Steamer Iron Baron. Experiences of the Gale
After being storm-tossed off the coast of Newcastle for four days waiting for a safe crossing of the bar, the steamer Iron Baron entered the port at 12.47…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922
214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11
Lifeboat Woman at 70
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has awarded its record of thanks and a gold brooch to Mrs. Margaret Brown, of Creswell, Northumberland, who,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →2000 Sprats Stockton's Lifeboat "The Sun's" Fund Filled
Heave oh! You Stockton life savers and surfers, the 2000 sprats have been hauled in and the whale-boat is yours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire
The German steamer Vesta caught fire off Lowestoft, and a trawler took off ten of the crew, but ton others, and the mate's wife, were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Tied Up Insufficient Crew MELBOURNE
It is reported that, owing to the refusal of the members of the Federated Seamen's Union to man who stokehold in accordance with the decision of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surrounded by Flames Explosion at Sea Steamer Crew's Plight LONDON
A Lowestoft steam trawler brought in ten survivors of the German steamer Vesta, whose cargo of arsenic caught fire and exploded,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Karitane Sydney
The Marine Court, Judge Cohen presiding, and Captains D. Reid and C. V. Wood, assessors, to-day investigated the circumstances attending the loss of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Under Lucky Star Signed on Wrecked Skip But Changed His Mind
Some men are born under a lucky star. Mr. Samuel Taylor, who is driving the 'bus Canberra in Newcastle at present, is one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abandoned Last of Mokau Driven Further Ashore SYDNEY
The coaster Mokau, which sprang a leak, and was beached on January 19 at Sussex inlet, near Ulladulla, was driven further towards the shore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Victoria Released from Quarantine SYDNEY
The steamer Victoria, which was quarantined on her arrival at Sydney owing to the occurrence of a case of smallpox in the early part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner in Distress Sails Blown Away Bound From Newcastle Auckland (N.z.)
The five-masted schooner Malahat, bound from Newcastle to the Hawails, put in here in distress. Her rudder was broken and her sails…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commonwealth Steamer Melbourne
Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, [?] other Federal Ministers, were entertained at luncheon on the steamer Morel Bay by Captain Avern, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Karitane. Sydney
The Marine Court sat to-day, and finished the inquiry into the circumstances attending the stranding and subsequent beaching of the steamer Karitane, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of Karltane
[?] age operations are to be commenced [?]tely at the wreck of the steamer Kartiane, at Deal Island, in Bass Strait. A plant has been secured, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Coolana
A settlement has been reached between the Seamen's Union and the Melbourne Steamship Company regarding the manning dispute, which has kept the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"On the Beach" Helen B. Sterling's Crew Stranded Newcastle Boy's Story of Wreck
"The crew has been paid off and I am now on the beach. I lost everything I had on board, including my swimming and boxing medals, and I have not received a penny compensation."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Passenger Missing
A saloon, passenger by the steamer Hunter, whole name is believed to be John Heath, was missing when the steamer arrived at Newcastle from Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Are They Excessive? Steamer Freight Charges
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has received a letter from Mr. J. J. Shiels, secretary of the profiteering prevention Court, on the steamer and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Valmarie Ashore. Wellington
The three-masted schooner Valmarie, Which left Grafton, New South Wales, for Greymonth, on January 31 with cargo or hardwood timber, is reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surprising Tugela New Norwegian Steamer Big Building Programme Norway-Australia Service
A fortnightly cargo service between Norway and Australia is contemplated. In order to cope with the ever growing quantity of cargo offering in…
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