New Steamer For Newcastle Trade Morialta Bought
The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company has completed the purchase at Hong Kong of the steamer Morialta for the Sydney-Newcastle…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922
214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11
Schooner in Distress Leaking Rapidly SYDNEY
Ninety days out from Coos Buy, Oregon, to Melbourne, laden with lumber, the American schooner Lizzie Vance was spoken off Smoky Cape on Wednesday by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Wiltshire. Evidence of the Captain. Auckland
The inquiry into the wreck of the Willshire was resumed to-day. Captain Hayward, the master of the Wiltshire, continued his evidence. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wiltshire Wreck
Four men who went with launches to the wreck of the Wiltshire, and stole some of the cargo, have been arrested and committed for trial at the Supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Largest Lifeboat
Arrangements have been made in Great Britain for building a new type of motor lifeboat, which will be the largest of any yet known. Its length will [?] 60ft and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scow Ashore
Bound from Hokianga to Auckland the scow Haere, a vessel of 99 tons, went ashore seven miles south of Cape Marie. The crow are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wiltsihre Wreck. Default of Captain
The inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Wiltshire was concluded at Auckland. The court held that the casualty was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Adrift
The river steamer Sheila by some means got ad[?]t from her moorings at Callen's Wharf, Stockton, yesterday afternoon, and proceeded at a good rate of speed out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Rona Wrecked. Stranded on Flat Rock. Auckland
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company's steamer Rona, bound from Fill to Sydney, via Auckland, ran on to Flat Rock on the eastern coast of Northern New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Runaway Steamer Nobody at the Wheel Harbor Cruise
Yesterday the river steamer Sheila tolled in Newcastle harbor. With no one on board it went for a tour out on the harbor and came back towards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wiltshire Wreck
The official inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the big steamer Wiltshire on Great Barrier Island is proceeding. Evidence was given that the history of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gas Explosions Room Wrecked Randwick Accident SYDNEY
Three explosions occurred in a room at the back of the shop of Robert Henry Toone, electrician of Anzac-parade, Randwick shortly before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wiltshire Wreck
The Court of Inquiry has delivered its finding into the cause of the Wiltshire wreck on Great Barrier Island. It stated: We are of opinion that the casualty was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, June 27. Another Wreck
The New Zealand coast must be acquiring un unenviable reputation for its number of wrecks. No sooner have we ended the inquiry into the wreck of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wreck of the Rona. New Zealand Inquiry. Auckland
The inquiry into the wreak of the steamer Rona, which went aground on Flat lock on June 26, was opened to-day. Captain Wallis, the master of the Rona,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Save Our Souls Wrecked Barque's Appeal Fox Help Crew Take To Boats France in Dire Distress Sydney
Borne on by tempestuous seas, the five-masted barque France, popularly regarded as the biggest sailing vessel in the world, may become a total wreck on a reef off New Caledonia. When the vessel sent out the S.O.S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner Trouble Shortage of Crew
The three-masted schooner Abemama, which left Clarence Heads on June 30 with a cargo of poles for Bluff, is reported to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Rona. the Mate's Evidence. Auckland
The Inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Rona at Flat Rock was continued to-day. Cecil Grantley, the mate the steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the France. Sydney
The vessel which was reported in difficulties off New Caledonia was the barque France. Information has been received that she is a total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Rona. Auckland
The inquiry into the standing of the steamer Rona was continued today. Mr. Cutten, the president of the…
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