Steamer Tasman. Caught in a Cyclone. Batavia
The steamer Tasman, from Australia, was caught in a cyclone for thirty hours. The passengers took panic, but the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
Shipwrecked Crew. Marooned for Months. San Francisco
The steamer City of Sydney rescued the captain, eight of the crew, and two babies (the captain's Children) of the wrecked schooner Nokomis. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Wrecks in May
The number and net tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of May, 1914, and the number of lives, are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Empress of Ireland. Incidents of the Wreck
A great liner struck in the fog, over breached steel walls, 10 minutes of slow 1000 passengers and crew within the settling, and then the end, with 800 human…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →New Steamer Woolgar
Captain Louis Henry Roy, marine superintendent of the Melbourne Steamship Company, Limited, left by the R.M.S. Orama on Wednesday last, 22nd inst., for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hyndford Ashore at Manila
Recent reports from Manila stated that the s.s. Hyndford was ashore there, and lay in a very dangerous position. The vessel, which is well known in Australia, especially at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Type of Lifeboat
A demonstration has been given at the Surrey Commercial Dock, London, of a new cello of lifeboat, propelled by the crew or the passengers without oars. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swansea. Launching of Steamer
Messrs. J. W. Woodward and Son had just completed at their shipbuilding yards at Swansea the construction of a fine type of coastal steamer, and the vessel was the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Royal Shipwreck Society
The town hall will to-night be filled to its utmost capacity, when the annual meeting of the Royal Shipwreck Relief Society holds its annual meeting. You see…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New P. & O. Steamer
The steamship Karmala, built by Messrs Cammell, Laird and Co., of Birkenhead, for the P. and O. Company Eastern trade left the Mersey early in July after being taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Steamer Departs. Crashes Into Domain Baths. Sydney
Before leaving Sydney this morning the German steamer Elsass, of 6558 tons, crashed into and wrecked the municipal baths at Woolloomooloo Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Stopped. Melbourne
The German steamer Pfalz left this morning without waiting for her clearance, but when passing through the Rip the Queenscliffe forts sent two shots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Seydlitz. Reported Capture. Sydney
It is unofficially reported that the German mail steamer Seydritz, which left Sydney suddenly on Monday afternoon, two days ahead of time, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Alert. Coastal Steamer's Surprise. Wellington (N.z.)
All forts were manned during the night. The garrison artillery and territorials preserved conditions of actual service. The coastal steamer Wakatu, entering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Story Ashore
Although no general mobilisation of the land forces has been authorised, signs are not wanting that if the orders come the response will be unanimous. In various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Steamer Seized
An armed escort of naval men has been placed on the German steamer Scharzfels, which arrived in Port Adelaide yesterday, and which has been seized as a prize…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Seized. Tientsin
A German cruiser is pursuing the Norwegian steamer Tungus, which is convoying foodstuffs to Vladivostock. Germans detained the British steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butch Steamer Held Up. Sydney
A message received in Sydney to-day stated that the Dutch steamer Houtman was stopped in the Macassar Straits by the German cruiser Geier, which fired a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stranded Americans. Purchase a Steamer. London
A number of Americans have purchased the steamship Viking. It is intended that the vessel shall endeavour to carry 400 American travellers, who are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Belgian Seizure. the Steamer Gneisenau. Australian Passengers' Trouble
The Belgians have seized the Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamer Gneisenau, at Antwerp, and turned off all the passengers…
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