Steamer for New Zealand. Brussels
The steamer Ihumata, which is being built for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, has been launched at Antwerp…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 18
Marine Disasters. Wrecks on Canadian Coast. Some Passengers Missing. Vancouver
The Pacific coast steamship Cottage City, bound from Seattle to Skagway, went aground at Cape Mudge, on the coast of British Columbia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Steamer Ruahine Damaged. London
The steamer Beacon Grange collded with the steamer Ruahine of the New Zealand Shipping Company, off Las Palmas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Eastern. the Salvage Attempts. Brisbane
Further effort to refloat the steamer Eastern were made on Saturday. A kedge anchor was put out and the vessel moved some distance towards the end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Cottage City. Missing Boat Found. Vancouver
The missing boat and passengers from the wrecked steamer Cottage City have been picked up by a United States steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Eastern. Vessel Still Fast. Jettisoning Cargo. Brisbane
The latest reports from Cape Moreton to-night are to the effect that the steamer Eastern is still fast. An attempt is being made to get lighters alongside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Eastern. Chinese Leave for Sydney. Brisbane
The grounded steamer Eastern was moved a distance of about 300 feet last night. Operations for refloating the steamer have been temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Eastern. Salvage Efforts Fail. Brisbane
The steamer Eastern is still fast on Salamander bank to-night, the efforts of three tugs and the pilot steamer Liewellyn having failed to shift her on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Eastern. Heavy Weather Prevailing. Brisbane
The latest news from the steamer Eastern is that a very heavy south-easterly gale blew all day, accompanied by a heavy easterly swell. The Eastern at low…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Railways. Attempts at Wrecking. Rome
Owing to the delay in satisfying the demands of the men for increased wages, a campaign of obstruction and sabotage has commenced on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aotea Wreck. London
So far 2000 tons of cargo have been salved from the wrecked steamer Aotea, at the Cape of Good Hope…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Founders. Madrid
Advices from Sagunto, near Valenna, state that the steamer Abanto has foundered, 22 lives being lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Abandoned
The circumstances which led to the abandonment of the Liverpool steamer St. Leonards in the North Atlantic were told by the boatswain, J. Ofalborg, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Eastern. Floated by a Gale. Brisbane
The steamer Eastern, which had been fast on the Salamander Bank for the past ten days, was driven off by a gale early on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Aotea. Some Officers Acquitted. Capetown
As a result of the inquiry into the wreck of the Aotea, the certificates of the officers have been returned, with the exception of that of the captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Dieppe Steamer
A new steel steamer named the Newhaven has been launched from the Graville Yard at Havre for the Western of Franco and Brighton Companies Dieppe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Aotea. Possibilities of Salvage. Capetown
The winches of the steamer Aotea, aground near Capetown, are being worked by steam from the shore. The weather remains fine, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Schooner. Three Men Drowned. Auckland
The schooner Jessie Nicoll was totally wrecked at Macquarie Islands at Christmas. The captain, mate, and cook were drowned. The survivors still remain on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Delayed
The neap tides at Newcastle during the past few days have been exceptionally low, the rise being in some instances on 3ft in, and in others 3ft 3in. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →December Wrecks
The number of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of December, 1910, and the number of lives…
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