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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 14

Wreck of the Euroka. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 5

The circumstances connected with the wreck of the steamer Euroka were inquired into in the Marine Court to-day. It was stated that at the hime of the…

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Steamer on Fire. Returns to Port. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 5

The British ship Ulidia has returned to Savannah on fire. The outbreak was discovered when the vessel was forty miles off the…

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Fire at Sea. a Steamer Abandoned. Cape Race (Newfoundland), Sat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 5

The Spanish steamer Balmes caught fire at sea, and her passengers were transferred to the s.s. Pannonia. According to a wireless message…

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Wreck of a Collier. Forty Men Drowned. Montreal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 5

Wreckage has been found on Bird Island Rock, in the St. Lawrence River, which indicates that the steam collier Bridgeport has struck, and that…

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New Oil Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 4

News has been received of the launch of the Desalila, the first of the oil-burning steamers constructed for Messrs. Andrew and Company. The Desalila was launched at…

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Steamer on Fire. Safely Reaches Dock. Hamilton (Bermuda)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 5

The Spanish steamer Balmes, which caught fire at sea, arrived here yesterday, under the convoy of the s.s. Pannonia…

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The Steamer Amphion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1913 · page 4

The steamer Amphion, which left Newcastle yesterday for Adelaide and Port Pireie, with a large coal cargo, has now become the property of Messrs. J. and A. Brown, by…

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Fires at Sea. the Steamer Scotsdyke. All on Board Rescued. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 5

While off St. Catherine's Point, near the Isle of Wight, the steamer Scotsdyke, owned by Messrs. Ross, Allan, and Johnstone, caught fire…

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New Steamer for Interstate Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 4

The Melbourne Steamship Company, Limited, have contracted with Messrs. Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Limited, of Newcastle-on-Tyno (the builders of their s.s…

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New Government Steamer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 November 1913 · page 4

The steamer Cambewarra, which has been specially built for the New South Wales Government for the purpose of the coal and blue metal trade, has salled from Rotterdam…

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The Wrecked Steamer Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1913 · page 4

The naval court composed of British Consul-General Wielmn. Captain Leask, of the Loongsang, and Captain Pattie of the Vestalia after sitting at the British Consulate…

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Arctic Exploration. Wreck of a Vessel. Nome (Alaska)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 5

The Mary Sachs, the supply vessel of the Stefannson expedition, has been wrecked on the ice inside the Arctic Circle…

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Situation at Newcastle. Steamer Brisbane Held Up

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

As far as the position at Newcastle is concerned, the Melbourne S.S. Company's steamer Brisbane, one of the smallest interstate colliers now engaged in the…

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Wonderful Results. Consumption Feared. Terrible Suffering. Lady Wreck of Former Self. Found Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Effect Marvellous Change

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 7

"About twelve months ago," writes Sara Drysdale, 338 Bourke-street, Sydney, "I suffered from Indigestion very badly. I also thought, like my sister, I was…

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The Steamer Gleneden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 4

The steamer Gleneden came into port early yesterday morning, from Puget Sound, after a good passage, covering 30 days. Captain Thomas Grabame is in command, and he…

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The Steamer Orteric. a Record Passage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 4

The steamer Orteric, with Captain Howie in command arrived in port early yesterday morning, after a remarkably fast passage of 25 days 18 hours from Valparaiso. The…

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Steamer on Fire. Mysterious Reports. Norfolk (Virg.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 5

Wireless reports have been received here to the effect that the steamer Rio Grande caught fire while at sea. The British steamer Swanmore…

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Wreck of the Dalgonar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 4

A brief cable message has been received at Lloyd's, from Dakar, stating that the barque Loire, on October 9, picked up 26 members of the crew of the ship Dalgonar, and…

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Steamer Aberlour Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1913 · page 4

News of disaster to a homeward-bound phosphate steamer has reached Sydney. The vessel is the Aberlour, which left Nauru with in cargo of phosphates tar Antwerp late in…

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New N.d.l. Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 4

Mark is the name decided on for one of the several new vessels of the purely cargo class the N.D.L. Line is having constructed for the Australian trade. The Mark…

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