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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Marine Troubles. Steamer in Peril. Halifax

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 5

The British steamer Berwind Moore, which has lost her rudder, is drifting helplessly along the coast of Nova Scotia…

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The Steamer Tees. Passengers Safe. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 5

Tugs despatched to the assistance of the steamer Tees were unable to enter a land-locked bay owing to a storm. The wireless apparatus on board the…

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The Wrecked Margit

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

Captain P. Weir, who was commissioned by Elder, Smith and Co., Limited (representing Lloyd's) to report on the possibility of salvaging cargo of the wrecked…

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Explosion on a Steamer. Six Men Killed. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 6

A terrible explosion occurred on board the steamer City of Lincoln on the journey from Melbourne to Adelaide, with wool and general cargo on board…

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Diphtheria on a Steamer. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 5

When Dr. Williams, the Port Health Officer, boarded the s.s. Zealandic at Fremantle this morning, it was reported that during the voyage out a number of…

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Wreck of a Steamer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 5

The Belgian steamer Vandyok has been wrecked at Land's End. Fourteen were drowned…

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Chinese Revolt. British Steamer Detained. Pekin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 5

The revolutionary forces have searched and detained, the British steamer Kwangping. Imperialists from Nanking…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. Inquiry Re-opened. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 4

The inquiry into the loss of the Elingamite off Three Kings in 1902 has been re-opened at Wellington before the Chief Justice and captains smith and Chrisp…

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Elingamite Wreck. Captain Attwood Acquitted. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 5

The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the Elingamite disaster which occurred on November 8th, 1902, off the Three Kings, has resulted in the…

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German Fiscal Policy. the Socialist Wreckers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 2

The London correspondent of the Melbourne "Age," who recently "visited Germany, says that the suspicion exhibited by the Germans whenever they discuss…

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Steamer Delhi Ashore. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1911 · page 5

News has been received that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delhi, bound for Bombay, is shore near Cape Spartel, in the Strait of Gibraltar…

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Fire on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 4

During the voyage of the Gorgon, which arrived at Freemantle on Wednesday, from Singapore, a fire occurred in the forehold. The outbreak originated amongst some of the…

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Wreck of the Delhi. All the Women Rescued. French Officer's Bravery. Two Rescuers Drowned. Tangier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 5

Confused accounts are to hand in connection with the stranding of the P. and O. steamer Delhi off Cape Spartel, Morocco…

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Later Reports. Two Other Wrecks. Tangier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 5

Later reports state that the Delhi grounded on sandbanks 200 yards from the Caves of Hercules, at one o'clock in the morning…

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Wreck of the Delhi. All Passengers Rescued. Three Lascars Drowned. Tangier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 5

All of the passengers by the stranded steamer Delhi have been landed. The vessel is badly strained. Her watertight bulkhead has yielded, and…

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Wreck of the Delhi. Exciting Incidents. Some Narrow Escapes. Tangier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 5

The Princess Royal asked Dr. Essery, the family physician, Mr. M'Caul Bell, a passenger, and Mr. Halkett, a caricaturist, to accompany her party on…

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Fire on a Steamer. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 5

A fire broke out in the held on the German-Australian steamer Richfield, which is lying at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's wharf at Port Pirie…

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Wreck of the Delhi. Thanks to France. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 5

Mr. Fallieres, the President of the Republic, has received a telegraphic message from King George, thanking the French navy for the assistance…

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Wreck of the Delhi. Steamer Firmly Stranded. Tangier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 5

Rear-admiral Cradock reports to the Admiralty that the weather at the scone of the wreck of the steamer Delhi is very good…

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New Steamer Albany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 4

The new German-Australian steamer Albany, which arrived at the Semaphore on Sunday afternoon form Hamburg, is the fifth new vessel recently ordered by the…

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