Mount Oswald Wreck. Board of Trade Finding. London
The Board of Trade concluded its inquiry yesterday into the loss of the ship Mount. Oswald, while on a voyage from Baltimore to Hamburg…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 14
An Airship Wrecked. a Soldier Killed. Berlin
The airship Schuetteland broke adrift from its moorings, and was wrecked. Two soldiers were carried up with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fate of a New Steamer
There is unfortunately only too much reason to fear that the new steamer T[?]ul has been last at the outset of her voyage from Greenock to New Zealand. The vessel, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sinks. in the Hudson River. New York
While the steamer Trompar, laden with passengers, was going along the Hudson River, she struck a roof on Eosopus Island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wrecks. Toll of 300 Years
Since Francis Peisart, in the Dutch frigate Batavia, first sighted the shores of New Holland, until today, 916 weeks, involving a loss of 9884 lives, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Outrage in America. Wrecking of Mills. P[?]erson (N.j.)
Lat Sir outrages continue, The latest included the wreaking of silk mills by a bomb, which exploded amidst the machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Murex. Extent of the Damage. London
It appears that the damage to the steamer Murex, which went ashore in the Celebes, on a journey from Sydney o Bornco, was confined to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ville De Dijon Wrecked
This barque Ville de Dijon (1946 tons), which left Newcastle on May 16 for Talcahuano, has gone ashore at Papudo, 37 miles north-east of Valparaiso. It is believed that her crow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wreck Sighted. Sydney
The German steamer Prinz Waldemar, which passed South Solitary at 11.50 a.m. to-day, going north, reported pausing a wreck at 7.12 a.m., in latitude 31…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Island Steamer
The Greenock and Grangmou[?] Dockyard Company, Ltd., launched the new streamer Morinda for Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., on June 18. The Morindas is for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smallpox Outbreak. Six More Cases. One on a Mail Steamer. Sydney
Sir cases of smallpox were discovered to-day the patients hailing from Bondi Junction, Newcastle. Surry Hills, Stanmore, Paddington, and the Steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quarrelsome Emigrants. Fights on a Steamer. New York
The captain of the s.s. Pannonica, which has arrived from Trieste, reports that during the Voyage a miniature war was carried on between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Zephyr Wrecked
The Tasmanian-owned schooner Zephyr, which left Oakwood last Friday morning for Wallaroo, with a cargo of timber, was weekend at 2 a.m. next morning on Maria Island…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Ringdove Dismasted
The island schooner Ringdove which was built at Sydney, has been dismasted at the Salemen Group. According to news brought by the steamer Tambo yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submarine Disturbance. Steamer Nearly Wrecked. Quebec
The steamer St. Irenes was partially wrecked while proceeding down the Sanguenay River. A submarine disturbance is supposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yawl Tallong Ashore
A small vessel the yawl Tallong, of Sydney arrived off Newcastle at about five o'clock on Monday evening, from the southward, but owing to the fresh wind and tide, was unable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Americana. Heavy Reinsurance. London
The four-masted schooner Americana, which is overdue at Sydney from the Columbia River, has boon reinsured at 92 guineas. She was previously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer Houtman
Following closely upon her sister ship the Tasman, the new Dutch steamer Houtman of the Royal Packet Company's Java-Australia line, left Sourabaya on Thursday night on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Steamer. Strikes Uncharted Rock. Many Persons Drowned. Vancouver
The steamer State of California struck an uncharted rock near Cambier Bay, Juneau, in Alaska, and became a total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Kiltobranks. Dangerous Incident. Ballina
A shipping accident at the Richmond River entrance occurred this morning, and a disaster was narrowly averted. A heavy sea was breaking at the time,…
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