Fire on a Steamer
Three outbreaks of fire at different times, and in different places, occurred on the Union Company's steamer Arahura, while lying at Queen's Wharf, Wellington,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 14
Wreck of a Barque. Twelve Men Drowned. London
The Norwegian barque Ogda has hundered in the North Sea. The crew took to a boat, which was [?]ntinnally swamped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Steamer Wandana
Particulars have been received of the new steamer Wandana, specially constructed for the South Australian coastal trade. She was launched on the 9th uit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P. and O. Steamer at Newcastle
For the first time in the history of Newcastle a P. and O. steamer entered the post yesterday to load cargo. This was the branch liner Pera, a cargo steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The P. and O. Steamer Pera
The Pera, being the first steamer of the P. and O. line to visit Newcastle, Captain Cumming Deputy Superintendent of Navigation, and Mr. J. Reid, agent, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Cyclones. Innamincka Ashore. Believed Not in Danger. Brisbane
Captain Mackay, the harbour master, received a telegram from Port Douglas, timed 11 am. today, stating that a severe cyclone was being experienced at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Overdue. Believed to Be Lost. London
It is believed that the grain steamer Whittingham, bound from Baltimore to Re[?]rdam, was lost in the Atlantic Ocean during the severe weather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saved by Oil Cargo. Steamer's Experience. London
The steamer Margaretha, which has arrived at London, reports having met with tremendous seas. Everything movable was swept overboard, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Springs a Leak
The Brazilian auxiliary ketch Hawea, driven by oil engines, put into port at Newcastle yesterday morning, at 8 o'clock, leaking seriously. This vessel was in dry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Schooner
There are grave fears that thes chooner Dancing. Wave has been lost. The vessel left. Cairns last week for Townsville, with a cargo of timber, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Torresdale
Captain Collins writing to a Newcastle friend from Aberdeen. Washington. U.S.A., on January 3, states that he had the misfortune to lose the Torrisdale in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New G.a. Steamer
An interesting arrival at Melbourne on Sunday was the German-Australian line cargo steamer Australia, the latest addition 'to the fleet, on her maiden trip…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Northern
It is anticipated that the steamer Northern which is making her present voyage to Australia from London in the Interests of Messrs. Tinder, Anderson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Stranded Steamer. Brisbane
The Adelaide Steamship Company, to-day receive da telegra in from Port Douglas stating that the s.s. Innnamineka had been shifted a further forty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Vicar's Flight. Going to Melbourne. Another Steamer Mentioned. London
The London "Evening News" states that the Rev. Albert Knight and Miss Fanny Grimes obtained assisted passages from the Victoria Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Steamer Willochra
Providing present arrangements are adhered to, the Willochra, the Adelaide Company's third 8000-tonner, will depart from Glasgow on the 17th instant for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Cheniston
The cargo steamer Cheniston, which has arrived at Melbourne, on route to Sydney, is of 4800 tons, owned by Harris and Dixon, of London, and is making her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →G.a. Steamer Australia
During Sunday night the G.A. Company's s.s. Australia, one of the largest vessels of the fleet, arrived at Sydney from Hamburg and Antwerp having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.s. Wyrallah Ashore
When approaching at the entrance to Gippsland Lakes early on Monday morning, inward-bound from Sydney and Newcastle the collier Wyrallah struck some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Ride From the Wreck."
The question has just been raised whether Adam Lindsay Gordon really rode as well as wrote his famous. "Ride from the Wreck." It is now claimed that the real…
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