Brazilian Steamer Sunk
PARIS. Tueaday.—The Brazilian steamer Tajuca has been sunk by a Fubmarine off the coast of Brittany. Some of the were saved…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 10
Newcastle Wrecks, 1888 the Ship Berbice
The fine British ship Berblee was wrecked at Newcastle on June 5, 1888. She was driven on the beach about half a made from the northern breakwater, at exactly…
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Lloyd's, report that the Leyland liner Colonial, 6440 tons, has gone ashore, and is a hopeless wreck. She has been abandoned…
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PARIS. Thursday.—It in slated officially that the steamer Sentay, carrying a crew of 81 and 314 passengers, has been torpedoed as she was…
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An Irish fisherman passed himself off to the captain of a vessel near the coast of Ireland as a qualified pilot. He knew nothing of the coast. "This is very…
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The auxiliary schooner Flaine, owned by Morris Hedstrom, was completely destroyed by fire in the harbour last night. The hull and cargo were insured…
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The Navy Department received information to-day that the Commonwealth Government cargo steamer Talawn has been badly damaged, and that it will take some…
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A report from Gedser states, that a German steamer has been mined and sunk. The crew were saved by a German guardship…
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On June 14, 1888, a water-logged vessel was reported to be drifting off Port Stephens, and Messrs. J. and A. Brown's steam Gamecock and Stormcock were…
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—The Department of State announces that telegraph advices have been received recording an engagement between an…
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WASHINGTON, Thursday.—It is announced that it was the U.S. steamer Sliver Shell which, on May 30, sank a submarine in the Mediterranean after…
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The German steamer Turin has been mind, for foundered off Vlieland. The crew were saved…
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Eager eight-seers are making a pilgrimage to the wrecked Zeppelin, which is encircled by barbed wire, a soldier guarding it. Engineers are busy digging in the…
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The schooner Cavan, belonging to Messrs. J. and A. Brown, Newcastle, left here last night at 11 o'clock, with a cargo of coal for Sydney in tow of…
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The Navy Office states that the Union Steamship Company's steamer Waitotara caught fire at sea, and was abandoned the steamer Pacifique picked up the whole…
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The heavy gale did considerable damage in various parts of the city and suburbs. The Vacuum Oil Company's…
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The Scott Fell steamer, Southborough, which arrived at Newcastle this morning, had a somewhat perilous experience when entering. She…
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There arrived in Newcastle this morning, an American schooner which had a terrible buffeting in the late gale on the coast. The vessel,…
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STOCKHOLM, Thursday.—Dynamite him been discovered-on board a British steamer that was loading here. Germans agents are suspected…
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MILWAUKEE, Sunday.—Eleven people were killed and 10 were injured when the crowded passenger steamer Christopher Columbus rammed a…
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