American Schooner
En route to the Solomon Islands and Itab[?], the American four masted [?] Robert R. Hind is due to leave Sydney to-morrow for Newcastle…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 14
John Brown Adamant Willis Accuses Coal Baron of Trying to Wreck Agreement
SYDNEY, Thursday. "John Brown versus Australl a" is how the miners' leaders bitterly sum up the latest phase of the [?] dispute, which threatens to undo all the work of many we eks past, wreck the agreement,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipwreck Society. Awards for Bravery. Sydney
The annual meeting of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales will be held at the Sydney Town Hall on September 17, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Yarra Yarra
In 1877 the steamer Yarra Yarra foundered off Newcastle, N.S.W. This led to the formation of the Royal S hipwreek Relief Society, which yesterday celebrated the [?][?]versary of its birth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Perils of the Sea Cause of Damage Steamer Port Auckland Wellington (N.z.)
At the inquiry held into the cause of the damage sustained by the steamer Port Auckland. necessitating her return to Wellington, the chief engineer declared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Difficulties Steamer Sends Out S.O.S. Steering Gear Gone Monadnock Bound for Newcastle in Gale BRISBANE
The steel screw vessel Monadnock, of 4275 tons, hound from Nauru to Newcastle, sent a wireless message late last night that she was in difficulties, owing to her steering gear having been carried away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Monadnoc. Buffeted by a Gale Brisbane
News of steamers in trouble has arrived with distressing frequency of late, and now another mishap has been witnessed…
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It is reported from Vancouver that the steamer Siberian Prince went ashore at Brunswick Island, near Victoria, in a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight for Life In Fierce Gale Steamer's Plight Nearly on the Rocks WELLINGTON
The French steamer La Marseillalse, which arrived here yesterday evening from Balvon en route for Sydney, had a perilous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plaything of Gale Steamer's Awful Experiences Steering Gear Fails Newcastle Bound Vessel Reaches Sydney SYDNEY
With her steering gear carried away, and her cargo of phosphates moved to the starboard side, the crew of the steamer Monadnock (4275 tons gross) had the awful experience of being the plaything of a fierce gale when hundreds of miles from land…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallamba Wreck Marine Court Inquiry "Error of Judgment" SYDNEY
In the Marine court yesterday (before Judge Cohen and Captain C. V. Wood and D. Reid, assessors) the total loss of the North Coast steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Schooner Wrecked Flooded by Mountainous Seas Coal Cargo Shifted Crew Reaches Shore in Open Boat LONDON
The motor schooner William Prichard was wrecked on the lonely coast of Cumberland, after 18 hours' buffeting in a storm in the Irish Sea. The schooner, with nine aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£1000 for Channel Swim Sullivan's Great Feat Rewarded "I'll Finish It Myself " How He Staggered Ashore at Calais LONDON
Although Henry Sullivan was ineligible for the "Daily Sketch's" prize, because he did not give notice enabling the "Sketch" to send a representative for the purpose of supervision of the swim across the English Channel, Sir Edward Hulton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Like a Tied Cat Steamer's Perilous Position Screw Twisted in Cable Anchored to Land Many Miles Away Auckland
"Like a cat tied securely by its tall." This apparently was the position on the conclusion of tho first stage of the laying of the cable from Suva to Auckland. What actually happened was that' the cable fouled one of the Step han's propellers. The cable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wharfie Suspect Strike On Steamer ADELAIDE
When the A.U.S.N. steamer Mall[?] reached Port Adelaide with a large cargo of general morchandice soon after the word of unloading had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Among the Bunkers Eight Stowaways Steamer Returns 100 Miles FREMANTLE
The master of the Commonwealth and Dominion steamer, Port Darwin, wi[?]ssed on Sunday that he had discovered [?]ght stowaways on board,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Saved by Wireless Treatment by Distant Doctor Fireman's Fever Steamer's Race to Port
A fireman on the steamer Capo may owes his life to wireless The vessel was bound from Adelaide to Newcastle, and was half-way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is It From Sumatra? Wreckage Found Departmental Inquiry SYDNEY
Word has been received by the Deportment of Navigation that quantities of wreekage had been washed ashore along the north coast, near Camden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →13 Hours' Fight Steamer Afire Outbreak Subdued SYDNEY
After a strenuous fight, which lasted for 13 hours, the fire which broke our yesterday evening on the Norwegian steamer. Niels Nielsen, lying in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Ketch's Long Voyage
A message from Capetown reports that a 27-ton ketch, with three men aboard, put into Durban Harbour yesterday, having made an 8000 mile…
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