Pleasure Steamer on Fire. Sydney Harbour Incident. Sydney
The tourist steamer Kookooburra was returning to Circular Quay from Middle Harbour this afternoon, when a fire broke out on board. There was a fair…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 18
Barque Mandalong Wrecked. Crew in Safety. Albany
The portmaster at Denmark reports that the crow of the Norwegian barque Mandalay arrived there this afternoon, and state that their vessel went ashore two…
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The National Steamship Company's steamer Taboga sank on Tuesday, off Punta Mala. There were one hundred passengers…
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Details are now to hand concerning the wreck of the four-masted barque Falls of Garry, off the coast of Queenstown, on April 22nd, while on a voyage from Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Tofua. Position Dangerous. Suva
The Union Steamship Company's steamer Tofua is still fast on the reef in Navula Passage, and is leaking. Part of the cargo is being discharged into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inveresk Wrecked
News has been received to the effect that the steamer Inveresk, a well-known "trump," was wrecked at the Isle of Juan de Nova. She was bound to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer Coramba
A letter received by the English mail from Mr. J. Scott, well known in connection with the north Coast S.N. Co., who is at present in Scotland superintending the building of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap to a Steamer. Passengers Safe. Tokio
The steamer Ryazan, belonging to the Russian Volunteer Fleet, struck on a rock near Nagasaki. The mails and passengers are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Sunk. Twenty Lives Lost. New York
Dstails have been received of the being of the steamer Taboga, off gama, a fortnight ago. Trenty of those aboard wer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Yongala. Marine Board Inquiry. Brisbane
The Marine Board inquiry into the loss of the steamer Yongala commenced in Brisbane to-day. Mr. Wardham, the Queensland Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Monoplane Wrecked. Aviator Escapes. Berne
An aviator named Taddesli was monoplaning at Lausanne, and was at a height of 2000 feet, when he was caught in a gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Steamer Burned. Sixty Men Perish. St. Petersburg
A steamer has been burned on the Amar River. Seven hundred Korean railway naevies wore on board, and a panic took…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Yongala. Brisbane
The Marine Board inquiry Into the loss of the s.s. Yongala was continued to-day. Captain Binstead, a Torres Straits pilot,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Asia. the Master Censured. San Francisco
An investigation was held at the British Consul-General's office here yesterday to inquire into the loss of the liner Asia, which struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Pelotas. Auckland
The barquentine Pelotas has gone ashore at Wanganui, and is now a total wreck. The vessel is breaking up fast. The Pelotas was of 251 tons register,…
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The small ketch Ida was blown ashore in Nelson's flay yesterday afternoon, and in less than half an hour she became a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Pearling Ketch. Thursday Island
The Burns Phlip Company's pearl-shelling ketch Brighton has been stranded on Pencar islet, becoming a total wreck. The crew and effects were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wrecked Airship
Wrecked beyond repair sums up the fate of the army's Lebandy airship, which fell on the night of Thursday, May 4th, in the front garden of Woodlands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer's Boiler Explodes. Five Negroes Killed. Memphis, Tennessee
Whilst the river packet St. Joseph was proceeding down the river yesterday, the boiler exploded. Five negroes were blown into the river, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pilot Steamer
The pilot steamer Ajax is expected to return from Sydney about the end of too week, and to be at once put in commission again. The vessel has been in dock at…
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