Missing Adventurous Ketch Three Months' Silence SYDNEY
On september 28, 1923 the 14-ton ketch salome left sydney for Rabaul. The skipper and owner of the little vessel was H. A. Mackenzle and with…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12
The Dixmude Wreckage Found and Two Bodies. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The wreckage of the Dixmude has been located under the sea south of Cape San Marco, Sardinia. Two bodies were found off Aupexaco…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dixmude Mystery Wreckage Found Two Bodies R[?]sered LONDON
The finding of the wreckages of the French airship Dixmude deepens the mystery of what occurred, as the body of the commander, Captain de…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hut Wrecked Tumbarumba
During a thunderstorm a hut on Manus was wrecked. Some of the blocks supporting the building were displaced, and a brick fireplace was badly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pruth Wreck Brisbane
The steamer Pruth, which stranded on Nateara Reef. outside Port Moresby is still hard and fast. A quantity of cargo, including 8000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will a Big Wreck Occur Before Newcastle Gets a Wireless Station? Brisk Demand Miners Getting Busy New Pits Idle
Not much coal is reaching Newcastle to-day, but the position is expected to become normal to-morrow Most of the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Smallpox Steamer Melbourne
The Federal quarantine officials state that the steamer St. Francois Xavier has arrived at Thursday Island, with three cases of smallpox…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sea Sorrow. the Wreck of the Persia
When I read of the voyage of the Trevessa's boats and the sufferings of the crew, the account brought back to my mind most vividly my own experiences…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Famous Salvage Expert Sir Feederic Young Hippolyta Wreck Echo SYDNEY
Commodore Sir Frederic Young, K.B.E., R.N.R., arrived In Sydney yesterday by the Moldavia. For 36 years Sir Frederick Young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecking a Park Vandalism At Lambton Indignant Aldermen More Police Wanted
There are certain vermin Infesting the park after dark who willfully destroy the people's property," indignantly exclaimed Mayor Johnson…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Launch of a Steamer
Workman, Clarke, and Company, Ltd., launched at Belfast yesterday the twinscrew steamer Port Wellington, for the Commonwealth Dominion Line's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boambee Wreck Sydney
The coasting steamer Boambee, which stranded at the Tweed River entrance, and after being refloated was towed into the river and beached, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck in the Atlantic
A wireless message from the steamer? Maida via Land's End, reports that she hand picked up a lifeboat with half the crew of the Italin steamer Tasmanina,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Faint Hope of Rescue for Sunken Submarine Victims L24 Wreck Located Salvage Efforts Delayed Tempestuous Seas London
The Admin[?] announces that minesweepers have located a wreck, which is believed to be the L24, 10 miles south-west of Portland Bill, in 30 fathoms of water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishers' Peril Battle with Waves Lifeboat Rescue
The thrilling rescue by the Portdinllaen lifeboat of five Manchester visitors was witnessed by hundreds of holiday makers on Nevin beach,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wrecked Submarine. Hope Abandoned
The Admiralty states that the wreck of L24 has been discovered, ten miles south-west of Portland Bill, in thirty fathoms of water…
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Continued heavy weather prevents divers from making an examination of the submarine L24…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Port Elliot. Auckland
The steamer Port Elliot, which left Auckland for Wellington, and stranded about 80 miles north of Gisborne, is fast amidships in a little sandy bay studded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Port Elliot Wreck Gale Stops Salvaging Vessel Safe Crews All Well Wellington (N.z.)
A heavy N.W. gale and a rough sea prevailed yesterday at the scene of the Port Elliot wreck, and consequently lightering steamers had to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smashed to Matchwood Launch Wrecked Two Men Drowned Youth's Brave Action WELLINGTON, N.Z.
A 32.ft. oil launch, while crossing Cook Strait yesterday, from Picton to Wellington, was caught in a southerly gale and rendered helpless through…
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