New Island Schooner
A new schooner, built to the order of the Vella La Vella Plantation and Trading Company, Solomon Group, was launched on Thursday at Balmain. She is of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 18
Shelter Deck Steamer
Recently a line shelter dock vessel, built at Howdon-on-Tyne, left the Tyne for her official trial trip. The steamer is jointly owned by Messrs. Houlder, Middleton, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →June Wrecks
The number and net tonnage of British vessels respecting whose lose reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of June, 1911,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Founders. Her Boiler Explodes. Rotterdam
The boiler of the steamer Gutenberg exploded, and the vessel sank. Two of the crew were killed, and two seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. a Steamer Sunk. Gibraltar
A collision occurred during a fog between the British steamer Silverton and the French steamer Emir, near Tarifa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Pelotas
Matters in connection with the unloading of the barquentine Pelotas, lying on the Castlecliff Beach, New Zealand, are at a standstill, reports the Wanganui…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer. the Wallarah Damaged. Officers Injured
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out in the officers' quarters of the small steamer Wallarah at Catherine Mill Bay Mr. James Maconochie, chief officer and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Fifeshire Passengers and Crew Land Two Boats Missing. London
Intelligence has been received that the steamer Fifeshire has gone ashore twenty miles south of Cape Guardaful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck Off Esmeralda. Forty Persons Drowned. Guayaquil
The tugboat Tumaco has been wrecked off Esmeralda. Forty persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fifeshire Wreck. Boats Still Missing. Two Ladies in Them. Aden
The Fifeshire has been abandoned, the vessel being submerged. Captain E. T. Cromer, the commander of the vessel, is among those saved:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Fifeshire. the Missing Boats. Names of Occupants. London
The steamer Fifeshire is lying on hard sand and coral, in 19ft of water, broadside against the heavy swell. The holds are flooded, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Australia
Diver Beckett, who undertook the task of removing the dangerous parts of the wreck of the steamer Australia, near the Corsair Rock, is finding the work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fifeshire Wreck. One Boat Picked Up. Names of the Rescued. London
The steamer Ardendearg, from Calcutta, rescued at sea one of the boats belonging to the wrecked steamer Fifeshire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Puritan Wreck. All Hands Safe
Three men from the abandoned American ship Puritan—Alfred Murphy, Frederick Wragg, and Thomas St. Clair—arrived at Wellington by the Maital on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fifeshire Wreck. Hardships of Survivors. London
The discipline of the passengers of the wrecked steamer Fifeshire was splendid, and they were perfectly calm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Jupiter
Further advices have been received from Monte Video relative to the Spanish steamer Jupiter, which put into port there leaking, whilst on a voyage to Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer's Captain Injured. Adelaide
The tramp steamer Melbourne, bound from Fremantle to Sydney, put into Port Adelaide unexpectedly this morning, her master. Captain R. H. Stafford, having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer and Tug Collide. Quebec
The steamer Hero and the tug Chieftain collided in the River St. Lawrence. The tug sank, and four persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque Arethusa. Ashore at Montevideo. Montevideo
The barque Arethusa bound for Adelaide, is ashore on the English Bank in a bad position. A later report states that the barque…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New South Wales Trade. New North Coast Steamer. London
The Coramba, which is being built for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, has been launched at Troon, Scotland…
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