The Steamer Kyogle
The following message, dated from Hobart on Friday, details the accident to the steamer Kyogle, about the safety of which there was anxiety in shipping…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 7
The Wreckers Scapa Flow Scuttling Incident Britain Not Responsible Punishment for the Guilty London, Wednesday Night
The following may be regarded as the official explanation of the events at Scapa Flow:—At the time of the armistice the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Edderside Wreck. London
The steamer Themistocles, which collided with the Norwegian barque Edderside side (1347 tons), on the way from Capetown to Australia, has returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Edderside
It is reported from Capetown that the inquiry into the sinking of the barque Edderside by the Australian troopship Themistocles was resumed to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipbuilding Industry. Another Steamer Launched. Sydney
The Commonwealth Government's new steamer the Dundula, was successfully launched at Cockatoo island to-day. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. Holman,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Smoke Diversion
As early as thirty years ago, Sir Alfred Yarrow, the famous naval architect. originated a method for driving the smoke of steamships downward. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer's Remarkable History
The American steamer Frances L. Skinner, recently in British waters, has a remarkable history. She is a screw steamer of 4807 tons gross and 3649 tons net, built…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer Arrives Bethanga in Port
The new steamer Berthanga arrived ir Newcastle this afternoon from San Francisco, and berthed at No. 11 Dyke crane, to take in bunkers through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disappeared in Flames Airship Mystery Wreckage Washed Up LONDON, July 15
The cause of the loss of the airship NS II. is at present a mystery. It is known that she encountered a heavy storm. and it is officially assumed that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Kigoma Arrives. a Fine Steamer
The steamer Kigoma arrived at Newcastle yesterday morning from Wellington, after a run of four and a half days, during which she encountered head winds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Wrecks
Still another interesting report is to hand, this being nothing less than a proposal to inquire into the feasibility of raising some of the wrecks through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pilot Staff Shortage. Steamer Inconvenienced
Complaints are made from time to time of the disadvantages—that should be remedied—from which the port of Newcastle suffers. An incident occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Steamer. Brisbane
A quantity of wreckage, believed to be from the missing Government steamer Llewellyn, has been discovered by the launch Florant at St. Bees and Keswick…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France's" Loss Huns as Mine Wreckers
Just that the Germans did to the French mines is explained in a report to Director Manning, of the United States Bureau of Mines, by Frank H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Schooner Sunk
A dispatch from Halifax states that the British steamer War Witch rammed and sank the schooner Gallid, off St. Pierre, the capital of Martinique…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wrecked Airship
The crew of the wrecked French airship Goliath, report from Dukar, that a bolt of the right propeller broke, and they used one motor for thirty-eight minutes,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck Near Gabo. Crew's Privations. Melbourne
The steamer Rostrevor, 384 tons, bound from Hobart to Sydney, was driven ashore on a sandy beach, between Gabo and Cape Everard, on Wednesday, during a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mutiny on a Steamer
An exciting story of mutiny at sea has been disclosed. Five of the crew of the oil tank steamer Marisha were charged with several offences…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on Steamer Hunter. Question in the Assembly. Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly to-night, Mr. Smith asked the Treasurer if it was a fact that a fireman who was badly scalded on the s.s. Hunter, coming from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Wrecked
A message from Copenhagen states that a Handley Page machine, which was on a flight from England to Christiania, was wrecked while flying towards Stockholm…
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