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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14

Levuka Ashore on Stone Island Re-floating Expected BOWEN

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 6

The steamer Levuka is ashore of Stone Island. It is expected to be re-floated. The vessel was bound from Cairng…

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Disastrous Shipwrecks Off the American Coast Number of Lives Lost Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 5

A message from Los Angeles states that the disaster to the Pacific liner Cuba off the island of San Miguel was worse than originally reported. Seven…

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Dandenong Wreck 47 Years Ago To-day Survivers In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 6

It is 47 years to-day since the steamer of Dandenong, one of Howard, Smith's boats, while making the trip from Melbourne to Sydney, was wrecked off…

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The American Wrecks London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 7

Reuter's agency at Los Angeles reports that the passengers and crew of the liner Cuba are all saved, and bullion and cargo worth 2,500,000 dollars have…

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Steamer Missing Baron Blantyre Overdue Cargo of Coal Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 September 1923 · page 7

Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Baron Blantyre, new considerably overdue at Adelaide from Durban…

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Search of a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1923 · page 5

Router reports that the Norwegian steamer Salvator, which has been engaged salvaging the Spanish battleship Espana has arrived at Gibraltar, and reports that…

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Baron Blantyre Missing Steamer £2500 Worth Of Coal SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 September 1923 · page 6

It is now feared in South Australian shipping circles that the long overdue steamer. Baron Blantyre, has met disaster. All attempts to locate the…

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Wrecked Destroyers Keeping The Navy Clean VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 September 1923 · page 1

A San Deigo message states that Rear-Admiral Coontz will conduct a rigid inquiry into the wreck of the destroyers. He dee[?]res that he is not…

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Loss of a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 September 1923 · page 5

The Board of Trade has opened the inquiry into the loss of the steamer E. Kahira, which, roysterjously disappeared on a voyage in the Mediterranean is July…

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Commander's Blunder Wrecked Destroyers Wrong Decision Distrusted The Wireless VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 September 1923 · page 1

Captain Watson, commander of the destroyer squadron, which was wrecked on the California coast, to-day took the full…

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Steamer Amok Ramming And Sinking Typhoon At Hong Kong SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 5

Driven along by a shrieking typhoon. which attained a velocity of 135 miles an hour. the Chinese steamer Loong Nang made a wild rush…

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One Survivor Schooner Lost Four Men Drowned PERTH

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 7

The schooner Scaflower (63 tons) was lost in the storm on Wednesday morning, nine miles north or Moore River, and 60 miles north of Fremantle…

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Night Steamer Trips

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 6

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company announce steamer trips for Sunday night, when the Newcastle will leave this port for Sydney, and the…

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Schooner Ashore Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 September 1923 · page 5

The schooner Waratalia is reported to be ashore at Palley Point off Karkar Island, in New Gulnea, and according to a message received from…

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Train in the River Life Line in Use Passengers Hauled Ashore VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 September 1923 · page 6

Like sailors coming ashore from a wreck, many passengers on the smashed train on the Barlington line, near Caspar, Wyoming, crawled…

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Vanished Wreck No Trace Of Mindini SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 September 1923 · page 5

According to information received by the Department of Navigation, the, wreck of the steamer Mindini has disappeared…

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Wrecks in the Fog Channel Mishaps Steamers Damaged. LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 1

An unusually thick fog in the English Channel caused a remarkable aeries of mishaps, Collisions and beachings during the fog exceed 20…

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Flying Wreckage Narrow Escapes Melbourne Explosion MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 5

There were many narrow escapes from death when the acetylene gas blew out at Messrs. Small and Shattle's engineering works at Fitzroy late last…

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Three Men in a Ketch Daves' Shanghai To Copenhagen CAPETOWN

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 October 1923 · page 2

A 27 ton ketch, 218 days out from Shanghai, reached Capetown to-day. The crow consists of three Danes. They are continuing their voyage to…

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Japanese Earthquake Steamer From Kobe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 4

The Blue Funnel liner Meriones, of 7684 tons gross register, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Kobe, is the first vessel to reach here from Japan…

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