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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 11

Steamer Held Up Firemen Cause Delay MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 5

By their refusal to continue duty unless provided with an extra meat ration, 12 firemen from the Commonwealth Government Line steamer…

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Light Cruiser Wrecked Disaster Off Labrador Crew of 700 Men Saved Six Sailors Reported Missing Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 1

The cruiser Raleigh, with Admiral Pakenham on board, has been wrecked in the Straits of Belle Isle, off Labrador. It is probable that the ship will be totally lost. The crew was saved by the Calcutta…

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Ketch Ashore

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 4

The Cicada, a wooden auxiliary ketch of 5 tons, belonging to the Tootgarook Estate proprietary, Limited, and which trades in Port Phillip, was blown ashore…

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Steamer Believed Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 5

It is reported from Shanghai that the British steamer Gondia is believed to have foundered with all on board in the recent South China storms…

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British Cruiser Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 5

A wireless message from Cape Race, Newfoundland, states that the British cruiser Raleigh, of 9750 tons, has been totally wrecked during a fog on the rocks…

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Wrecked Cruiser Bow Under Water Crew Picked Up VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 1

The stunner Empress of France picked up the crew the wrecked cruiser Raleigh, cu route from Southampton…

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Wrecked Off Labrador

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 1

The cruiser Raleigh, flagship of the British North Atlantic [?]…

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Steamer Kuttabul Trial Run in Sydney, Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 7

The Sydney Ferries' new steamer Kuttabul, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from the Walsh Island dockyard, had a trial run in Sydney Harbour this…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1922 · page 5

The captain of the liner Adriatic, in the hold of which an explosion, occurred when the vessel was 1200 miles off New York, wirelessed that five fireman had…

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Total Loss Wreck in South Seas American Schooner Ashore Crew Rescued by Motor Ship Suva

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 August 1922 · page 5

Captain Twentyman, harbor master, has received a wireless message from the motor ship Hauraki, stating that the American schooner Henrietta has become a total loss on Nukulailai Island, in the Ellice Group…

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Launch Workers Proposed Reduction Lifeboat Crews

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 August 1922 · page 3

In the Assembly, Mr. Council, M.L.A., asked the Colonial Treasurer: (1) Is it a fact that it is proposed to alter the conditions on some…

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Stop-press Ketch Ruby in Port

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 August 1922 · page 6

The ketch Ruby, from which signals of distress were seen after it had disappeared in a mysterious way from Sydney Harbor on…

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The Ketch Ruby Cooma Standing By

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1922 · page 5

A few minutes before one o'clock this morning a telephone message was received at Nobbys from Sydney stating that the Cooma had wirelessed that she was…

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The Ketch Ruby Towed Into Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 5

After being off the coast since Thursday morning, blown about for the greater part of that time by strong westerly winds, the auxiliary ketch Ruby was…

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Aberdeen Liners New Steamer Sails

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 5

Cable advice has just been received by Messrs. Dulgety and Company, Limited, to the effect that the Diogones, the second of the two new steamers of the…

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The Ketch Ruby

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 1

The little which became the sport of the westerlies and aroused great interest concerning its whereabouts…

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Mutiny on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 5

A mutiny occurred on board the Philadelphia 10,232 tons, now belonging to Greece, at Naples, preparatory to sailing for New York with returning tourists…

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Egypt Wreck Verdict on Monday LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 5

The finding of the Board of Trade which sat as a court of inquiry into the wreck of the Egypt will be delivered next Monday…

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New Interstate Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 4

Carrying newsprint from Aberdson, the Gabriella, under the command of Captain Rawson, a now steamer recently purchased by Messrs. R. S. Lamb and…

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Dancing Rastus Jazzer on Steamer

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 3

Visitors to the American steamer Hollywood, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday, show marked interest in the dancing man, known as Dancing Rastus…

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