Dyke Coal Stack for N.Z. RAILWAYS Steamer Broxton Chartered
Some time ago it was announced that a large Quantity of coal stacked at the Dyke had been bought from the Commonwealth Government by…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920
147 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 8
A Schooner Race
A Halifax message states that the American fishing schooner Esperanto beat the Canadian schooner Delawanna in the first of three races for the international…
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It is reported from Newport that the American steamer Cape Fear has been sunk in a collision with the Savannah liner City of Atlanta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reprisals Tragedy of Ireland Tralee Wrecked Inhabitants Panic-stricken LONDON, Friday Night
The usual trade events are reported in Ireland. A military lieutenant was last night shot dead near Menagh, as also were two men who were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Washed Ashore Merewether Tragedy Returned Soldier's Fate
William Robert McLaron went for a walk along Merewether Beach last Monday afternoon and did not return. Next morning his body vas found on…
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During the past week representatives of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce met the general manager and other officers of the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coa[?]tal Steamer for B.H.P.
Mr. W. Huss[?]ack. local secretary of the Seamen's Union, stated this afternoon that the steamer Grelwen has been chartered by the Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrangel Wrecked Reds Celebrate Armistice Day Smashing Victory in the Crimea Refugees Fighting for Passages LONDON, Sunday Night
The Bolsheviks celebrated Armistice Day by smashing General Wrangel's front and inflicting a disastrous defeat with fearful losses on numerically…
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News was received last night that the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Ferret, which went aground at Royston Head, Yorke Peninsula, on Sunday…
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Whilst running through a dense fog off Bass Point, near Shellharbour, early on Saturday morning the coastal steamer Comboyne, 281 tons, struck a submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer's Escape Newcastle in Fog Missed Dunbar's Fate
A dense fog enveloping the Sydney Heads on Saturday morning nearly ended disastrously for the steamer Newcastle…
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A message from Madrid reports the destruction by fire of the new trans-Atlantic liner Alphonso the Thirteenth of 14,000 tens…
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The new steamer Volsella, on route from Glasgow to Auckland, arrived at Thursday Island yesterday to take in fresh provisions. She resumed her…
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A message from Seattle states that the steamer Pirrie, with a crew of 27, was lost in a great storm off Cape Flattery. Two living sailors were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"India for the Indians" First Franchise in History Farcical Proceedings Extremists Wreck the Elections ALLAHABAD, Wednesday Night
India went to the polls yesterday for the first time in its history, the occasion being the Council's elections. The effect of Gandhi's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Gale Big Boats wrecked Plucky 'Prentice London, Thursday Night
Several wrecks occurred in the storm along the west and south coasts last night, including the big steamers Ansgir and Hathor, off Cornwall. The…
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News was received by the [?]derwriters on Saturday by [?] wreek of the auxiliary schooner [?]. The disaster occurred at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Grelwen. Held Up at Newcastle
The British-registered steamer Grelwen, which was due to leave Newcastle last evening for Whyalla, South Australia, to bring a cargo of iron ore for…
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Lake Macquarie presented an extraordinary appearance to-day. Foamcapped waves and flying spray made a grand view, and on the foreshores of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Storm Counting the Cost Washaways in the City Damage at Bishopscourt
Damag to the extent or from £500 to £750 was done to municipal property by the storm. A complete estimate is impossible at present, but the…
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