First Passenger Steamer
The first regular passenger steamer in the world was launched on the Clyde. Henry Bell, a native of Torphichen, in Linlithgowshire (1767-1880), had for…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910
279 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 14
The Waikare Wreck
The following telegram has been received by the N. Zealand Marine Department from Captain Hooper, of the Government training ship Amok[?]ra,…
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All hope of safety of the crew of the missing auxiliary schooner Malekula, bound from the Solomon Group to Sydney has been abandoned. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Countess of Ranfurly. Story of the Wreck. Sydney
Captain Barclay, master of the auxillary three-masted schooner Countess of Ranfurly, which was lost on March 31st off the coast of New Caledonia, arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News of the Malekula. Wrecked on Bampton Reef. Brisbane
A boat belonging to Messrs. Lever Brothers' small steamer Malekula, which has been missing for some time, arrived at Lucinda Point to-day…
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The steamer Minnehaha (13,343 tons), belonging to the Atlantic Transport Company, while on a voyage from New York to London, ran on the rocks…
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Some details are now to hand concerning the sinking of the Japanese destroyer of Hiroshima. It appears that the vessel failed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Malakula. a Story of Adventure. Long Sail in a Boat. Townsville
Mr. E. Shapland, the engineer of the Malakula, interviewed to-day, said the on the night of the 9th January, it was dark and there were no indications of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dutch Steamer on Fire
Misfortune has overtaken the Royal Packet Navigation Company through fire breaking out on board one of its steamers, the Van den Bosch, at Batavia, a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastal Wreck. Steamer Satara Lost. Near Seal Rocks. Two Lives Lost
Yet another name has to be added to the long list of coastal wrecks. This time the ill-fated vessel is the British-India Company's steamer Satara, which sank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Other Wrecks at Seal Rocks
The greatest disaster that has occurred at Seal Rocks was the wreck of the E. and A. Company's steamer Catterthun in the command of Captain N. Shannon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Houto Safe. Auckland
The schooner Honto, 99 tons, which left Sydney for Kalpara on March 8, and was reported overdue, has arrived at Helensville…
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On March 4 the: twin-screw steamer Cartier went to sea for is very successful trial trip. The vessel has been built and engined at the Neptune works,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Guinea Trade. Purchase of a Steamer. London
The Steamer Bentinck, now loading in London implements and sawmill machinery for New Guinea, has been purchased by the British New Guinea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australian Wreck. on the West Coast. Adelaide
This afternoon news was received in Adelaide of a wreck off the west coast of Yorke's Peninsula, 14 miles west of Point Turton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Malekula Wreck. Marine Board Inquiry Brisbane
The Marine Board held an inquiry this morning into the stranding of the auxiliary schooner Malekula on Brampton Reef on the 9th January…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Sealer. Off Newfoundland. Great Loss of Life. London
The loss is reported from Newfoundland of the Bowring Company's sealer Aurora. The vessel was engaged in work off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Island Steamer
Lovers Plantations, Limited, contemplate building a new steamer for the Island trade, and Captain Menmuir, of the steamer Upolu, will probably Proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Satara. Marine Board Inquiry. Captain to Show Cause. Sydney
The Marine Court under the presidency of Judge Backhouse, the assessors being Captains Spinks and Davidson, held an inquiry to-day into the circumstances…
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The R.D.P. Company's new steamer Van Linshoten left Batavia on April 25 for Australia ports. The Van Liuschoten is the sister ship of the Na[?]Waerwyck…
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