Marine Disasters. a Steamer Sunk. Hamburg
The Hamburg-America Company's steamer Vandalla collided with a floating dock in the Ellie and sank. The passengers were saved, but a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 15
The Wrecked Submarine. Salvage Abandoned, London
The Admiralty have abandoned the salvage of the wrecked submarine B3. No-attempt will be made to remove the bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Submarine. Salvage Dangerous. London
The divers have established the fact that there is a great hole near the conning tower of the sunken submarine, which lies doubled up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Interstate Steamer
It is announced that a 9000-ton passenger and cargo steamer for the interstate trade has been ordered. This new vessel is already in course of construction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whaling Steamer Polynesia. Entered Port Yesterday
The whaling steamer Polynesia, which, as reported in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" yesterday, arrived off the port on Monday evening, entered early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramp Steamer in a Storm
The tramp steamer Southern occupied 75 days on the passage from New York to Auckland, and encountered some violent weather on the way. Sailing from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New M.m. Steamer
With the launch of the Messageries Maritimes Company's now steamer Paul Lecat and the sister ships Athos and Parthos nearing completion, and a fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The N.d.l. Steamer Elsass
The s.s. Elsass, which has arrived at Melbourne from Bremen [?] route to Sydney, is the second of a new type of cargo steamer building for the N.D.L…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Steamer. Six of the Crew Drowned. Washington
Reports, at first denied, but which are now confirmed, state that the steamer Nicaragua has been wrecked in a storm south of Corpus Christi Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer Benalla
The new steamer Benella, the launching of which was reported by cable recently, is precisely the same type of vessel as the P. and O. service steamer Ballarat,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big N.d.l. Steamer
It is reported that owing to the increasing demands of trade, the N.D.L. Line contemplates placing larger vessels in the Australian mall service in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Steamer Augsburg
All hope of the missing German-Australian linor Augsburg over being rescued has now been abandoned, and it no appears as if her end must be added to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner to Collier
An interesting transformation has just been carried out on the steamer Novelty converting her from a three-masted auxiliary schooner to a full-powered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Schooner. All Hands Lost. Vancouver
While the schooner Osprey was attempting to enter the harbour of Marshfield, in Oregon, during a gale, she was overturned, and alls on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pegasus a Total Wreck
Latest advices relative to the wrecked four-masted barque Pegasus are by no means reassuring, in fact, they are to the effect that the vessel is a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Wreck. the Crew Drowned. Norfolk (Virginia)
The schooner John Maxwell was wrecked, and broke in two during a violent gale. Six members of the crew clung…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Wrecks in August
The number of net tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of August, 1912, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Polar Expedition. Reported Wrecked. St. Petersburg
Advices have been received at Archangel, reporting the wreck of the steamer Phoka, with the members of Sjedoff's Polar expedition on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Steamer. Loss of Life. Constantinople
The Turkish steamer Chimlees has been wrecked on Karpin Island, in the Black Sea. It is reported that the crew and 42…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Stranded. in the St. Lawrence. Quebec
The steamer Royal George grounded in the Saint Lawrence during a thick fog. There are 900 passengers aboard,…
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