Ketch Alfred Fenning
The ketch Alfred Fenning, which was reported to be messing, has arrived safely at Manning Heads. The little vessel had to put to sea from Trial Bay for…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
Governor Musgrave Ashore. Adelaide
The president of the Marine Board received a telegram from Captain Weir, master of the Government steamer Governor Musgrave, this morning, stating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Missing Taunui. Wreckage Found. London
Lloyd's agent at Penzance, Cornwall, reports that a lifebuoy and a piece of a boat, both marked "Taunui, Glasgow," four life-jackets and piece of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Norna. the Crew Safe. Rockhampton
Dr. Cassidy's schooner Norna, which was searching for the wreck of the Yongala, was totally wrecked on Masthead Reef on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer Houtman
Messrs. Earp Brothers and Co., Ltd., local agents, are advised that the Royal Packet Steam Navigation Company's large new steamer Houtman left Amsterdam on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer Morinda
Cable advices received states that Messrs. Buras, Phlip, and Company's now Island steamer Morinda was successfully launched on Wednesday last, and that she…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Pervenche at Sydney
The small steamer Pervenche arrived at Sydney on Sunday. She left Havre on December 6 last year, and called at Aiglers. Port Said, and Djiboutil for coal. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Capsizes. Nine Men Drowned
NEW MADRID (Missourl), Monday. The United States survey bout Re[?]ver capsized in a storm. Nine engineers were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Schooner's Female Crew. Men Replaced by Women
There sailed out of the port of Boston, U.S.A., in May last, according to a cabled message by the Boston correspondent of the London "Dally Telegraph," the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Inga's Damage
The steamer Inga struck a rock recently while leaving Kaipara for Sydney, timber laden, and after the discharge of her cargo she was taken to Auckland for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Ellerslie. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
The wreck of the steamer Ellerslie, at the Bellinger River on May 22, was inquired into by the Marine Court to-day. The court consisted of Judge Backhouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Aviator. Mysterious Story. London
Mr. Fairbairn, the aviator who fell into the sea while flying to Shoeburyness, was not drowned. He was at first unconscious, but ultimately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Titanic. Action for Damages. London
An section has been brought by Thomas Ryan against the Oceanic Steamship Company to recover damages in respect of the death of his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Steamer. Fear of Explosion. Baltimore
The British steamer Wyneric is missing. She was en route to Guayaquil, with a cargo of dynamite, and called at Barbadoes on April 15th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Steamer Explodes. Five Men Killed. New York
An oil-tank steamer exploded in the harbour yesterday morning, and immediately became a mass of flames. Many of the crew were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dismasted & Abandoned. the Schooner Tramp. Rescue of the Crew
The heavy gale that raged along the centre of the New South Wales coast during the early part of last week was responsible for the dismasting of the scow…
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A rough passage of 39½ days was experienced by the steamer Progress III., which, in the command of Captain Kolderup, arrived at Newcastle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hungarian Steamer Fired On. Vienna
A party of Roumanian soldiers fired on the Hungarian steamer Tegetphoff, conveying Bulgarian soldiers between Widin and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mount Oswald Wreck. Evidence at the Inquiry. London
The inquiry by the Board of Trade into the loss of the Mount Oswald, with twenty-four hands, when bound with grain from Baltimore to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Disabled
A notice was posted on the Newcastle shipping board from Seal Rocks yesterday morning, that a cargo steamer was sighted cast about eight o'clock in the morning, but…
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