Our Jack Wreck. Marine Court Finding. Sydney
The inquiry into the loss of the steamer Our Jack on June 26 last was concluded by the Marine Court to-day. Evidence was given by members of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921
175 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 9
Broxton for Sale Biggest Wooden Steamer
The American steamer Broxton, which was offered for auction at Dunedin last week, is said to be the largest wooden steamer float…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Ferry Steamer Walsh Island Launching Boats for Sydney
The first of the Sydney Ferry Company's three new steamers will be launched at Walsh Island next Thursday. It is being specially constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disorderly Conduct on Steamer
For disorderly conduct on boar American steamer Easterner on [?]urday, James O'Neill (30) was days, at the Newer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Cut in Two Collision With a [?]ner LONDON, [?]day
The P. and O. liner, Mant[?] from London to Sydney, collided [?] and cut in two a Norwegian Ketch the Isle of Wight at three o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OCTOBER 3, 1871 Fifty Years Ago Redhead Wreck The Catherine Barque
It is Just fifty years to-day since the barque Catherine was wrecked on Red Head beach. The vessel had sprung a leak, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Largest Aeroplane 100 PASSENGERS Now a Wreck
The Caproal triplanes which made nightly bombing raids over Germany during the war were so huge that a tractor was required to haul them…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wrecked Cardinia. Crew in Sydney. Sydney
Portion of the crew of the ship Cardinia, which was wrecked recently near Fiji; arrived at Sydney by the R.M.S. Niagara to-day. They were: Yeomans,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Little Steamer with Big Prospects
Fitting out the Quest, the little vessel in which Ernest Shackleton is to explore the Antarctic. Inset is a Portrait of the leader of the expedition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Double Collision Glasgow Steamer Founders Disaster at Clyde Entrance Meets American Vessel in Fog London, Sunday. 6.20 p.m
The British steamer Rowan has been sunk in a collision in a fog on the west coast of Scotland. There are 67 missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Held Up by Gunboat Russian Demand for Food Tokio
The Russian gunboat Batavia, flying the Vladivostock flag, on Frida ystopped the steamer Glayds Doeller off Mureran, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scottish Steamer Sunk. a Double Collision. Sixteen Lives Lost. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The Laird liner Rowan, of 1493 tons, bound from Glasgow to Dublin, sank off Ailsa Craig, on the Ayrshire coast, at midnight on Saturday, after a dramatic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tornado at Uralla Trees and Sheds Wrecked Iron Bent Like Paper Uralla
A terrific storm travelled from west to east about three miles south of Uralla. A shed was stripped of every sheet of iron, and only a few posts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Memories Opening of Railway Steamer Built at Newcastle
The railway from Honeysuckle Point to last Maitland was opened in May 1857, by the then Governor, Sir William Denison. When the opening took place…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Steamer Sunk
It is reported from Seattle that the steamer Fukin Maru sank in a hurricane off Cape Flattery. The passengers and crew were picked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trapped in Cabins Steamer Capsises Disaster on the Scheldt LONDON
A Brussels message states that when trapped in the cabins of a river steamer, after it capsuled in the Scheldt, near Antwerp, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Steamer Sunk
The steamer August was approaching the Scheldt on Saturday, when her cargo shifted. She capsized and sank in 90 seconds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Founders
A message from Copenhagen states that during a great storm in the North Sea, the British steamer Bellgrove, with a Swedish crew and a cargo of timber and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finnish Steamer Wrecked
It is reported from Hels[?]fors that the Finnish steamer Kustov, while proceeding from Abo to Hango, on the Gulf of Bothnia, was wrecked during a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jumping Into Space. the Airman's Lifeboat
Jumping into space, suspended from a parachute, is no longer quite the romantic event that it was before the war, says a correspondent of the London "Times."…
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