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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 14

Ketch S. A. Hayward Wrecked. All Hands Saved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 4

The well-known coaster the ketch S. A. Hayward went ashore on the rocks just inside the north head of Port Stephens on Thursday evening, and…

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The Steamer Narrung

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 4

The days of the steamer Narrung as representative of the P. and O. branch line are numbered, and when she is next seen in Australian waters it will be found that…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Sufferings of Passengers. Constantinople

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

An inquiry into the loss of the steamer Calvados showed that she struck a reef off the island of St. Andre, in a snowstorm…

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Steamer Detained. Action by France. Paris

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

The cruiser Leon Gambetta has been ordered to proceed to the Dardanelles to demand the release of the steamer Henri Fraissinet, which is…

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The Northern Territory. Federal Steamer Chartered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 7

A few months ago the Federal Government purchased the coastal trading steamer Moruya for the Northern Territory. The vessel was completely overhauled…

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The S. A. Hayward Wreck. Crew Proceed to Sydney

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

Captain S. Sorensen, master of the Ill-fated ketch S. A. Hayward, which wont ashore Inside Port Stephens In the squall on Thursday evening last, and…

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New Steamer Willochra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 4

The Willochra, the third new interstate cargo and passenger steamer built to the order of the Adelaide S.S. Company, is due at Fremantle on Saturday…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Many Rescues. Amsterdam

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

The steamer Eastwell collided with the jetty at Ymuiden, at the end of the North Sea Canal, and sank. A tug, with a crew of three men,…

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The Red Pine Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 4

The officers and crew of the wrecked West Coast steamer Red Pine have arrived at Wellington from the French Pass in the Pateena. The Red Pine struck a…

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Steamer Niagara. a Fine Vessel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 9

The Niagara, the latest addition to the Union Company's fleet, sailed from Glasgow on the 14th instant for Durban, thence Melbourne and Sydney, according…

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The Red Pine Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 2

Something of a sensation was caused when it was learnt in Wellington last Thursday that the s.s. Red Pine. 342 tons, had gone on the rocks in Cook Strait, and…

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Steamer Gifford Sold

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

It was reported on Saturday that the Andrew Weir steamer Gifford, now in port at Newcastle, had been sold. Her buyers, It was stated, were the Union…

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German Steamer Seized. Athens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 5

The Greeks have seized the German steamer Irmengard off the Island of Lemnos…

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Steamer Moondah Stranded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 5

The following telegraphic message was displayed at the Newcastle Post-office yesterday :—"Port Albert, Victoria, advises steamer Moondan stranded in…

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Norwegian Steamer Hektor Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 4

News of disaster having overtaken another steamer bound to Australia has been received by the Underwriters' Association. The vessel is the Hektor, a…

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Steamer Attila. Australian Cargo Damaged. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 5

The steamer Attila, from Sydney, has arrived at Barl, 65 miles north of Brindisi, with the cargo in No. 1 hold damaged by fire and water…

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Steamer St. Paul in a Cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 4

The new French steamer Saint Paul, which arrived at Sydney on Friday from Bordeaux, via ports, on her maiden voyage, encountered a cyclone on March 9th,…

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Wreck of the Veronese. Master Held Negligent. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 5

The Board of Trade has delivered its judgment in the case of the wreck of the Veronese off the Portuguese coast in January last…

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Clan Campbell Ashore. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

A message was received by the Australian Steamship Company to-day, from Altona Bay, stating that the Clan Campbell, bound from Newcastle to Melbourne…

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New Interstate Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 4

Another important addition to the fleet of interstate liners has been made by the launch of the new steamer Katoomba from the shipbuilding yards of Messrs…

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