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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14

Schooner Aground Oregon Pine Stockton Mud Bank

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 5

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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Steamer on a Sandbank Stranded Excursionists Dance All Night LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 6

An excursion steamer carrying 350 passengers ran aground on a sandbank at Loughswilly, causing a panic, until a destroyer came alongside and took off 50 women and children, before the outgoing tide isolated the vessel…

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Mourilyan Sold Steamer Changes Hands SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 3

The steamer Mourilyan, of the fleet of the Australian Steamships Proprietary, Limited, has been said to the Northern Steamship Company, Limited, of New…

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Pleasure Steamer Hits a Rock Damaged Liner's Passengers Meet More Trouble LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 1

A pleasure steamer cruising on the Firth of Clyde, with 300 Metagama passengers, who were delayed in sailing for Montreal owing to the liner having collided with the Baron Vernon on Saturday night, struck a submerged rock, and was badly holed…

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Amy Turner Wreck Naval Court Inquiry MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

A Naval court, convened by the British Consul-General at Manila, to inquire into the loss of the barque Amy Turner, which foundered on March 27 on a…

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Elopements Ended "All Is Forgiven' Two Steamer Romances MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 5

Two clopements ended abruptly on the voyage of the steamer Balranald, now at Melbourne. Ono couple in particular attracted much…

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Lost in Indian Ocean Trevassa Distress Signals Fail Steamer Sinking, Crew Escaping in Boats Wellington (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 June 1923 · page 6

The steamer Trevassa, which left Tort Plric for the United Kingdom on May 15, and sailed from Fremantle on May 24, has wirelessed S.O.S. signals from the Indian Ocean. The messages said that the steamer was in a sinking condition, and the crew…

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Mail Steamer Moldavia

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

The mail steamer Moldavia sustained an accident to one of her propeller shafts, and is proceeding on one engine. She will be nearly a week late in…

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Steamer Trevessa Founders Sydney

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

The steamer Kent, which reached Sydney this morning, intercepted an "S.O.S." wireless message last night, stating that the steamer Trevessa had foundered near…

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Whisky Running Profit of £125,000 Clyde Steamer's Jaunt LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 1

"The Daily Sketch" says that a vessel returned to the Clyde after a six months' whisky-selling Jaunt in American waters. It disposed of 300,000…

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Steamer Trevessa Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 8

No further information has been received regarding the steamer Trevessa, which a wireless message stated was inking in the Indian Ocean…

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Brigantine Wrecked. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 7

The brigantine Woolamal, bound from Tasmanlia for Adelaide, has been wrecked near Apollo Bay. The crew of nine were saved…

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Douglas Mawson Cause of Wreck Probably Tidal Wave DARWIN

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 3

During a cruise in the Gulf of Carpentaria of the Geranium, which arrived in port on Monday from tho McArthur River, evidence was found in all parts of…

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Amy Turner Wreck Details Of Court's Finding Captain Not to Blame SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 8

Details of the finding of tho Naval Court convened in Manila by the British Consul-General to inquire into the loss of the barquentine Amy…

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Steamer Trevessa No Tidings. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 5

Wireless messages state that the steamers Trevean and Tregenna and Seattle are steaming in a zig-zagging course where the sinking of the steamer Trevessa…

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Boat Found Bottom Up Only Sip of Trevessa Wreck Moreton Bay's Wireless to "Sun" Treganna and Trevean Continue the Search SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 5

All thoughts are centred on the fate of the few small boats manned by the Trevessa's crew that are, or were, adrift on the Indian Ocean. The latest news from the scene of the foundering Trevessa is sadly disquieting. A special wireless message…

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Missing Trevassa. Boat and Wreckage Found. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 6

The Deputy Director of Navigation in Sydney to-day received a wireless message from the Commonwealth liner Moreton Bay, to the effect that an…

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Allies Too Strong A.L.P Executive Wrecked One Survivor How Dooleyites Won SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 6

Now that the A.L.P. executive has received a bad fall and an unexpected one, it is feeling its bumps and wondering why its carefully laid…

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Northern Naval Base American Search Mine Sweeper Ashore VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 6

A Sun Francisco message states in connection with the announcement of the American mine-sweeper. Cardinal, being ashore on an island off the…

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Driven Ashore in Storm

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 1

The ketch Woolamai,driven ashore last week In the storm that raged along the coAst of Victoria and over. Tasmania. The crew were rescued by means of th e rocket apparatus…

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