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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Steamer Manningtry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 4

The steamer Manningtry, which should shortly arrive off Sydney Heads, from Ocean Island, for orders, is to be associated with the Australian trade for…

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Wreck of the G. W. Wolff. Off Flinders Island. the Master Drowned. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 5

The fishing smack Ada Bargoss arrived in the Bay to-day, with 23 shipwrecked sailors, who were the crew of the ship G. W. Wolff, bound from Buonos…

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Strikes an Iceberg. the Steamer Corsican. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 5

The steamer Corsican, 11,419 tons, owned by the Allan Line Steamship Company, Limited, struck an iceberg off Newfoundland…

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The Steamer Corsican. Proceeding to Liverpool. Montreal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 5

The Allan liner Corsican, which collided with an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast, is proceeding to Liverpool, and is only slightly…

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Wreck of the G. W. Wolff. Story of the Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 7

The following are further details of the loss of the full-rigged ship G. W. Wolff, 1698 tons register, on Hummock Island, at ten minutes past six o'clock on…

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The Steamer Corsican. Unable to Proceed. Montreal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

The latest wireless message concerning the steamer Corsican, which struck an iceberg off the Newfound-land coast, states that the vessel is…

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The Steamer Olympic. an Inner Skin. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

New side bunkers will shortly be constructed around the steamer Olympic. They will extend from the double bottom above the waterline, forming…

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Ptomaine on a Steamer. Caused by Tinned Food. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 5

The Eastern Telegraph Company's steamer John Pender has arrived at Plymouth with nineteen cases of ptomaine poisoning on board…

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Wreck of a Schooner. a Brave Rescue. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1912 · page 5

The schooner R. L. Tay, laden with [?]umber, has been wrecked on the coast of Rhode Island. The crew, consisting of five men,…

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Steamer Ashore. the Crew Saved. San Diego (Cal.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 5

The freight steamer Plelades is ashore on the coast of Lower California. The crew are safe. The cargo has…

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Island Trade Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 4

The first vessel yet built at, Sydney for the Caroline island trade, the schooner Triton, was successfully launched from Drake's yards, Balmain, on…

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Wreck of the G. W. Wolff. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 5

The inquiry by the Marine Board into the lots of the ship G. W. Wolft on Hummock Island was continued to-day. William Honnemann, able seaman, said,…

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New N.d.l. Cargo Steamer Rheinland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, against for the Norddeutscher Llyod, are in receipt of advice that the new steamer Rheinland, of 11,000 tons…

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Shipwreck Relief Society. Annual Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 5

The thirty-fifty annual meeting of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane society was held to-night in the Town Hall. There was a very large attendance…

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Explosion on a Steamer. the Crew Swim Ashore. San Francisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 5

An explosion occurred on board the Assocaited Oil Company's steamer Rosecranz. The vessel was wrecked and sank…

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A Thousand Immigrants. Steamer Waimana Arrives. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 6

The steamer Walmana, chartered by the State Government, berthed at Dalgely's wharf to-day, and landed over a thousand immigrants for New South Wales…

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The Steamer Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 4

Further particulars are to hand regarding the new Howard Smith steamer Time, which ran ashore on Seaton Carew Sands whilst being towed from Sunderland to…

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Steamer Mataram. Scrapes a Rock. Singapore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 5

The steamer Mataram damaged her plating on a rock at Port Moresby. She has been surveyed, and will proceed to Sydney…

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Handling the Lifeboat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 5

The German Atlantic liner Imperator was first described in the "Herald," With it reference was had to the proposed Glgantic. The imperator exceeds the…

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Tragedy of the Sea. Wreck of a Ship. Several Lives Lost. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 5

The ship Criccieth Castle, of 1920 tons, which was on a voyage from Peru to Antwerp, has foundered off Cape Horn…

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