Kurnell Fatality. Bodies Washed Ashore
SYDNEY. Tuesday.—The bodies of two occupants of the launch which capsized off Doughboy Point. Kurnell, yesterday, were recovered to-day after…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
130 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 7
Commandeered Steamer. Western Australian Protest
The Premier of Western Australia (Mr. Lefroy) has made an emphatic protest to the Prime Minister against the commandeering by tho Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Campaign Vandalism. Priceless Works of Art. Wrecked by Buns
ROME, Tuesday.—It is stated semi-officially that in the air-raids on Padua the enemy deliberately sunlit to week the most precious treasures…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Friday.—Wireless calls have been received from the Japanese steamship Shinyo Maru, somewhere on the Pacific. The…
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The Admiralty reports that the destroyer Racoon was wrecked, and foundered on January 9th, during a snow-storm off the north coast of Ireland…
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A telegram from New York states that the American steamer Texan (8615 tons) has been sunk at son. A vessel which has arrived at an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Zeppelin. American Experts Impressions
The air expert of thE "Chicago Daily News, "who visited the wreeked Zeppelin at Bourbonne Jes Bains, France, communicated the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World's Shipping. Steamer Missing
LONDON, Friday.—Lloyd's reports that the steamer Ugendi has been missing since the beginning of November…
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The Admiralty reports: Two British destroyers, on the night of January 12th, were totally wrecked off the coast of Scotland, during a violent gale, with…
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A well-known passenger and cargo steamer belonging to Huddart. Parker and Co., Ltd., has been sold privately, the purchasers, it is…
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The Madrid newspaper "El Sol " reports that a new Spanish steamer, the Girialda, of 4400 tons has been sunk westward of La Guardia…
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MADRID, Tuesday.—There is great indignation In Spain because of the torpedoing of the Spanish steamer Giralda on Saturday last 30 miles…
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William Arnott (29), steward, was charged at Newcastle Police Court yesterday with having stolen at Newcastle yesterday a ham, valued at…
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The British Admiralty reports that the armed boarding steamer Louvain was torpedoed and sunk in the eastern Mediterranean on January 21st. Seven officers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overdue Steamer Marjorie, from Adelaide Anxiety as to Safety
Some anxiety is being felt in Newcastle as to the steamer Marjorie. This vessel left Adelaide at one o'clock on January 26, at about the same time as…
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The steamer Marjorie, which was two days overdue at Newcastle from Adelaide, arrived in port last evening. She left Port Adelaide at 1 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Berlin Huns Sabred German War Demands Defied by Allies American Guns Speaking Hun Dug-outs Wrecked Allies in Council Huns' Demands Defied Increased Resistance
LONDON, Monday.—Reuter's Paris correspondent telegraphs:— "I have gathered from one exceptionally well-informed source…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Salving a Schooner
The Chief Justice of Victoria (Sir John. Madden), in Vice-Admiralty Jurisdiction, delivered judgment in a suit by the owners master and crow of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home Wrecked by Drink. Children Rescued
Drunkenness of a soldier's wife is held responsible for the shocking condition in which their home was found by Mrs. Conner, a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Ashore. Kooyong Takes the Ground
As the M'llwraith M'Eacharn Company's steamer Kooyong was proceeding to sen with a cargo of coal this morning, she went ashore at the end…
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