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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 15
Tread gently; speak in a low voice; whisper, for preference, and close the door. As Mr. Weller, senior, said to Mr. Pickwick—"Samivel must be careful."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Montora, which has arrived at Port Darwin from Singapore brought the last message that emanated from the lost steamer Koombana. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Kulambangra, belonging to Lever's Pacific Plantations, Limited, from Solomon Islands, put into Brisbane to-day short of coal, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have reason to be proud of the Warrego, Australia's "very own" first warship. The destroyer was put through her pacings yesterday on the broad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Specie to the value of over £400,000 has been received from the P. and O. steamer Oceana, which sank after being in collision with the German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Zealandic has sailed for Australia with 1222 emigrants for New South Wales. The Zealandic carries 26 lifeboats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Empire arrived to-day from Japan. The officers stated that thieves had been unusually active at Hongkong of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →If the freight steamer Lena had been equipped with wireless she could have reached the Titanic in time to save those on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The owners of the Hellig Olay affirm that that steamer was 350 miles to the westward when the Titanic struck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The captain of the Californian denies the truth of the statement that his was the steamer which was sighted five miles away from the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Rappanhannock, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, reports having passed the Titanic on Saturday night. The Rappanhannock's rudder was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner H. K. Hall, ex Newcastle, New South Wales, had a rough passage to this port, where she arrived yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A remarkable accident occurred when the steamship Alameda ploughed through the Coleman Dock, the finest structure of the kind on the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A wireless message has been received at the Marconi Company's station at Liverpool, from the steamer Empires of Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The well-known North Coast steamer Bellinger, belonging to Messrs. A. and E. Ellis, of Sydney, has been totally wrecked on the south spit. The pilot boat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Moore, of the steamer Mount Temple, in the course of his examination by the Investigating Committee of the Senate, said he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sensational occurrence is reported from the Portuguese steamer Africa, which had on board 203 European passengers and 400 negroes in her hold,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Company’s new steamer Katoa has been successfully launched on the Wear. She is essentially a cargo carrier of the single-deck type, with poop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The mallboat Texas struck a submarine mine in the Gulf of Smyrna, and sank. There were 156 passengers, of whom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A mishap befel the Howard Smith steamer Peregrine to-night when leaving ant her usual trip for Townsville. When near the mouth of the Yarra she…
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