Dandenong Wreck Memories of 1876
There are three shipping disasters' which occurred in New South Wales within the recollection of many persons, but not a great number, which…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 7
Disastrous Hurricane American City Wrecked VANCOUVER
It is reported from Key West, capital of Monroe County, that not a house in the city escaped damage, and many were wrecked, in a hurricane…
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The steamer Marathon is reported to have been extensively damaged, and was beached to prevent sinking…
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It is reported from Miami, Florida, that the steamer Croydon, of the Ward Line, foundered in a hurricane, and twenty-seven of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Walsh Island Dockyard. Federal Steamer Dinoga
The Dinoga, the second of the standardised ships built at Walsh Island, will be launched on Friday. The vessel is one of five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Survivors Wreck of Tareora ADELAIDE
The steamer Tareora was wrecked off the Althorpes while on a voyage from Port Pirie to Hobart. She carried a crew of about 19, only seven…
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The Commonwealth steamer Dromana which was built at Williamstown, Victoria, and is on her maiden voyage, left Newcastle last night, after taking in 1700…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Pareora. Eleven Men Lost. Adelaide
Information reached Adelaide this morning that a steamer from Port Pirie had been wrecked west of the Althorpes. Later information stated that the vessel was…
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A despatch from Key West states that the steamer Valbanera from Spain to Havana is believed to have sunk after grounding on quicksand…
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So far as can be ascertained from the survivors of the wrecked steamer Pareora, ten of the complement of eighteen were either drowned or dashed to pieces on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Abemama Island Tambo Ashore
The steamer Tambo, belonging to Burna, Philp and Co., Ltd., went ashor on Abemama Island, in the Gubert Group, and will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Pareora. Adelaide
The Marine Board opened an inquiry to-day regarding the cause of the wreck of the steamer Pareora on Thursday, at Althorpes Island…
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The Marine Board gave its decision to-day regarding the wreck of the steamer Pareora at Althorpes Island on September 18…
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The Federal steamer Dinoga, now ready for the water at Walsh Island, will in all probability be launched on October 17. Mr. A. E. Cutler, the engineer-in-chief at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U-boat Ashore in England
The German submarine U-118, which is supposed to have broken away while being towed, lying broadside on Hastings Beach, within a few hundred yards of the houses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Mail
Largs Progress Association, writing to the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, refers to the difficulty in obtaining letters from Sydney unless…
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The pilot at Narooma, a port on the South Coast, 268 miles from Sydney, forwarded a telegram to the Navigation Department yesterday telling of the…
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It is reported from Halifax, Nova Scotia, that the French steamer Venezia is reported to be on fire, and has been abandoned…
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The Dinoga, the second of the standardised ships built at Walsh Island, is one of five 5500 deadweight tons cargo ships in various stages of completion on the ways. The vessel is being built to Lloyd's A1 specifications, on the isherwood system of framing, with a double bottom extending from the tunnel recess bulkhead art to the collision bulkhead forward, and with a main deck, bridge, poop deck, and forecastle. The principal dimensions are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rebuilding Wrecked Towns
Mr. G. B. Ford, an American town-planning engineer, has been appointed adviser to the French Government concerning the rebuilding of 3000 devastated…
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