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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 11

Two Hatches Wreckage Ashore Report from Harrington

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 5

Supplementary to the report from Constable Nesbit, of Forster, as received by Superintendent Childs yesterday relative to the finding of…

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SUPER-LIFEBOAT Hot Food and Cabins

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 6

A super-lifeboat, the largest in the world, is now under construction for New Brighton, on the Mersey, in England…

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Another Steamer For Newcastle Company Passengers and Cargo Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 5

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company intends adding another steamer to its fleet, to meet the requirements of the Hunter River trade…

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Wreckage Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 5

In a telegram to Superintendent Childs, received yesterday afternoon at the headquarters of the Newcastle district police, Constable Nesbit, officer…

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Whence the Wreckage Hopes for Manurewa Watson's Bay Optimism

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 5

To seafaring men acquainted with the staunch little Manurewa, the finding of wreckage on the North Coast has been an event difficult to associate…

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Ketch Phil Forbes. Founders Near Seal Rocks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 4

A telegram from Sydney was displayed at the Newcastle Post-office yesterday, stating that advice, had been received from Seal Rocks that the ketch Phil…

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French Steamer Service Monthly Timetable MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 5

The arrival in Melbourne this week of the Messageries Maritimes Company's steamer Andromede inaugurated a new monthly passenger service…

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Typhoon Battered Four Days' Hell Steamer's Perilous Time SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 5

With portions of her bridge missing, and generally bearing testimony of the violence of the typhoon encountered on the run to Auckland from Panama,…

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From a Desert Island Crew of Phil Forbes Story of Wreck

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 6

Looking none the worse for their sojourn on a desert island, the crew of the ill-fated Phil Forbes arrived in Newcastle this…

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Raft at Sea Wreckage Sighted SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 3

The steamer Fiona, from Fiji, via Auckland reached Sydney last night, after a very rough voyage across from New Zealand. Boisterous westertly gales were…

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KETCH v. STEAMER Collision at Adelaide ADELAIDE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 7

A collision occurred at McLaren's wharf, between Huddart Parker's collier Yarra, which was manoeuvring to get to the discharging berth in the…

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Narrow Escape Excitement on Steamer Boiler Valve Blows Out MURWILLUMBAH

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1922 · page 6

Yesterday the river steamer Emma Pyers, on a journey from Tweed Heads to Murwillumbah, was about half-way along Stott's Island when the cheek…

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Wollongbar Wreck

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1922 · page 2

Saturday was the anniversary of the wreck of the Wollongbar at Byron Bay, and men have been working intermittently on the wreck since. Last week a…

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Union Co's Motor Ship. New Steamer Hauraki

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 9

A detailed description of the Union Company's new motor-ship Hauraki is given in the latest English shipping papers. The steamer is at present on…

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Bookmaker's Loss Steamer Theft Reported by Wireless SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

It is seldom that a robbery is reported by wireless, but Alec Williams, the well-known bookmaker, who is on his way to America on the Sonoma,…

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Wreck of the Egypt. a Deed of Heroism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1922 · page 7

The surviving passengers of the wrecked liner Egypt have signed a statement that all would have been saved but for the lascars' abominable conduct…

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New Steamer Stockrington. Arrival at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 4

Messrs. J. and A. Brown's now steamer Stockrington arrived at Newcastle last evening upon her maiden voyage from London, via Colombo and…

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Fresh Wreckage Port Macquarie Find Manurewa Still Missing SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 5

A quantity of fresh wreckage has been washed ashore near Port Macquarie. Portions of hatches are among it, and on examination they…

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New Steamer Cycle's Maiden Trip

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 5

The latest addition to Howard Smith, Ltd.'s, fleet of interstate traders, the Cycle, is scheduled to leave Melbourne to-morrow on her maiden…

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Wreck of the Egypt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1922 · page 5

The survivors from the P. and O. liner Egypt sunk by collision in a fog off Ushant, have returned to London. There were affecting scenes at…

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