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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 14

The Easby Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 4

A message from Melbourne states that the submerged wreck of the Easby, now lying in Gabo Harbour, is regarded by the Ports and Harbours Department…

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Schooner Paola Wrecked

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

In a despatch from New Caledonia by the steamer Pacifique, intelligence is given of the total wreck of a small schooner named Paola, on the Lifou Island…

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New Gigantic Steamer. the German Imperator

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 9

The Hamburg-American Company (says "The Times" on December 13) owns a fleet of 408 ships, employed on [?] different services, representing a total register…

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Sensation on a Steamer. Three Malay Seamen Stabbed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 5

Sritan Mahomet, 33, a quartermaster, caused a sensation on board the Tyser steamer Uhenfels about half-past two o'clock this morning. He ran amok with…

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Ketch Warrigal Dismasted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 4

The ketch Warrigal reached Melbourne last week in a dismasted condition. It appears that the Warrigal, which left Melbourne for Wynyard on Wednesday,…

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New Howard Smith Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 4

Messrs. Howard Smith and Company, managing agents for Australian Steamships. Limited, have received from Glasgow a plan of the company's new…

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Report of a Wreck. Nothing Discovered. Melbourne

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

The aborigines of Lake Tyres station have reported to pilot Gallors, stationed at Cunninghame, that on Friday they saw on the coast a number of cases of…

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Parcels Office Wrecked. Suffragettes Suspected. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 5

An explosion occurred in the parcels office at the South-western Railway Station at Devonport last night. William Gay, a clerk, was seriously…

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Well-known French Sailer Wrecked

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

News of the wreck of the well-known French barque Marechal de Noailles has beer received in Sydney. At the time of the disaster the vessel was bound to New…

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New Steamer Luneburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 4

The new G. A. liner Lineburg arrived from Hamburg, via; ports, on Tuesday. She is the tenth of the fleet of twelve vessels of 6000 tons register ordered…

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Foundered in Sydney Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 4

The well-known collier Murray foundered in 26ft of water close by the Sydney Harbour Collieries' wharf, Balmain, on Thursday. What caused the mishap has not…

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Wreck of the Jean Bart. No Lives Lost. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 4

Information has boon received from Port Victoria that the French barque Jean Bart is a total wreck on the west side of Wardang Island, in Spencer' Gulf…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Great Loss of Life. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

The English steamer Galvados was lost a week ago in the Sea of Marmora. It was then officially denied that there had been any loss of life, but it…

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Dynamite Disaster. Steamer Blown Up. Fifty Persons Killed. Baltimore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

Fifty persons were killed and eighty seriously injured by an explosion of 500 tons of dynamite while the explosive was being loaded on the British…

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Supposed Wreck. Near Long Reef. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 6

A man named Boyle, who lives at Narrabeen, reported to the Manly police late this evening that he had sighted wreckage about a mile off Long Reef, five miles…

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Wreck of the Redpine. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

The steamer Redpine was wrecked on Durville Island last night. She is laden with a million and a half feet of timber. All hands were saved…

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The Supposed Wreck. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

The pilot steamer Burunda this morning proceeded to investigate the report that an object resembling the masthead and derrick of a collier was sticking up…

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Wreck of a Trawler. the Crew Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

The Hull trawler Admiral Togo has been wrecked off the coast of Iceland. The crew, consisting of twelve men, were landing in a boat, when it…

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Steamer Turakina. May Be Sunk at Sea. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 5

The steamer Turakina, which is ground at Rio de Janeiro, has discharged the wool and flax. The rest of the cargo is under water…

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Lake Steamer Aground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 5

During the gale the Lake Macquarie steamer Rose went ashore, near Belmont, and late last evening was reported to be still aground…

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