Santa Rosa Wreck. Inquiry Opened. San Francisco
The official inquiry regarding the loss of the steamer Santa Rosa was opened yesterday. Captain Farla testified that he gave…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 18
Murder on a Steamer. Evidence Against Accused. London
At the hearing of the charge against the Goanese steward charged with murdering Miss Alice Brewster, one of the stewardesses on the P. and O…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Schooner Sunk. Many Persons Drowned. New York
A despatch from Port Limon, in Costa Rica, reports that the schooner Irma has been sunk as the result of a collision with the steamer M. C…
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According to evidence given by survivors at the investigation concerning the wreck of the steamer Santa Rosa, the rescue of all on board could…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Santa Rosa. Charge Against the Owners. Los Angeles
At the official inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Santa Rosa, the father of Hewson, the mate, who was drowned, declared that Captain Farie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail Steamer Wrecked. No Lives Lost. London
The Roebuck, a Channel mailboat, struck the Corblere Rock, off Jersey during a fog. The passengers were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Doris
The auxiliary ketch Doris, 30 tons, which put into Brisbane recently, has been purchased to work in the Solomon Islands, recruiting and cargo-carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Fremantle
The largest vessel of her line, and the first of seven steamers of similar size and type Intended for the trade between Continental ports and the Commonwealth, the new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Port Stephens. Speed Trials
The new steamer Port Stephens, built at the shipbuilding yards of Messrs. M. A. and H. Callen, Stockton, for the Port Stephens Steamship Company, Limited,…
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On arrival of the steamer Gabo at Newcastle last night from Brisbane, Captain Firth reported having passed the steamer Wollowra with the schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Dismasted Schooner. Towed Into Port Jackson. Sydney
The schooner Jubilee, bound from the Solomon Islands to Sydney, was towed into port this morning by the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Wollowra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Cut in Two. All Hands Lost. London
The Midland Railway Company's passenger steamer Antrim, in a fog off Belfast, collided with a schooner, end literally cut her in two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranding of a Steamer. Passengers Taken Off. London
During the typhoon the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Palermo went ashore, but subsequently was go off without damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Ashore. Boston
It is reported that Niobe, believed to be the Canadian warship of that name, is ashore on the Nova Scotian coast. The engineroom is flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecks in May
The number and net tonnage of British vessels, respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of May, 1911, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Disabled. London
The German steamer Sonneberg broke her shaft in the Gulf of Guinea. Temporary repairs were effected, and the vessel is now making for Dakar,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder on a Steamer
A terrible murder was committed on the P. and O. steamer Somali. A Lascar sailor attacked a compatriot in the forecastle while he was asleep, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Schooner Espada. Leaking and Dismasted. Refuges in Sydney Harbour. Sydney
Leaking and dismasted, the American four-masted schooner Espada, of [?]86 tons, bound from Puget Sound, U.S.A., to Port Adelaide, was towed into Sydney Harbour…
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News has been received that the small schooner Aola had been wrecked in the Solomon Group. The Aola, which was 44 tons register, was built at Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storms and a Wreck
The past week has been remarkable for a severe storm, flooded rivers, and a wreck, attended with loss of life. The town of Blenheim has been practically…
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