New Steamer Brisbane
The Brisbane, the latest addition to the fleet of the German-Australian Co,. sailed from the Tyne on August 19. This vessel has been built at the Neptune Works…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 18
The Steamer Eastern. Thursday Island
Caustic comments are being made by local residents regarding the handling of the steamer Eastern in quarantine. The question is asked why the local…
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It is reported that the Health Department yesterday afternoon serve the master of the s.s Eastern with a second notice to procceed to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roubaix Exhibition. Main Building Wrecked. Paris
A gale has wreeked the main building of the exhibition at Roubalx The Australian pavillion, however is undamaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer Burned. Boat's Crew Missing. Batavia
The Dutch steamer Ixioh has been burnt near Eugano, a small island in the Dutch East Indles. The crew tok to the boats, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fifeshire Wreck. Some Salvage Possible. Aden
Advices have been received that the prospects of salving the hall of the s.s. Fifeshire are hopeless. The recovery of the copper, lead,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. Mawson's Aeroplane. Wrecked by Wind Gusts. Watkins Severely Injured. Adelaide
The aeroplane procured by Dr. Mawson to take to the Antarctic essayed another light this morning, which ended disas[?]rously, and the machine is now lying a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outrage in Toulon. a Cafe Wrecked. Paris
A cafe in Toulon has been wrecked by the explosion of an internal machine. Five persons were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coastal Wreck Steamer Macleay. Loss of Lives Feared. Two Survivors Rescued. One Body Picked Up
Another coastal wreek has to be recorded in the loss of the North Coast S.N. Co,'s steamer Macleay, on Cabbagetree island, on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Removing a Wreck
The work of removing the wreek of the R.M.S. Australia at Port Phillip Hoads is almost completed. Three of the broken have been destroyed, and a fourth nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Despatch. Melbourne
The submerged wreek of the Despatch Hos to the south-west of the eastern pier at Cunninghame. She is in a hole from 50ft to 80ft deep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Capsizes. Four Persons Drowned. London
The steamer Eastern Countess capsized yesterday in the Humber. Four persona were drowned, but eleven were rescued under great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck. More Bodies Found. No Other Survivors. Where the Macleay Struck. the Reef Located
Yesterday the bodies of three more members of the wrecked steamer Macleay were found on the beach, to the north of the North Head of Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Previous Wrecks
The North Coast Company has been most unfortunate of late, and has had more than its share of losses by disasters at sea. Recently there was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scene of the Wreck
Yesterday Captain Cumming, Deputy Superintendent of Navigation, received a message from Mr. Lambourne, lighthouse-keeper at Nelson's Head, that the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Wreck of the Macleay.—the Ministry and Artisan Immigrants.—what of "Austral" for the Federal Capital?—our Good Name in South Africa.—the Crime of Opium Smuggling.—that White Elephant Queen Victoria Markets. Sydney
Sydney was profoundly moved by the report of the wreck of the Macleay. On the first news appearing it was hoped that there was some exaggeration, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rosedale Wreckage
The lighthouse-keeper at Po[?]t Stephens observed a floating raft at son on Saturday, and signalled the North Coast Company's steamer Duranbah, passing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrecked Macleay. No More Bodies Found. Only Three Recovered
It now transpires that only three bodies were recovered of the crew of the wrecked steamer Macleay. They were those of the steward Jones and F. Monks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Interstate Steamer
Due, no doubt to the exceptionally successful career in the Australian trade of the M'IIwralth, M'Eacharan liner Karoola, her owners have now in contemplation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rosedale Wreckage
The Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer Karuah arrived at Newcastle yesterday afternoon, from Port Stephens with the wreekage supposed to have…
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