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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Steamer Mount Temple. Ashore in a Fog. Montreal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 5

The steamer Mount Temple ran ashore in the St. Lawrence River during a fog, and is reported to be badly damaged…

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Barquentine Amaranth Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 4

Cable advices received from Suva state that the American four-masted barquentine Amaranth, which left Newcastle on the 4th August for San Francisco, with 1753 tons of…

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A Barque Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 11

The Norwegian barque Okta, timberladen from Port Huronito, Falmouth, is on the rocks near the Bluff, and will probably become a total wreck. The crew…

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Ship Susanne Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 4

News of the loss of another famous old Australian trader has come to hand. The vessel is the German ship Susanne, one of the smartest sailers of her time, which left…

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The Tyrone Ashore. a Total Wreck. Dunedin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 5

The Tyrone, a steamer of 6664 tons, formerly known as the Houlder liner Drayton Grange, has gone ashore on Wahine Point, Otago…

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Steamer Kallatina. No Lives Lost. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 5

A telegram was received in Sydney to-day from Woolgoolga, 391 miles north of Sydney, stating that the steamer Kallatina was wrecked there last night. The…

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Steamer Mount Temple. Vessel Refloated. Montreal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 5

The steamer Mount Temple, which went ashore in a fog on the St. Lawrence last Wednesday, has been refloated…

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The Wrecked Barque Okta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 4

The wrecked barque Okta at the Bluff, is an old identity in New Zealand, and it is perhaps strange (says the Wellington correspondent of the "Daily Commercial News…

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Steamer in Quarantine. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 5

The Dutch steamer Tasman arrived from Java to-day, As a case of small-pox occurred on the voyage, the vessel was not allowed to berth at the wharf…

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Steamer Aground. Passengers Take Panic. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 5

The steamer Mohawk, belonging to the Manhattan Steamship Company, grounded near Poughkeepsie, and a panic occurred among the three…

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Wreck of a Sloop. Inquest on the Victims. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day into the cause of death of members of the crew of the sloop John and Mary. The evidence showed that the steamer…

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New Steamer Tasmania

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1913 · page 4

The German-Australian Company's new steamer Tasmania, which left Hamburg for Australia on Saturday, on her maiden voyage, is a sister ship to the Java, which is in port…

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Wreck of the Amaranth. the Crew Saved. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1913 · page 4

The Union Company's island mail steamer, Tofua, under the command of Captain Crawford, arrived at Sydney to-day from, Auckland, via, Tonga, Samoa,…

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S.S. Afric Ashore. Vessel Refloated. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 5

While the White Star liner Afric was coming into the landing stage at Liverpool, in order to embark some passengers, she swung round and…

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The Devon Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 4

The fats of the wreck of the Devon at Pencarrow Heads (N.Z) is still uncertain. Lloyd's agents are awaiting instructions, based on a report of tine Vessel's actual condition,…

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Marine Disasters. British Steamer Sunk. Eighteen of the Crew Missing. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 October 1913 · page 5

The steamer Gardenia, of North Shields, collided with the collier Cornwood during a dense fog in the North Sea last night…

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The Tyrone Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 4

Latest news from New Zealand regarding the wreck of the steamer Tyrone is to the effect that the vessel is hard and fast on the rocks, and shipping men regard her as doomed…

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Steamer Adelaide. Injured in Collision. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 5

The steamer Adelaide, from Brisbane to the Elbe, has collided with another vessel at Genoa. She sustained much damage, but it…

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The Tyrone Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 4

At a meeting of shareholders of the Union Company, held at Dunedin, Sir James Mills said that be understood that an impression prevailed amongst some shareholders that it…

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Ketch Theresa Sinks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 4

A telegram was displayed at the Newcastle Post-office yesterday, from Barrenjoey, stating that the ketch Theresa bad sunk near there on Thursday evening. The message was to…

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