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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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

A Canadian Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 5

In the Dominion House of Commons yesterday, Mr. L. P. Drodour, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, denied that the twin-seraw steamer Rainbow,…

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The Wrecked Khedive

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

The "Natal Advertiser" of October 7th understands that a meeting has taken place in Durban between the buyers of the wreeked steamer Khedive and the…

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October Wrecks

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

The number of British vessels respecting whose less reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of October, 1910, and the number of lives…

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North Sea Collision. a Steamer Sunk. an Engineer Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 5

The Great Central Railway Company's steamer Blackburn collided with the steamship Rock, in the North Sea, on Wednesday night…

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Wreck Off Alaska. Steamer Olympia Ashore. Saving of Passengers. Vancouver

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

The steamer Olympia has been forced ashore on Bligh Island, Alaska. A wireless call was heard from the vessel but soon became silent…

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Alexa Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 4

The barquentine Alexa, which left Newcastle on November 28, went ashore at Wanganui Hinds on Monday night. At the time of the mishap there was a strong wind and a rough…

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The Kurdistan Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 4

A "Central News" telegram from Funchal graphically describes how the liner Kurdistan met her doom off the Scillies. The account, which is based upon reports made by…

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Wreck of a Ketch. Hobart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 5

On Monday night the Myrtle May, Ketch, 18 tons, capitalized in D'Entrocanuntoaux Channel. The craft was heavily laden with Firewood. When running before a…

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Bentnick Ashore Cairns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 6

The Mindora has brought news that the steamer Bentnick, belonging to the New guinea Development Company is stranded on Goarabari, in the Papuan Gulf…

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Steamer Goes Agrond

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 December 1910 · page 5

The Howard Smith steamer Age, outward bound from Newcastle to Wallaroo at six o'clock on Saturday morning, met with a mishap, which resulted in her…

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New Island Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 December 1910 · page 4

The steamer Kuiambangra, which has been specially built for Lever's Pacific Plantations, Limited, and is intended for the trade between Sydney and the Islands, arrived at Port…

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Swedish Steamer Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 5

The Swedish steamer Cedric has been wrecked in the Gulf of Bothnia, Twelve hands were drowned, including all the officers with the exception of…

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The Steamer Germanica. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 5

Messrs. Thomas Brown and Sons, agents for the G.M.S. Prinz Waldemar, received a cable message from Hongkong to-day, requesting them to ask the Prinz…

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Wreck of the Annesley. Crew All Rescued. London

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

The barque Annesley struck Tuskar Rock, off the coast of Wexford, Ireland and foundered in 16 fathoms of water…

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Lifeboat Heroes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 3

A great storm which swept the English Channel on the night of the 10th ultclaimed a toll of 23 lives as far as reports of shipwrooks on the coast go to…

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Cholera Riots. Mob Wreck Public Buildings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 7

Amazing savagery marked the cholera riots which occurred last month at Ostuni, a town of 18,000 inhabitants in Italy. The Mayor had vetoed on hygienic…

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Fatal Explosions. Many Lives Lost. Steamer's Chest Blows Up. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 December 1910 · page 5

The powder chest on board the French steamer Ville d'Oran exploded being great damage. Twelve persons were killed and…

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New Steamer Aeneas

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

The Aeneas, the first of the three passenger liners for Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co.'s Blue Funnel Line, reached Adelaide yesterday from Glasgow, via…

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A New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 4

Captain Benton, of the steamer Inga, has left for London to take charge of a new steamer now building for the trade between Australia and New Zealand…

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