The Channel Collision. Salvage Steamer Sunk. London
It is believed that the vessel with which the battleship Centurion collided, and which was sunk, is the salvage steamer Osprey…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 15
The Sunken Steamer. an Italian Vessel. London
A lamp which was found on the deck of the battleship centurion after its collision with an unknown steamer in the Channel, has been identified as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fish Washed Ashore. Yellow Fever Feared. Washington
News has been received that Millions of dead fish have been washed ashore at Tampico, in Mexico, following a submarine volcanic eruption…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Ship Ashore. Adelaide
A French ship is reported to be ashore at Trotbridge is St. Vincent's [?] the wreck of the Clan Ronald. The report was received this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Tasmanic. Mishap at Durban. Durban
The steamer Tasmanic, 3985 tons, Captain Rundberg, bound from Gothenburg to Australia ports, via South Africa, went aground here…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer. for Australian Trade. London
The Aberdeen Steamship Company has placed an order with the Belfast shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolff for a now steamer, which is to be an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dirigible Wrecked. Carburettor Frozen. London
The army dirigible Beta, with four passengers, started yesterday on an experimental voyage from London. On approaching Farnborough Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cable Steamer Silvertown to Visit Newcastle
The steamer Silvertown, the largest of the fleet of cable-laying ships belonging to the team rubber, Butin Percha, and Telegraphs Works Company, is expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Tilba. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
The stranding and total wreck of the Illawarra Company's steamer Tilba at Wreck Bay, on the South Coast, early on the morning of November 18th, formed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner Alpha in a Gale
The coasting schooner Alpha, laden with timber from the North Coast, was towed into Port Jackson on Friday evening by Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tug Gamecock,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cable Steamer Silvertown
The cable steamer Silvertown arrived at Newcastle from Auckland on Saturday. On November 10th the Silvertown left Sydney and laid the Sydney end of the cable, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liner Ashore. Passengers Rescued New York
The liner Turrialba went ashore in a blinding snowstorm off Now Jersey. There were sixty passengers on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aground in the Paterson. Excursion Steamer Guthrey
The excursion to the Paterson River yesterday, promoted by the Newcastle Amusement Company, although beginning under the happiest of auspices, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight on a Steamer. Melbourne
In consequence of the disturbance which occurred on the steamer Makarini last Tuesday three trimmers, John Herman, Edward Webb, and Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Gale. Several Vessels Ashore. Brave Rescues. London
The gale which has been raging throughout Britain increased in force yesterday. Much of the low country in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Steamer Mishap. Ten Workmen Burned. London
During the testing of the furnaces of the oil steamer Flau Eduardo, which has been constructed at the yards of Messrs. Swan and Hunter, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Safe. Requires No Assistance. London
Another wireless message from the steamer Narrung states that the vessel is steaming back to port at the rate of ten miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vessel on the Breakwater Ketch Forbes Brothers Damaged
The ketch Forbes Brothers, a well-known vessel on the coast, trading between Newcastle, Sydney, and the North Coast, got into trouble yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Force of the Gale. Wreck of a Steamer. London
The gale registered a velocity of 97 miles per hour at Paisley. The lifeboat crew at Penzance rescued 27 of the crew of the Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Founders. Thirteen Men Drowned. London
News has been received of the foundering of the Danish steamer Volmer. The captain of the vessel and a sailor…
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