Walkare settled down to remain for ever in dusky Sound than the Kaipata,…

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Barque Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 4

The Sydney underwriters have received news that the British barque Alexander Black had gone ashore on a reef near Kahului, in the Hawaiian Group. The…

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Steamer Matunga

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s new steamer Matunga arrived at Fremantle on Monday, having brought a cargo of coke for that port from Barry in…

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