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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 14

Steamer Katoomba. Launched at Belfast. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

Messrs. M'llwraith, M'Eacharn, and Company's triple-screw steamer Katoomba has been launched at Belfast. Experts consider her one of Messrs…

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Austrian Steamer Seized. Sofia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 5

The authorities at Burgas have seized on board an Austrian steamer sixteen heavy guns belonging to the Turkish navy, which were en route to…

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Steamer Blaxland. Sensational Experience. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 5

The small steamer Blaxland, timber laden from Port Stephens, arrived at Brisbane this afternoon, after a sensational voyage…

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Wreckage on the North Coast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 4

A message from Taree states that it is reported by fishermen that some wreckage has been washed ashore between Crowdy Head and Harrington, also that…

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Schooner Alma Doepel. Vessel Sighted Safe. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 4

The schooner Alma Doepel is consider ably overdue at Bellinger River from Sydney. Captain J. H. . Hunter, of the North Coast Company's steamer…

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The Steamer Waelsung

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4

Although unaltered structually and still under the German flag, there race probably few people who will come into contact with her during the present visit to…

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Case of Smallpox. Steamer Ordered to Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5

On the health officer visiting the steamer Baralong, after her arrival at Newcastle, on Tuesday evening from Mauritius, via Albany, he found a suspicious…

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Missing Millionaire. Traced to a Steamer. Sailed From England. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. W. Wiltshire states that When ho was bidding farewell to his daughter on the steamer Walmer Castle, on April 5th, a man in evening dress…

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British Wrecks in February

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 4

The number and net tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of February, and the…

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New Steamer Ockley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 4

The new steamer Ockley arrived at Sydney on Tuesday from Puget Sound with 3,500,000rt of lumber, consigned to Messrs. Mailler and Quereau. After being granted…

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Steamer Zealandia. Hung Up in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 5

The steamer Zealandia, of the Buddart Parker line, was hung up to-day, owing to trouble with the stokehold employees. These ceased work, and loft the…

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Barque Dundee. Ashore at Pura. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

The four-masted barque Dundee, bound for Guayquil, from Newcastle, is reported ashore at Pura. The Dundee was despatched from…

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Wrecked Manaroa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 4

Further particulars of the wreck of the coastal steamer Manaroa, 122 tons, in French Pass, have been received from New Zealand. The steamer was in the…

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Barque Queen Margaret. a Total Wreck. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 5

The four-masted barque Queen Margaret, which left Sydney on January 17th, with a cargo of 41,385 bags of wheat, bound for Queenstown for…

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New Zealand Steamer Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1913 · page 4

Although final arrangements have not been made, the steamer Riverina, according to a report from Auckland, will be placed on the Australian-New Zealand…

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British Wrecks in March

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1913 · page 4

The number and net tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of March, 1913, and the…

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The Steamer Camphill Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 4

Cape papers by the mail contain particulars of the loss of the steamer Camphill at Cape Agulhas, and the loss of several lives through an explosion in the…

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The New Steamer Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 4

Amongst the vessels due at Sydney to-day is the new Australian interstate trader Time, from Melbourne to Geelong. The vessel is owned by Australian…

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Steamer Waerwyck. Suspicious Illness. Townsville

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 5

The Dutch Steamer Van Waerwyck, which arrived yesterday from the East, had three suspicious cases of Illaces aboard…

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Indrabarah Wrecked. All on Board Safe. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 4

The Tyser liner Indrabarah, a new vessci of 6989 tons, under the command of Captain Hollingsworth was wrecked at a point seven miles from Rangitiket River,…

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