Flag for Steamer Delungra
A pleasant incident in connection with the steamer Delungra, built end fitted out at Walsh Island, took place the other afternoon, when Mr. Elliott, Commissioner…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 7
Steamer Disaster Ten People Drowned VANCOUVER
Ten people were drowned when a lake steamer foundered in a storm at Muskegon, Michigan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Series of Mishaps Foreign Schooner's Voyage
It is nearly three months since the four-wasted Norwegian auxiliary schooner Tacoma put in to Brisbane in distress while on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Steamer Sunk
A telegram from Muskegon, Michigan, states that the steamer City of Muskegon, when entering the harbour, struck a pier and sank in four minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Passings
The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce council has resolved to write to the Postal Department to ask whether they could arrange for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trainload of Guinness Wrecked in Leinster Driver Killed London, Wednesday Night
A Dublin message reports that a trainload of Guinness stout was derailed at West Meath, Leinster. The engine and 30 trucks toppled over a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mercantile Cadets B.I.S.N. Steamer
The British India Steam Navigation Company has a scheme for the training of cadets for the mercantile marine, and on board the streamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lake Disaster Steamer Founders Vancouver
The steamer Myron foundered on Lake Superior, eighteen lives being lost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lake "Shipwreck" Ladies in Trouble
A few days ago a large launch struck a rock near Pulbah island, on Lake Macquarie, and was held hard and fast. The passengers, among…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Paterson New Cargo Steamer Sydney-Newcastle Trade
A new steamer, built to the order of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, and intended for the Sydney-Newcastle trade, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Howell Lost Aeroplane Wrecked London
Lloyd's reports that Captain Howell's aeroplane was wrecked off Corfu and that there is no hope of any survivors. It was seen off Corfu on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leeds Murder Scene in Court Redfern a Wreck LONDON, December 15
Alfred Redfern, who had been arrested on a charge of shooting a bank manager at Leeds, was a pitiable spectacle as he faced a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Boonah
The fire which broke out in the hold of the steamer Boonah, which was about to leave England for Australia, has been confined to the after-hold, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Wrecked
Lloyd's reports that the British steamer Lion Shing, 1659 tons, while bound from Hongkong to Saigon, was wrecked on the Paraoels (a group of reefs and islets in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble on a Steamer
A mutiny occurred aboard the United States steamer America, which is conveying the American Peace Delegation back to New York, and imperilled the voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There and Back Steamer to Sydney
The Newcastle native is a casual case. Hundreds of him tried hard to book deck cabins to Sydney on Wednesday morning, and finished up the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dutch Steamer Lost Whole Crew Drowned VANCOUVER
The Dutch steamer Anton van Driel has been lost off Newfoundland. The whole of the crew of 50 wore drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipwrecked Mariners' Ordeal
Eleven survivors of the British steamer Bayrouto, which foundered in a hurricane off Havana recently, reached Southampton after a terrible ordeal. During…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swansea Launch Disaster Wreckage at Bar Beach
Norman Harris, a school boy, living in Farquahar-street, Junction, picked up on the Bar Beach, Junction, yesterday afternoon, the name-plate of the ill-fated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked Steamer Shore Strewn With Bodies VANCOUVER
A Halifax message says that the steamer Van Driel struck Cape Race at midnight. Only the bridge was visible this morning. Several boats…
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