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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

279 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 14

New Island Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 4

Lover Brothers' new steamer Kalambangra, specially designed for the island trade, is new on route to Sydney, via Durban. She left Glasgow on October 12. The new steamer…

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Steamer in a Typhoon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 4

The N.Y.K. steamer Yawata Maru encountered a typhoon in the Formosan channel on the way to Japan. For several hours (says the Nagasaki press) the…

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September Wrecks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 November 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 September, 1910, and the…

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Wreck of the Kurdistan. Privations of Survivors. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 5

The survivors of the liner Kurdistan, which founded sixty miles off the Scilly Isles, while on the voyage from Manchester to Marseilles, state…

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The Preussen Wreck. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 5

The German barque Preussen, which went ashore near Dover, has been abandoned. The German Emperor telegraphed to the crew his…

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New Steamer Cyclops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 4

The steamer Cyclops, a new type of vessel, at present in Port Jackson, has caused considerable interest on account of her great size an quaint rig. On either side of the vessel…

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Wreck of the Wally. a Hundred Deaths. Rio De Janeiro

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 5

Later details of the wreck of the British steamer Wally, off Para in October, state that the death-roll was [?]00, including 50 passengers…

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Gale Off Boulogne. Fishing Boats Wrecked. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 5

A gale occurred off Boulogne yesterday. Eight fishing boats were wrecked, and 37 men were drowned…

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Cholera in Italy. Mob Attack a Funeral. Wreck the Hospital. Milan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 5

A cholera riot has taken piece at Ostuni, in the Italian department of Apulia, 24 miles from Brindisi, owing to the Mayor, on grounds of hygiene,…

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Wreck of the Bedford. Captain Dismissed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 5

A court-martial at Sheerness yesterday found Captain Edward S. Fitzherbert guilty of negligence in allowing the cruiser Bedford to be…

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An Immense Steamer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 5

The Cunard Steamship Company has invited tenders for the construction of steamer of 50,000 tons, to have a speed of 23 knots, and…

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A Harbour Mishap. Steamer Bumps a Barque

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 5

Shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning the timber-laden steamer Strathyre bumped the Norwegian barque Pamelia, loaded with coal, and lying at…

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Steamer Abhona. Believed to Have Foundered. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 5

It is feared that the steamer Abhona, which was on a voyage to Rangoon has foundered in the Meditorrneam She carrios a crew of 90, including…

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Wreck of the Wyoming. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 4

The loss of the steamer Wyo[?] at Klola Bay on October 29th was the subject of an luqutry to-day, before the Marine Court, consisting of Judege Backhouse,…

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World's Largest Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 11

The new White Star liner Olympic, the largest vessel in the world, was launched at Belfast in October. Her sister ship, the Titanic, will probably be launched in…

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Rescued From Death. a Schooner's Crew. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 5

Captain Coffell and his two sons, of the coasting schooner Lone Star, were rescued by the incoming liner Mount Temple, bound from St. John, New…

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The Steamer Abhona. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 5

Flotsam belonging to the steamer Abhona, which is believed to have foundered in the Mediterranean Sea during a storm, has been found on…

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Mutiny on a Steamer. Half the Crew Prisoners. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 5

The British cargo-boat Clan Maclean has arrived at New York with half her crew prisoners. A number of Spaniards had…

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Wreck of the Bedford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 3

Six hundred of the officers and men of the armoured cruiser Bedford, which struck a shoal off Quolpart, Korea, on 21st August, and is now a total wreck,…

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Gallantry at Sea. Salvage of a Steamer. Rewards to Officers and Crew. Vienna

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 5

Some of the officers and, members of the crew of the British steamer Lowther Orange, which succeeded, after great difficulty, in towing the…

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