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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 18

Wreck of a Steamer. Loss of Life. Cairns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 4

The steamer Taiyuan has brought news received from the Chinese port of Swatow of the less of the steamer Itso, bound from Japan to Hongkong with deals…

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Another Coastal Wreck. Steamer Port Stephens. Near Norah Head

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 4

Another marine disaster occurred on the coast early yesterday morning, when the coasting steamer Port Stephens went aground on the beach about two miles…

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Japanese Steamer Subsidies. Cairns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 5

From intelligence brought from the Far East by the steamer Taiyuan, it is understood that the Japanese Government proposes to readjust the subsidies paid to the…

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New 10,000 Ton Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 4

Some time in December, the steamer Walmana ought to be ready to sail from London on her maiden trip to New Zealand, When finished she will be the latest…

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Wreck of the Hansy. No Lives Lost. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 5

The steamer Hansy ran on the rocks at the Lizard. All the crew, numbering twenty-four, were rescued by the rocket…

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New Steamer Opouri

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 4

The new steamer Opouri, which has been built for Messrs. Reese Brothers, of Christchurch, is intended chiefly for the trade between Greymouth, Nydia Bay,…

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Steamer Founders. the Crew Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 5

The Greek steamer Lordes Byron has foundered in the English Channel. Her crew of twenty-two men were drowned…

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Wreck of the Hansy. Vessel Disappears. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 5

The ship Hansy, which went ashore off the Lizard, has disappeared, and her cargo is washing ashore. The Hansy was hound from…

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Wreck of the Macleay. Marine Court Inquiry. Hearing Adjourned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

An inquiry was opened to-day in the Marine Court into the wreck of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Macleay, off Port…

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Floating Wreckage. on the Western Coast. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

Captain Miller, of the steamer Monaro, reported, on arrival at Port Adelaide from West Australia the morning, that the Monaro passed some wreckage on…

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Steamer Ashore. Position Dangerous. Astoria (Oregon)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 5

The steamer Washington has gone ashore in a gale. She lies a very dangerous position and having many passengers on board…

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Steamer Founders. All Hands Lost. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 November 1911 · page 5

The Russian steamer Hermann Lerche foundered in a gale in the North Sea. Her crew of 29 perished…

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Wreck on Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 4

The French steam trawler Magdeleine ran ashore early last month, near Bolt Tail, South Devon, about twenty miles east of Plymouth, exactly at the spot where the…

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Steamer Ashore. No Risk to Life. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 5

The steamer Prinz Joachlm has gone ashore at Samana Island, north of Hayti. She left New York on Saturday with…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Many Lives Lost. Vienna

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 5

A sirocco has been raging in the Adriatic for three days. The shipping has been considerably damaged…

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Our Sydney Letter. the State and Banking.—a Whale As a Christmas Box.—the High Rent Question.—"international" or Imperial Cricket?—a Benefit for the Wreck Sufferers.—a Judge on Sport. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 4

A good deal of the criticism lovelled at the Commonwealth Bank scheme seems to be complexioned with the idea that a State bank is original; that, being…

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Wharf Labourers' Dispute. a Steamer Held Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 4

The Howard Smith steamer Era, which arrived at Newcastle from Adelaide on Saturday, was idle yesterday, owing to the wharf labourers refusing to handle…

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Wrecked Rochambeau

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 4

The H.M.S. Pacifique, which arrived at Sydney on Sunday, brought news of the wrecked French barque Rochambean, which is fast on a coral reef off the east coast…

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Home Rule. May Wreck the Liberals. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 5

Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P., speaking at Gravesend, said that Mr. Redmond wanted Home Rule on the basis of Canadian autonomy, but the…

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Indian Darbar. Mishap to a Steamer. Bombay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 5

The steamer Beachy, which has on board the Royal harness and many uniforms and ladies' drawing-room dresses, intended for use at the…

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