The Papanui, Bunkers on Fire. a Complete Wreck. St. Helena
The s.s. Papanul bound from London to Australia with emigrants, has put back to St. Helena. A fire broke out in the port…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 18
Wreck Statistics
The statistical summary of vessels totally lost, broken up, condemned, etc., now published by "Lloyd's Register," shows that, during 1910, the gross…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salmon Cannery Wrecked. Effect of a Cale Ketchikan (Alaska)
A gale struck a local cannery, completely wrecking it. Two million came of salmon were swept into the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Missing Steamer. Fears for the Rosedale. Steamers Searching
Grave fears are entertained as to the safety of the North, Coast Company's steamer Rosedale, which has been out five days on a passage from the Nambucca…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of a Steamer. All on Board Perish. London
The steamer Belliver has either foundered or been sunk in a collision in the Gulf of Bothnia, and all on board have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Dundee
The schooners Francis and Governor King were wrecked on the Stockton beach soon after the settlement at Hunter’s River had been founded. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Missing Rosedale. Her Loss Feared. Wreckage Sighted
There is now every reason to believe that the North Coast Company's steamer Rosedale, which left Nambucca River for Sydney last Friday, has been last,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Discovery of Wreckage. Sydney
When the North Coast steamer Burringham arrived at Darling Harbour this morning from the Clarence River, Captain Farrell reported the discovery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Airship Wrecked. Crew Swim Ashore. London
While a naval dirigible was leaving the shed at Barrow yesterday, it broke in the middle, and was wrecked. The officer in charge and the crew…
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The Orient mall steamer Ormuz arrived at Adelaide from London on Sunday morning a day later than usual. Owing to the labour uphoval in England the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Rosedale. More Wreckage Found. Sydney
The North Coast Company's steamer Yulgilbar, which arrived this morning from the Macleay River, brought a number of articles which had been handed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Governor Arthur Wreck
A wreck that was attended with less serious consequences than the wreck of the Dundee, was that of the Governor Arthur, in 1830. An interesting account of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Schooner Blown Up for Films
The enterprise of a moving picture concern sent a sixty-ton schooner to the bottom of Great South Bay to the terrific tune of 150 pounds of exploding dynamite…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Wreck of the Aeroplane
It salled, our little aeroplane, All white against the blue; And as it salled, my brother walled, "Oh, why can't I go too?"…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wreck of the Despatch. at Gippsland Lakes Entrance. Melbourne
The steamer Despatch, trading between Melboune and the Gippsland Lakes, was passing through the passage this morning, at the lakes' entrance, with a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fifeshire Wreck. Officers Absolved. London
An inquiry at Aden into the wreck of the Fifeshire absolved the officers. The verdict was that the mishap was due to the abnormal set of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another New Steamer
According to the Timaru "Herald," the Union Steamship Company has decided to purchase a new coastal steamer similar to the 792-ton coastal trader Kowhal. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Who's Who and Why. London, August 24. Founder of Lifeboat Fund
In the negotiations between representatives of capital and labour and Board of Trade officials, which have been so frequent lately, one of the most influential…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale in the North Sea Many Wrecks Occasioned. Much Loss of Life. London
A gale which attained the Velocity of 60 miles an hour has occurred in the North Sea. There have been many wrecks and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tripolitan War. Naval Skirmishing. Turkish Vessels Wrecked. the Main Fleet Safe. Italians Land at Pre[?]eza. Athens
The Italian fleet in the Gulf of Preveza in European Turkey, bombarded the transport Alpagut and two Turkish battleships, including the…
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