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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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

Storms in Europe. Several Shipwrecks. Much Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1911 · page 5

It is feared that the White Rose, of Liverpool, has been lost off Plymouth with her eleven hands. Other wrecks are reported from the…

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French Steamer Subsidies. Twenty Millions. Construction of Cruisers. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 5

The French Governments brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies a proposal to grant a subsidy of £20,000,000, spread over 25 years, to…

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A Lifeboat Hero

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 2

The unusual occurrence of lifeboat crew refusing to go out to the rescue of a ship-wrecked crew, after they had just gone through the nerve-shaking…

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The Late Gales. Foundering of a Steamer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 5

The steamer Lincairn, which has arrived in the Clyde, had on board seven of the crew of the English steamer Guillemot, who were picked up in the…

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The Delhi Wreck. Gibraltar's Delay. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 5

The Marconi operator on the P. and O. liner Delhi, which recently went ashore off Cape Spartel, says that when the vessel struck he readily got into…

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Steamer Founders. Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

The steamer Senghonden, from Smyrna for Dublin, has foundered in the Bay of Biscay. All the crew excepting two have…

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Fire on a Steamer. Some Mails Injured. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

When the P. and O. Company's liner Isis was two hours out from Brindisi a fire was discovered among the mails, which is supposed to have been caused…

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New Steamer Indrapura

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 4

The new Tyser liner Indrapura was despatched from London on December 23 on her maiden voyage to Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand ports. Built by…

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Chinese Pirates. Attack a British Steamer. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 4

News by the E. and A. steamer Eastern, which arrived at Sydney from China and Japan to-day, shows that the Chinese river pirate have taken full advantage of…

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