Ajax and Lifeboat Pilots and Crew Commended
The splendid work done in the recent week-end gale at Newcastle by the pilot steamer Ajax and the Newcastle lifeboat, when the steamers…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921
175 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9
Three Shillings an Hour For Lifeboat's Crew Peril on the Deep
It has been ascertained on reliable authority that the crew of the Newcastle [?]oat which was out at sea in the gale for 15 hours on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Shipwrecks
Lloyd's is agitated by the recent mysterious disappearance of fifty Greek vessels, which are alleged to have foundered since September, 1920…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jump Overboard Schooner Ashore Break Up on Reef Adelaide
Seven men had a wonderful escape from death when the schooner Le Mazil went ashore at 1 a.m., on Sunday. The schooner struck a reef half a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Schooner Adelaide
The three-masted schooner Le Maxll, timber laden from Tasmania, went ashore on the south-eastern coast of South Australia early on Sunday morning, at a point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Canastota Wreckage Found Explosion Theory SYDNEY
Last night't wireless message advising that charred debris had been washed ashore at Lord Howe Island was the one topic of conversation in shipping circles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on a Steamer
The steamer Wolverene has arrived at Calcutta from San Francisco, and reports that it narrowly escaped destruction in the ocean through inflammable material…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canadian Exporter Wrecked Off Oregon VANCOUVER, Tuesday Night
The Government steamer, Canadian Exporter, which made several Australian trips has been wrecked and be come a total loss on the count of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trading Schooner Overdue
The Marua, one of the three auxinary schooners owned by Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, and employed in the inter-Island trade, is overdue at Tarawa, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sunken Wreck to Be Removed
It is the intention of the Melbourne Harbour Trust to remove by the use of explosives, the wreckage of the ship Eliza, which was sunk at Port Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Murua Overdue
The wooden auxiliary schooner Murua, 253 tons, one of Messrs. Burns, Philp and Go[?] Inter-Island vessels, is reported overdue at Tarawa (Gilbert Group). The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Washed Ashore Seaman's Death Body Seen By Boy
The body of a man about 33 years of age later identified as a seaman named wilfred stanley Longridge, was found on the beach at stockton last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Short of Coal
The steamer Morinda from Rabaul and ports reached Sydney yesterday and berthed at the Federal Wharf. While coming from Brisbane the vessel received orders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Doubt at All Canastota's End Wreckage Identified SYDNEY
"To my mind, there is no doubt that the charred debris washed up at Lord Howe Island is from the missing steamer Canastota," said Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Movements
Messrs. John Reid, Limited, local agents P. and O. branch Service and the Blue Funnel line of steamers, advise movements of the Australian trading steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner John W. Wells
The five-masted schooner John W. Wells, 2374 tons, reached Sydney yesterday, after a fourteen days' passage from Melbourne, and anchored in Snalls Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holland-america Steamer
Messrs. Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipbuilders, have begun the construction or a steamer of 30,000 tone for the Holland-America Company's New York…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of John Murray First Mate's Story Five Men in a Boat
Few men can spin a yarn more interestingly or with greater effect than a sailor. There is something in the composition of men who go down to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Gales Schooner and Barque Sails Blown Away
According to news received from Auckland, New Zealand, the American five-masted schooner Columbia River arrived there on July 30, after a very rough but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer's Stores
Percy James Long (24), coal trimmer, was charged at the Newcastle Police Court this morning, with having embezzled yesterday ship's stores valued…
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