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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

147 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 8

Steamer Facilities

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 5

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co., Ltd., is advertising special facilities for intending passengers from Newcastle to Sydney on June…

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A Travelling School. Classrooms on Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 8

A travelling school on board ship is conceived by the Education Committee of Bradford, England, as the best solution of an enormously increased demand for…

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Steamer in Trouble. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 5

A report has been received here that the cargo steamer, Kingsmere, 5476 tons, en route from Port Pirie to the United Kingdom, lost her rudder 120 miles west…

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The Steamer Kingsmere Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 4

The tug Euro, which left Port Adelaide at midnight on Friday to pick up the disabled steamer Kingsmere, which lost her rudder 120 miles west of…

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The Steamer Brussels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 5

The indignation caused by the Government's decision to sell the steamer Brussels, formerly commanded by Captain Fryatt, who was murdered by the…

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Steamer Kingsmere. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 5

A wireless message received this morning by Messrs. George Wills and Company, from the steamer Kingsmore, which lost her rudder 120 miles west of the…

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Steamer Kingsmere in Tow

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 5

The steamer Kingsmere, which has been drifting about the Australian Eight in a helpless state owing to her having lost her rudder, has been taken in tow…

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Steamer Sunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 5

Saltpetre on board the s.s. Engineer, 5883 tons, bound for Mauritius, ignited in Lorenzo Marques Harbour. As the cargo also included carbide,…

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New Steamer Service Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 5

A new steamship service between Holland and Australia will be inaugurated within the next two months. All that is made known of the line so far…

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New Steamer Service. Australia-holland Line

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 4

Another new steamer service to Australia from Europe has been decided upon, according to advices received at Sydney. One of the most prominent Dutch…

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Wreck of a Ketch Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 7

The Queen of Tonga's jewels, valued at £15,000, were lost in the wreck of the ketch Violet, in the Haapal Group, last month…

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Steamer in Distress. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 5

The French steamer, Mannheim, is in distress, off Cape Leeuwin, her engines having broken down. A tug has gone to her assistance…

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Wrecked Carawa

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 5

Twelve of the crew of the steamer Carawa, which was wrecked at the Calapagos Group, through running on a submerged reef, are expected to reach…

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Steamer Quarantined Suspicious Sickness

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 5

The Japanese steamer Yoroppa Maru, from Batavia, arrived in Sydney harbor last night, and was sent into quarantine with a auspicious case…

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A Complete Wreck Bridge Twisted And Torn

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 1

The Ash Island bridge, which was swept away early on Saturday [?]ing, is now a complete wreck, and arrangements have been made to…

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Motor Schooner in Distress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 6

The five-masted motor schooner Malabat which encountered rough weather while on a voyage from Portland. Oregon, to Adelaide with a cargo of lumber,…

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Steamer Touches Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 4

The steamer Benmohr, with 6500 tons of coal for Adelaide, and with bunkers filled for the voyage to the United Kingdom, was despatched from Newcastle by…

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Schooner in Distress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 4

A wireless message was received yesterday by Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Newcastle, from the A.U.S.N. steamer Mackarra, which left Sydney for…

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Schooner in Tow Picked Up By Mackarra

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 1

Word was received by Mesrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., of Newcastle yesterday that the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Macarra had picked…

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Steamer Poona Diverted. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 4

It was generally intended that the P. and O. steamer Poona should load at Bowen, Newcastle, and Melbourne, but owing to the watersiders refusing to load…

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