Steamer Ashore Coramba in Trouble Struck Wreckage Haven in Port Stephens
As a result of striking some floating object early yesterday morning, the North Coast Company's steamer Coramba is now ashore at Nelson's Bay,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14
The Steamer Coramba
The North Coast Steamship Company's steamer Coramba, which was reported on Sunday to have reached Port Stephens in a leaking condition, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saved by an Hour Steamer Hold-up Maunganui's Luck SYDNEY
Had her sailing time been fixed for noon instead of 11 a.m. the Maunganui would have been held up by order of the union on her last trip…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner Lizzie Vance Damaged. Vancouver
Advices received in San Francisco report that the schooner Lizzie Vance, bound from Sydney to the South Sea Islands has put in to Guam leaking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbor Works Value of Breakwaters Prevention of Wrecks
In the course of a statement before, the Harbor Trust Commission, of the works undertaken to deepen the entrance to the harbor, Mr. King,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Irony of Fate Schooner in Distress Reality Follows Pretence
The trony of fate has been well exemplified in the case of the American schooner Lizzle Vance. Only recently she figured on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck Shifts Helen B. Sterling SYDNEY
Captain Queen, master of the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Suva, has notified the superintendent of Navigation (Captain Morris) that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner's Bad Luck Adventures in Three Years SYDNEY
The schooner Mapu. which has enlered Sydney Harbor from Creymouth. New Zealand, has had a chequered career during her three years…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pilot Steamer Ajax. Conditions on Board
During the last six months Mr. W. P. J. Skelton, M.P., has been engaged in an effort to secure improved conditions for the men engaged in the pilot boat Ajax…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrilling Rescue After 36 HOURS Lifeboat's Great Work
For 36 hours the officers and crew — 24 all told — of the Newcastle (England) steamer Hopelyn clung to the derelict hull of their vessel, wrecked on the North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of an Aeroplane
A passenger hydro-aeroplane, flying between Key West and Cuba, sank in mid-sea. There were nine persons on board. Four were dead, including two children…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Willshire Wreck Echo
Mr. T. Bowling, chief officer of the steamer katoa, was presented with a silver tray by the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Massey), on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Ashore
Constable Nesbit telegraphed from Foster to Superintendent Childs at Newcastle yesterday that the steamer Otus, while proceeding from Sydney to the Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastal Steamer Beached Otus Springs a Leak Near Forster Crew of Six Escape Safely From Sinking Vessel
A report that the small river steamer Otus had been beached near Forster, and that the crew of six was safe, was telegraphed last night to Superintendent Childs by Constable Nesbit, stationed at Forster…
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The small vessel Otus, which Was beached on Wednesday night, has become a total wreck…
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There was no improvement yesterday in the position of the steamer O[?] which is ashore north of For[?] the vessel is now regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LOST £2500 Costly Cards On Steamer Crooks at Work Manufacturer Robbed SYDNEY
A well-known manufacturer, who arrived in Australia during the last few weeks, is alleged to have lost £2000 at cards, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamers Ashore Perth
A telegram received by the Northwest Whaling Company states that a willy-willy between January 15 and 18 blew two wha[?]ng steamers ashore,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firemen on Strike Trouble on Steamer DARWIN
The steamer Bambra arrived from Fremantle on Saturday, and commenced unloading this moraine as usual. The firemen refused to keep up steam…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on a Steamer. Auckland
A fire occurred this morning on board the steamer Canadian Pioneer, which was to have completed loading a cargo for New York and Boston to-day…
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