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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 14

A Wrecked Zeppelin. Near Maastricht. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 6

A partially wrecked Zeppelin airship has been seen near Maastricht drifting erratically, tilted almost on end…

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Corra Lynn Wrecked. All Hands Saved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 5

The well-known coastal steamer Corra Lynn, which trades between the north coast, Newcastle and Sydney, is ashore a Peak Station Reach, and is likely to…

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Zeppelin Airship. Wrecked in Belgium. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 5

A message from Rotterdam state that the Zeppelin airship which was seen floating over Maestricht has fallen, and has seen wracked…

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Corra Lynn Wreck. Crew Go to Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 4

The mate, engineer, and crew of the wrecked steamer Corra Lyan passed through Newcastle yesterday on their way from Port Stephens to Sydney. They…

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Austrian Steamer Sunk. Venice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 5

The Austrian steamer Josephine, while proceeding to Trieste, struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic. Six of her crew were saved…

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Atlantic Blizzard. Fishing Schooners Ashore. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 5

A blizzard has struck the .Atlantis States, extending as far south as Florida. The lowest temperatures for 40 years have been registered. There have been…

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Wreck of a Schooner. Fifteen Lives Lost. San Francisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 5

The schooner Hanalei has been wrecked in a fog on Duxbury Reef. There were 13 survivors, who were rescued by life-lines. Fifteen of those on…

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Steamer on Fire. Syracuse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 5

A fire, involving all the cargo, has broken out on the German steamer Albany, which sailed from Australia for Amsterdam…

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Matters in Britain. Danish Steamer Mined. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 5

The death from wounds received in action is announced of Captain Stewart-Richardson, formerly A.D.C. to Lord Lamington, when Governor of…

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Prize of War. Steamer Running Contraband. Halifax (Nova Scotia)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1914 · page 5

A British warship convoyed the Norwegian steamer Sandejerd, bound from New York for Copenhagen, as a prize of war…

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The Steamer Willaston. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 December 1914 · page 6

An examination has been made of the new steamer Willaston which put into Capetown on November 25, while on a voyage from the United Kingdom to…

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A Warship Ashore. Philadelphia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 5

A warship which went ashore at Maryland proves to be the Kausas. The vessel is slightly, damaged. The report that another warship is…

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Swedish Steamer Mined. Stockholm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 5

The Swedish iron twin-screw steamer Norra Sverige, of 723 tons, struck a mine off the coast of Finland and sank. The crew, 20 in number, perished…

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Explosion on a Steamer Thirty-four Lives Lost. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 5

The oil steamer Vedra, 4057 tons, belonging to the Associated Oil Carriers, Limited, London, grounded at Barrow, and then an explosion occurred, which set fire…

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The Lifeboat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 4

Stand by be receive a bit of metaphor moth-eaten, musty metaphor having to do with that popular old craft, the ship of State, often talked about in…

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German Submarine. Outwitted by a Steamer London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 December 1914 · page 6

A German submarine thirty miles from the Dutch coast challenged the steamer Colchester, from Hook of Holland for Harwich, to stop and surrender. The…

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Trawler Strikes Mine. Witnessed by Steamer Barbara

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 5

Captain Mayne, master of the steamer Barbara, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday, from Calcutta, witnessed the blowing up of a trawler off the Humber…

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Warrnambool Wreckage. Believed From the Antares. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 5

The wreckage which has been washed up on the Warrnambool coast bears the word "Sutlej,'' which was the original name or the Italian ship Antares, which…

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The War. Allies Advancing. Wreck German Guns. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1914 · page 5

The following communique was issued yesterday:—We advanced all along, the line between the sea and the River Lys, sapping…

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American Schooner Alpena

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 December 1914 · page 4

After a pasage of sixty-three days from Puget Sound, the 4-masted American schooner Alpena arrived at Newcastle. Captain Johnson, who still…

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