Amy Turner Wreck No Further News
Nothing further has been beard at the Amy Turner, the barquentine which founded off Guam, in the Pacific Ocean, and the worst fears are felt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 14
Steamer Ashore Struck Uncharted Coral Reef Sixty Passengers on Board SYDNEY
The Burns, Philp steamer Melusia is ashore on an uncharted coral patch in Buka passage in the Solomon Islands. She was bound from Rabaul for Sydney. Efforts to refloat her have failed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Delayed Wellington, N.Z.
Twenty-one members of the Dorset's stokehold crew were each fined £5 for combining to delay the ship's departure. The men went ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Sailors Drowned Lifeboat Capsizes Five Men in Rough Sea SYDNEY
The story of how two members of the crew of the steamer Matatua lost their lives in mid-ocean while launching a boat to rescue a seaman…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amy Turner Wreck. Survivors at Manila Captain and Wife Go Down with the Ship. Manila
Hand in hand, on the poop deck of the barque Amy Turner, stood the captain and his wife, as the vessel foundered in a typhoon, off Guam, on March 27…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wreck Barge and Tug Collide Thrilling River Scene
Scenes as thrilling as those which attend a collision at sea were enacted on the Thames, a tug-boat and a barge, going in opposite directions, being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unique Ship American Motor Schooner
The American motor ship Katherine is at present berthed in the vicinity of the cattle wharf at the northern portion of the Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Terrific Seas Amy Turner's Plunge Alter Long Fight Survivors See Others Caught in Wreckage Shanghai
Into the following extracts from the log of the Amy Turner, which foundered near Guam, is compressed a tragic tale of the sea:-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bright Racing in Fine Weather Iron Prince How She Was Wrecked Court Inquiry Captain Praises Crew SYDNEY
Judge White, with the assessors, commenced an inquiry this morning in the Marine Court into the stranding of the Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Iron Prince. Marine Court Inquiry Sydney
The Marine Court, consisting of Judge White, with Captains C. V. Wood and C. D. Davidson, as assessors, held an inquiry into the stranding of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Officer Blamed Wreck of the Iron Prince Marine Court Finding Ships Too Close to Shore SYDNEY
To-day the Marine Court found that the stranding of the steamer Iron Prince, ne[?] Howe, was due to the negligence of the second officer, Tom Darl[?]y. He was called upon to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled, suspended, or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Iron Prince Wreck. Second Officer Responsibel. Sydney
The Marine Court of inquiry to-day delivered its decision in connection with the loss of the steamer Iron Prince, off Cape Howe, on April 19…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Iron Prince Wreck. Second Officer Responsible. Sydney
The Marine Court, consisting of Judge White, with Captains C. W. Davidson and C. V. Wood, as assessors, to-day ordered that the master's certificate, held by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Newcastle Iron and Steel Steamer Chartered to Carry B.H.P. Products Oversea SYDNEY
The Commonwealth Government steamer, Echunga, which was launched at Adelaide in March, has been chartered by Scott. Fell, and Co. This is the Echundas' first commission. She will carry iron and steel from Newcastle for overseas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's Powerful Lifeboat
Nearly 20 years ago the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain began to install oil-driven motors on its lifeboats. The designs first adopted were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Echunga Ashore In Newcastle Harbor with Steel Cargo New Boat Meets Trouble
The new Commonwealth Government steamer Echunga, which was launched at Adelaide in 1922, ran aground in Newcastle harbor last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble at Greta Attempt to Wreck Bridge. Greta, Friday Night
A dew more tree labourer were put on to load small coal at Whitburn Colliery to-day, and seventeen truck roads were sent away by rail. There was some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Okara
The Bengal Government is holding a preliminary inquiry into the loss of the steamer Okara, and if the results of the inquiry justify it, they will, order a full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tired and Haggard Amy Turner Survivors Home Wreck in Mountainous Seas Tragic Fate of Captain and Wife
Tired, haggard, and Strangely quiet, the four survivors of the crew of 14 that set out many weeks ago in the ill-fated Amy Turner, reached Sydney this morning from Manila, by the steamer St. Albans. They tell tales of mountainous sens and raging gales, of starvation and thirst. In their eyes one can…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner Aground Oregon Pine Stockton Mud Bank
The American six-masted schooner Oregon Pine (2526 tons), which has been loaded with a full cargo of coal, grounded opposite the No. 11 dyks…
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