Memorable Wreck Ill-fated Dandenong 48th ANNIVERSARY
Forty eight years have passed since the steamer Dandenong, one of the Howard Smith traders between Melbourne and Newcastle, foundered off…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924
239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 12
Steamer Sold Port Lyttleton for Italy SYDNEY
It is reported that the Common- wealth and Dominion liner port Lyttleton has been sold at Batavia to an Italian [?]rm . The vessel is to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disgusted Natives Steamer Would Not Stop Island Cruise Townsville
A determined attempt to bold up the Mataram on the high seas was made to-day on the 430 miles run from Rabaul to Samaria. The vessel passed…
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Preparatory to her trials, oil fuel was taken aboard the now Australian commonwealth steamer [?]erndalo at curkato[? Island yesterday. She will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Asian
The Leyland Liner Asian, 5614 tons, from New Orleans, is ashore on Shag Rock, between Galley Head and the Fastnet Rock South-west Ireland, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our New Zealand Letter Another Wreck Wellington, September 12
Since the Ripple was wrecked a little while ago, with the loss of all hands, another small coastal steamer has come to grief—the Wakatu, an iron vessel, built…
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The survivors of the steamer Asian, which went ashore on Shag Rock, between Galley Head and the Fastnet Rock, South-west Ireland, have arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chimney Wrecked
During the violent thunderstorm at Kurri about 4.30 this morning, the chimney on Dr. May's surgery building was struck by lighting and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washed Ashore Missing Man's Body LONDON
The body of Professor Darroch, of the Edinburgh University, who disappeared while on a [?]day on the island of Jura, in the Inner Hebrides,…
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An exciting race to assist a distressed steamer is reported by the Orient liner Orsova, on her way home from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bardic Refloated Steamer's Heavy List LONDON
The White Star cargo steamer Bardic, which recently ran out to the group of rocks known as the Stags, near the Lizard, at the extreme end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sinking Rapidly Ketch Abandoned All Crew Rescued Danger to Navigation SYDNEY
The ketch Rambler, which left Sydney for Rabaul last night, ran into heavy weather and, according to reports, was in a sinking condition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescue Fails Men On Wreckage LONDON,Monday
During a heavy galo the occupants of the Charpentier lighthouse, near Saint Lazaire, saw at night-time two pieces of wreckage on which six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rescue at Sea Fine Seamanship by Suffolk Crew Wrecked Rambler Ketch's Ballast Causes Disaster in Heavy Gale SYDNEY
The crew of the ketch Rambler was rescued yesterday morning by the Suffolk in circumstances displaying fine seamanship. Exhausted men from the ketch reached the Suffolk by jumping on to a rope ladder. The sea was running exceptionally heavy at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mesna Wreck Crew Reaches Auckland Salvage Failure Auckland
The steamer Tofua has brought to Auckland four officers and 19 of the crew of the Mewna, which was wrecked on a reef near Tonga on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arctic Hunger Settlement In Danger Lost Steamer Ottawa
Forty fur traders and Government officials, living on Herschel Island, at the mouth of the McKenzie River, may starve because…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Piracy Another Steamer Seized Big Haul Hongkong
The Chinese steamer Ning Shan, of 2867 tons, under a Norwegian master, has been captured by pirates. The steamer sailed from Shanghai…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Cargo Steamer
The Lowana, the latest addition to the Melbourne Steamship Company a fleet, arrived in Newcastle on Tuesday for the first time. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer or Train?
In the interesting apologia of the interstate shipping companies in a morning paper it is discovered with surprise that a decline has taken place in the passenger trade carried by these companies. The article begins with a statement which the "Sun" has made again…
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The Adelaide Company's new steamer, the Allara, of 3390 tons, which is expected to enter the interstate service at the end of the week, reached…
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