The Steamer Archer
The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's steamer Archer, after receiving a general overhaul at Mort's Dock to machinery, boilers, and hull, also…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 14
Steamer on Fire. Not Identified. Halifax (N.s.)
A steamer on fire is reported 200 miles south of Cape Race by the steamer Seydlitz. The Seydlitz was unable to identify the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Perthshire. Machinery Defective. Durban
The steamer Perthshire, which left London for Australia on April 5th, and had recently called at Durban, when she was 640 miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Steamer Burned. Fate of the Marie
The Newcastle Hunter River Steamship Company's river steamer Marie suffered an untimely end yesterday forenoon. Whilst the vessel was lying at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Fire. Liner to the Rescue. Believed All Saved. Vancouver
The British steamer Columbia, bound from Antwerp to New York, caught fire at sea on Sunday. Thirteen men from the steamer were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Turns Turtle. Thirteen Persons Drowned. London
The steamer Turret Hill was leaky, and turned turtle off Southwold. The captain and engineer were saved, but thirteen persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Columbian Wreck. Four Survivors Rescued. Halifax
The United States revenue Cutter Seneca reports by wireless that she has picked up the third missing boat of the steamer Columbian on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Last Survivor. of a Wrecked Troopship. London
The death is announced of Captain Lucas, the last survivor of the troopship Birkenhead. The Birkenhead was an iron…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Atlantis Ashore. All Passengers Rescued. Galveston
The steamer Atlantis, carrying a hundred oil men returning to Tampico, signalled by wireless, asking for help and reporting that she was…
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There is no vessel on the four seas which can parallel the Carnegie, which recently put into Falouth (Eng.), and which is about to voyage the deep-water seas…
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The Russian barque Isabel Browne, which arrived at Newcastle on Thursday from Capetown, was 44 days on the voyage. Captain Erikson, the master,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New York Fatality. Steamer's Gang Plank Breaks. New-york
While a score of persons were crossing the gang plank of the steamer Frederick the Eighth it broke, and men, women, and children…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Lightship Wrecked. Fears for the Crew. Halifax
The battered hull of the lost lightship has been found amongst the breakers off Liscomb Island. Six bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Immigrant Ship Ashore. on Hannibal Island Reef. Thursday Island
The steamer Walpara, on route from London to Brisbane with 350 immigrants, has grounded on Hannibal Island reel, The Walpara has a full cargo, and left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wallarah Wreck. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
The Marine Court inquired this morning into the wreck of the Wallarah Coal Company's steamer Wallarah, which occurred at Catherine Hill Bay on April 16. Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Hanley Grounds. Safely Towed Off
While entering the port at Newcastle before one o'clock yesterday morning the steamer Hanley, being of light draught, got slightly out of position in the strong…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Guns and a Wreck
The wreck of the big ship Devon at Wellington Heads has had a battering from the big guns at the forts on the shores of the lower harbour. It was a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Exploring Steamer. Crushed by Ice. New York
It is reported that the exploring steamer Karluk was crushed in the ice in January last, and the crew marooned on Wrangil Island, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dead Imprisoned. in the Steamer's Hull. Quebec
The Canadian Government steamer Lady Grey, with ensign half-masted, has brought 175 coffins to Quebec. It is believed that the remainder of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Wreck Enormous Loss of Life. Over One Thousand Drowned. Only Twelve Women Rescued. No Australian Passengers Lost. London
The following are the official figures as to the number of the passengers and crew on board the ill-fated steamer Empress of Ireland and details as to those rescued. There were 87 passengers in the first-class, 152 in the second, and…
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