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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Steamer Investigator. Runs on a Reef. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 August 1910 · page 4

News was received from Moonta this morning that the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Investigator, which in engaged in the Spencer's Gulf trade,…

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Collision at Sea. a Steamer Sunk. Forty-five Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1910 · page 5

The German steamer Elsa during a fog 32 miles west of Tarifa, Spain, collided with 'and sank the Spanish steamer Martos…

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Our Sydney Letter. Something on Centralisation.—the Meat Strike Causing Some Anxiety.—florence Nightingale.—more on Paper Money.—mr. Wise Out of His Shell.—the Hand-rowed Lifeboat. Sydney, [?]sday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1910 · page 4

Mr. Coghlan, in his replies to Mr. Foster Fraser, appears to be mainly desirous of proving the Australian case. His showing that things are just “the…

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Wreck of the Khedive. Chief Officer Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1910 · page 5

The East African liner Khedive has been totally wrecked on the rocks at Cape Morgan. Mr. Morgan, the chief officer, was…

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Wreck of the Martos. the Owners' Claim. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 5

The owners of the Spanish steamer Martos, which sank after collision off Tarifa, Spain, with the German steamer Elsa, 45 lives being lost, are…

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Arctic Exploration. Wreck of the Alabama. Captain and Crew Saved. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 5

The Danish exploring vessel Alabama has been wrecked on the coast of Eastern Greenland. Captain Mikkelsen, the leader, and…

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Fire on a Steamer. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 August 1910 · page 6

The small steamer South Africa, which arrived at Port Adelaide on Saturday. Carrying, 300 tons dynamite, caught fire on Sunday afternoon at five o'clock…

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Big Steamer Fleet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 4

Yesterday was a busy day in shipping circles at Newcastle, the arrivals, including eight steamers of an aggregate tonnage of 30,395 tons. There were the following five…

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Fire on a Steamer. a Labour Difficulty. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 5

The fire which occurred on the steamer South African last evening has aroused a strong feeling in Port Adelaide that steps should be immediately taken by the…

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Loss of a Steamer. Due to Human Agency. Evidence of Collusion. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 5

The judgment in the Board of Trade inquiry, held at Cardiff, into the loss of the steamer British Standard, while on her maiden voyage to Brazil,…

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Shipwreck Relief Society. Annual Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Royal Ship-wreck Relief Humane Society of ,New South Wales was held in the town hall to-night. Lord Chelmsford, the State…

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Wreck of the Bedford. Eighteen Men Drowned. Little Chance of Salvage. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 5

Later intelligence concerning the grounding of H.M.S. Bedford, an armoured cruiser, on the Island of Quelpart, Part, off the coast of Korea, shows…

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Steamer's Escape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1910 · page 4

News received from Fiji by the steamer Suva states that the steamer Matusa, lately named the Warwick Edward, and owned by C. Kand, had a narrow escape from becoming…

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The Wrecked Bedford. Pounding on the Rocks. Salvage Work Commenced. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1910 · page 5

H.M.S. Bedford went ashore at Quelpart with a tremendous impact. The seas, which were high after a typhoon, rushed in under the…

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Steamer Rendsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 4

Built at Flensburg specially for the Australian trade, the new German-Australian liner Rendsburg embories at the latest novelties and improvements in connection with…

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The Gunford Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 4

On July 16 the First Division of the Court of Session in Edinburgh gave judgment in appears from the decisions of Lord Salvesen in two actions by the Gunford Shipping…

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The Ship's Lifeboat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 5

The White Star liner Runie has come along with a new equipment, This is a submarine signalling installation, on the plan described on this page some times…

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A Motor Ketch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 4

Trials have recently taken place on the Thames of a new motor ketch, which, appropriately enough, is named Motorketch. Built of steel at Miliwalli the craft is classed 100…

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Steamer Anglo-australian. Aground on Stony Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 5

The tramp steamer Angle-Australian outward bound to Talcahuane, last night took the ground on Stony Point, and remains fast on that rocky formation…

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The Helga Wreck. Survivors Reach Brisbane. Story of the Disaster. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 September 1910 · page 4

Fight of the survivors of the barque Height, which was wrecked off Honolulu on August 11th, while on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales, to San…

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