Steamer Otto Refloated. Thursday Island
The Government steamer Otter which stranded on a reef near the Pipe lightship on Friday, has been refloated. News to this effect was brought by…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14
The Great Wreck. Government Action. Strict Investigation. Suit Against the Storstad. Deeds of Bravery. Ottawa
The Canadian Government has ordered an investigation into the Emess of Ireland disastor in conjunction with the British Board of Trade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the London. Survivor in Ballarat
In a cosy little cottage at Ballarat South resides Mr. John Munro, who is believed to be the last survivor of the wrecked auxiliary steamship London,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Great Wreck. How Passengers Died. Killed by an Anchor. Storstad Captain's Statement Montreal
An examination of the collier Storstad shows that the anchor point of the vessel pierced the side of the Empress of Ireland, killing numbers of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian-new Zealand Trade. New Steamer Ordered
An order has been placed with Messrs. Osbourne, Graham and Company, of Sunderland, for a cargo steamier for the Australian-New Zealand trade. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Wreck. Final Death Roll. Touching Incident. Tribute to the Dead. Attack on Captain Kendall. Montreal
The final official figures of the loss of life in connection with the disaster to the liner Empress of Ireland have row been issued. They are as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Wreck. Liner Captain Defended. Mrs. Anderson's Charges. Yellow Press Inventions. Quebec
Dr. Grant, the surgeon on the Empress of Ireland, and Mr. Hyamson, a commercial traveller, declared that all the charges against Captain Kendall,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilot Steamer Ajax
Mr. Cullon, chief engineer on the pilot steamer Ajax, has been granted six months' leave of absence, as from yesterday, and Mr. Fuller, of the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, May 29. Gun Fire at a Wreck
The firing from the big guns in the forts near the entrance to Wellington harbour at the wreck of the Devon was continued under the eye of Sir Ian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Wreck. Touching Incidents. Little Child's Body. Tenderly Cared for Quebec
The funeral of twelve of the sailors of the Empress of Ireland was held yesterday, services taking place at the Anglican and Roman Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Wreck. the Inquiry. to Open This Month. Ottawa
Mr. Hazen, the Canadian Minister for Marine, announced in Parliament that the inquiry regarding the Empress of Ireland disaster would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. the Empress of Ireland Wreck
Sir,—The Premier, Mr. Holman, has though fit to make sever comments on the management of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company as being responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Lincluden
The steamer Lincluden, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday morning from Otaru for bunker coal, of which she will take in about 600 tons, has on board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Wreck. Relief of the Afflicted. Quebec
Divers are continuing their work on the hull of the Empress of Ireland, and think that a practicable scheme to recover the bodies entombed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drifting for Two Months. the Steamer Cairnhill. Sydney
News was received by the G.M.S. Prinz Waldemar, which arrived in Sydney to-day from Japan via New Guinea, of the drift by the steamer Cairnhill, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Lifeboat
Frequent reference has been made in his column to the out-of-date lifeboat. At the recent annual motor-boat show, New York, some remarkable craft were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Wreck. Last Obsequies. Montreal
The Roman Catholic Church at Montreal is arranging an elaborate funeral service for the victims still entombed in the Empress of Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Whaler Wrecked. Sydney
A message received at the General Post-office this morning from Queenscliff (Victoria) stated that about half-past five o'clock this morning four men from a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensation on Steamer. a Demented Passenger. London
The steamer Canoptic, which arrived in the Azores from Boston, reports that an Italian, who was a third-class passenger, suddenly went…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Storm in Sydney. Many Buildings Wrecked. Sydney
A very heavy storm broke over Sydney early this morning. The wind blew with terrific force, and at a quarter to one o'clock reached a velocity of 60 miles an…
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