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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14

Ketch Alfred Fenning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 4

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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Governor Musgrave Ashore. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 5

The president of the Marine Board received a telegram from Captain Weir, master of the Government steamer Governor Musgrave, this morning, stating…

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The Missing Taunui. Wreckage Found. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 5

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…

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Wreck of the Norna. the Crew Safe. Rockhampton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 5

Dr. Cassidy's schooner Norna, which was searching for the wreck of the Yongala, was totally wrecked on Masthead Reef on Monday afternoon…

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New Steamer Houtman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 4

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…

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New Steamer Morinda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 4

Cable advices received states that Messrs. Buras, Phlip, and Company's now Island steamer Morinda was successfully launched on Wednesday last, and that she…

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Steamer Pervenche at Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 4

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…

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Steamer Capsizes. Nine Men Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

NEW MADRID (Missourl), Monday. The United States survey bout Re[?]ver capsized in a storm. Nine engineers were drowned…

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A Schooner's Female Crew. Men Replaced by Women

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 4

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…

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Steamer Inga's Damage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 4

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…

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Wreck of the Ellerslie. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 5

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…

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The Wrecked Aviator. Mysterious Story. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. Fairbairn, the aviator who fell into the sea while flying to Shoeburyness, was not drowned. He was at first unconscious, but ultimately…

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Wreck of the Titanic. Action for Damages. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 5

An section has been brought by Thomas Ryan against the Oceanic Steamship Company to recover damages in respect of the death of his…

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Missing Steamer. Fear of Explosion. Baltimore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 5

The British steamer Wyneric is missing. She was en route to Guayaquil, with a cargo of dynamite, and called at Barbadoes on April 15th…

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Oil Steamer Explodes. Five Men Killed. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 5

An oil-tank steamer exploded in the harbour yesterday morning, and immediately became a mass of flames. Many of the crew were killed…

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Dismasted & Abandoned. the Schooner Tramp. Rescue of the Crew

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

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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New Steamer From the West Coast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4

A rough passage of 39½ days was experienced by the steamer Progress III., which, in the command of Captain Kolderup, arrived at Newcastle yesterday…

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Hungarian Steamer Fired On. Vienna

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

A party of Roumanian soldiers fired on the Hungarian steamer Tegetphoff, conveying Bulgarian soldiers between Widin and…

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Mount Oswald Wreck. Evidence at the Inquiry. London

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

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…

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A Steamer Disabled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1913 · page 4

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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