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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 14

The Novelty Wrecked. All Hands Aved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 5

The little steamer Nov[?]lty, while bound from Newcastle to Sydney, early yesterday morning, was caught in the storm, and went ashore on the northern…

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Again the Fog. German Steamer Ashore. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 5

The North German-Lloyd steamer Buetow, bound from Japan to Hamburg, went ashore during a fog near Portland…

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Steamer Salahadji. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 5

The steamer Salahadji, from Singapore, to Newcastle, put into Moreton Bay to-day short of bunker coal. The steamer will resume her voyage to Newcastle on…

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Sunk in the Mississippi. River Steamer Lost. St. Louis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 5

A watchman stationed on the banks of the Mississippi reported that an excursion steamer with several hundred people on board had struck a new…

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Big Steamer Ashore. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 5

The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association has received a cable front London stating that the steamer Needles, bound to Australia, had gone…

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Schooner Aleda Wrecked. Crew of Six Missing. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 5

The coasting schooner Aleda, a wooden vessel of 79 tons, is reported to be a total wreck near Point Plummer, off Port Macquarie. The Aleda loft Sydney last…

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Hospital Ship Maine. Ashore and Abandoned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 5

The hospital ship Maine, presented by the American women during the Boer war, has gone ashore in a fog. On account of her age and the cost…

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Steamer Saint Louis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 4

The French steamer Saint Louis arrived at Newcastle yesterday morning, after a stormy passage from Noumea. The vessel was two days beyond her average…

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The Steamer Wonganetta. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 5

The steamer Wonganetta, from Ocean Island, with a cargo of 5750 tons of phosphates for southern ports, put into Pinkenba to-day, having run short of coal,…

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The Wrecked Aleda. Port Macquarie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 5

Further details of the wreck of the scow Aleda show that the vessel came to grief at a spot about four miles to the north of Point Piommer. This point is…

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The Wrecked Aleda. Fears for Other Vessels. Port Macquarie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 5

The police and others have returned from the scene of the wreck of the schooner Aleda. A large quantity of wreckage is strewn on the beach five miles…

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The Ketch Tillikum. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 5

Captain Voss, of the small ketch Tillikum, will leave Brisbane to-morrow for Townsville to rejoin his vessel. He has decided to alter his plans,…

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Steamer Kanowna. Trouble with Firemen. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 5

A strike occurred on Saturday on the steamer Kanowna, which was due to sail at noon for Sydney. A fireman returned on board under the…

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The Steamer Kanowna. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 6

The interstate steamer Kanowna left for Sydney this morning, most of the firemen having returned to the ship. The charges against them, and the engineer,…

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Steamer Van Cloon Ashore. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 5

On Saturday the Darwin wireless station picked up a message from the Dutch steamer Van Cloon at Sclangor in the Straits Settlement that she was ashore…

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Again the Fog. Another Liner Ashore. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 5

During a dense fog the liner California, bound from New York to Glasgow, went ashore at Tory Island, on the north-west coast of Donegal,…

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Forbes Brothers Wrecked. a Federal Schooner. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

The Marine Department to-day received a telegram from Cape Capricorn stating that the schooner Forbes Brothers was wrecked at 9.30 last night at Rocky…

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Ketch Phil Forbes. Aground at Port Stephens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 4

A message was received yesterday morning by Captain F. Cumming, Deputy Superintendent of Navigation, stating that The ketch Phil Forbes had got into…

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A Building Wrecked. Five Men Killed. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 5

The weight of machinery caused the collapse of the top storey of the Knore Brake Factory in Lichtenberg. The machinery fell through the four…

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Motor Launch Wreck. Seven Men Drowned. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 4

A telegram was received from the Tweed Reads to-night, stating that the motor launch Carrara, returning from a fishing excursion, caprized at six o'clock…

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