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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

279 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14

Steamer Tymeric Aground. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 4

The acting portmaster this afternoon received a telegram from the harbourmaster at Cooktown, stating that the steamer Tymeric, bound from Calcutta to…

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Robbery of Gold. on an American Steamer. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 5

A mysterious robbery has taken place on the steamer Humbolt, while on route to Seattle from Fairbanks. Gold dust to the value of 57,000…

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How a Big Schooner Was Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 5

On the 9th July last, the schooner Annie E. Smale, ninety days from Newcastle, with 1500 tons of coal, consigned to the Canadian Bank of Commerce, San…

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Steamer Tymeric Refloated on Sunday. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1910 · page 5

The steamer Tymeric, a vessel of 3841 tons, which went ashore on "V" reef, on the North Queensland coast on September 3rd, has been refloated…

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The Swanhilda Wreck. the Master in Fault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 4

English flies which arrived by yesterday's mall, bring particulars of the Board of Trade inquiry concerning the stranding ad subsequent wreck of the…

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Steamer Pakeha

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 4

The new steamer Pakeha, a vessel of about 1000 tons gross register, built at Belfast to the order of Messrs, Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, Limited, for the New Zealand…

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American News. Vancouver, Friday. Large Steamers Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 5

According to advices received by the steamer Sado Maru, several large steamers have been wrecked on the coast of Asia, with heavy loss of…

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Steamer Papanui

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

The big New Zealand liner Papanul is to be offered at auction at 15 Queen-street, Melbourne, on Friday by Messrs. Charles Forrester and Co., as she, now…

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A Supposed Wreck

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

Captain Burgess, of the Ketch Dauntdass, which arrived at Launceston on Monday from the Straits Islands, reported that a quantity of wreckage had been…

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A Steamer Lost

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

The steamer Chirique, belonging to the Pacific Steamship Company, is reported to have been lost in the Panama Gulf, through the explosion…

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Steamer Colac Sold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 4

The steamer Colac, which struck a reel on King's Sound, about the middle of last month, and now lies, in a disabled state at Derby, was sold by auction at Fremantle on…

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Robbery on a Steamer. Recovery of Bank Notes. Vancouver

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

Bullion and bank notes amounting to £5000 were stolen from the mailroom of the steamer City of Seattle while on her way from Skagway…

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Robbery on a Steamer

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

The messman of the steamer City of Seattle has confessed to the robbery of money on that vessel, and the other suspects have been released…

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Carnarvon Bay Wreck. Marine Court Finding. Melbourne

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

In connection with the wreck of the ship Carnarvon Bay at King Island, the Marine Court to-day found that the master's course was justified, that the ship was not…

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The First Lifeboat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 9

The cutter Vulcan was wrecked at Newcastle in December, 1837, and the majority of the crew were drowned, there being no lifeboat in Newcastle at that time…

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Steamer Kowhai

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

The new cargo steamer Hopeful, recently purchased in England by the Union Company, was built during the present year by W. Purker and Son, Middlesborough. The…

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New D. I. Steamer

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

At Linthouse, on September 7, there was launched the steamer Abhons, a twin-screw vessel, which is being constructed for the Britian-India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd…

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August Wrecks

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

The number of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of August, 1910, and the number of lives lost, are as…

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Wreck of a Steamer. the Crew Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 6

Intelligence has been received that the steamer Crancord, with her crew of twenty, has been lost at Hartlepool. Six bodies have been washed ashore…

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Steamer Founders. Twenty Men Missing. London

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

The steamer Heathfield has foundered off the coast of Norfolk. Two of the crew were saved, but twenty are missing…

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