British Hurricane. Large Vessel Wrecked. Many People Drowned. London
During the gale in St. George's Channel, a three-masted vessel was wrecked on the Pembrokeshire coast. Spectators watched a boat full of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910
279 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 14
Wreckage Washed Up
Advice has been received by the New Zealand Marine Department to the effect that Captain Allsop, of the steamer Ripple, has reported to the Superintendent of…
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A handsome auxiliary trading ketch built to carry produce between Eden and Mallacoota Lakes has just been launched from the shipbuilding yards of Mr. Chas…
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News has been received from Port Pirie that the American four-masted schooner Polaris, which reached Port Pirie on Wednesday night, encountered a…
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Fresh from an overhaul at Mort's Dock, Sydney, and dressed with bunting, the John Williams was an object of considerable interest as she lay at the King's…
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America is the home of big and frequent railway smashes, and a special department of unique character has been called into being in charge of what is…
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One of the strangest experiences over recorded in marine history is that of the crow of the British ship Mermaid, which was wrecked in Torres Straits…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastguards Reduction. Meeting of Shipowners. Alleged Cause of Wrecks. London
At meeting of the committee of the London Chamber of Shipping was held on Saturday. Several of the speakers protested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fate of the Waratah. Wreckage at Mossel Bay. Sent to the Builders. London
A discovery has been made at Mossel Bay, otherwise known as Allwal South, a seaport of the Cape Colony, twenty miles to the south-west of…
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That have been sensations at sea as well as ashore during the last week or two, fortunately unaccompanied by the usual horrors attaching to such events, although…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Waratah. Wreckage Washed Ashore. Owners Discredit Report. London
Messrs. W. Lund and Sons, owners of the missing steamer Waratall, do not place credence upon the report that the wreckage washed ashore at…
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The Melbourne Steamship Company have purchased a special type of steamer for theft growing trade on the West Australian coast. The vessel, which will…
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The F.H.S. liner Cornwall, which arrived at Newcastle from Sydney yesterday morning, while being berthed at the King's Wharf, crashed into the wharf,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →January Wrecks
The number of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were receivde at the Board of Trade during the month of January, 1910, and the number of lives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marine Mishaps. Dredge Ulysses. Ashore Near Ballina. Ballina
The Government dredge Ulysses, which was being towed here from Newcastle has gone ashore five miles south of the Evans River, and all on board have been…
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Plans and specifications have been forwarded to England by the directors of the North Coast S.N. Co. for another new steamer for the Byron Bay trade. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Port Jackson. Master Exonerated. Sydney
A Marine Court of Inquiry (Judge Backhouse, president, and Messrs. Bracegirdle and Mackenzie assessors) sat to-day to consider the causes of the wreck…
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News has been received from Samarai, British New Guinea that the oil launch Mombiri was stranded on a coral reef at Ikarra Island, off the coast of Papua,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Fleet
During the week now ending nine steamers left Newcastle for foreign ports taking away 55,448 tons of coal Three went to San Francisco three to Valparaiso, one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Dixi Founders. at the Mouth of the Elbe. Sixteen Lives Lost. London
The Norwegian steamer Dixi has foundered at the mouth of the Elbe, near Cuxhaven, in the German Ocean. Fifteen of the men on board the…
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