Wreckage at Jutland Copenhagen
A hundred mines and much wreckage have been washed up at Jutland. The Germans are scattering a now kind of floating mine, consisting of a small…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 10
World's Shipping. Steamer Blown Up
LONDON. Monday.—Lloyd's Marseilles correspondent says that the Portuguese steamer Alentejo. requisitioned by the Portuguese Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Dandenong. Terrible Gale Recalled
Forty-one years ago to-day—September 11, 1876—the Dandenong, one of W. Howard Smith's steamers, trading between Newcastle, Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer in Distress
At 2 p.m. to-day a small steamer was sighted seven miles south-east of Nobbys flying distress signals. The pilot steamer Ajax and the tugs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Wreck Alarm. Ship's Boat on Beach. Cases Washed Up. S.S. Bellinger's Thrilling Time
When a report was circulated through the city shortly after 9 a.m., that a ship's boat had been found on the beach, close to the ladies' dressing…
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The steamer Archer, which left Newcastle at 11 p.m. yesterday, did not reach Sydney until eight O'clock to-night. She usually does the trip in five hours, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Founders. Off Norah Head
Captain Newton received word from the Navigation Department yesterday afternoon that the lighthouse-keeper at Norah Head had reported that one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Steamer Sunk. Internal Explosion. Sydney
The big cargo steamer Port Kembla, which belongs to the Commonwealth and Dominion line fleet of oversea steamers, has been sunk while off Cape Farewell,…
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Sir,—In connection with the loss of the little steamer Nerong, and the rescue of eleven valuable lives, will you permit me to enlarge on a few of the sidelights…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MEREWETHER. The Wrecked Cottage
On Saturday afternoon a good muster of voluntary workers from Merewether turned up to assist in re-building Mr. Cameron's house, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Steamer Sunk. Paris
A submarine attacked a French steamer in Spanish territorial waters on September 14th. The submarine was sheltering in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. Melbourne
At about half-past eight o'clock to-night dense smoke was seen issuing from the fore hatches of a steamer in the Victoria Dock. A large force of firemen speedily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A State Steamer. Admiralty's Costly Charter
The Colonial Secretary in Western Australia announces that the charter dispute with the Admiralty respecting the State steamer. Western Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Steamer Fire. Sydney
A fire broke out on the steamer Indarra at seven o'clock this morning, in No. 3 hold, containing general cargo. The vessel, which belongs to the A.U.S.N…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Nerong Wreck
In the State Assembly, Mr. A. Gardiner was furnished with the following answers to questions with regard to the wreck of the steamer Nerong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Steamer Sunk. Paris
A steamer under escort in the Mediterranean was torpedoed, and sank as the result of the explosion of munitions. She carried 559 passengers, including…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Wilfully Caused." Fire on Steamer
On September 24 a serious fire occurred on a British vessel in Sydney Harbour. An inquiry into the outbreak was made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Delayed. a Reported Bomb
A ramour was a circulation in Melbourne on Sunday that a bomb had been [?] on board a steamer which should have sailed from port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of a Collier. the Bellambi in a Fog
The steamer Bellambi, which for some time past has been trading between Sydney and Noumea under the French flag, has become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Nerong Wreck
Mr. A. R. Gardiner, M.P., has received the following letter from Mr. J. W. Holliman, the Under-secretary for Finance and Trade:…
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