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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 12

Rough Passage New North -Coast Steamer • Urana's Arrival Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 1

After a voyage of 75 days from Glasgow the North Coast S.N. Company's new cargo steamer Urana arrived yesterday. She carried a small…

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Excursion Steamer Sinks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 July 1924 · page 5

A message from Norfolk, Virginia, reports that the excursion steamer Gratitude, with 200 persons on board, sank in the harbour…

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Japanese Steamer Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 7

The steamer Pairei Maru (formerly the Otto Maru), belonging to the North Japan Steamship Company, has been lost…

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Speedy Loading Steamer's Good Work

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 2

What is considered a remarkably fine performance has been registered by the Melbourne S.S. Company's cargo steamer E[?]aroo, which took…

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Ex-german Steamer Coal For Philippines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 5

The Glasgow liner [?]aron Cowdar arrived in Newcastle this morning from Noumea, and will load a full cargo of coal for the Philippines. She…

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New Steamer Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 8

The Lowana. of 6000 tons, will join the Australian Interstate trade at un early date, carrying the flag of the Melbourne Steamship Company She left…

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Ketch Founders Seaman Drowned Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 5

The ketch Eliza Davies foundered off Wilson's Promontory while on a voyage from Tasmania to Melbourne. William Davis, A.B., of Hobart, was drowned…

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Steamer Milluna Mishap at Port Kembla Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 5

The steamer Milluna, 5681 tons, owned by the Adelaide Steamship Co., Ltd., went aground in Port Kembla at ten o'clock last night, but was refloated this…

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Ketch Eliza Davies Survivors Reach Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 4

The survivors of the ketch Eliza Davies, which foundered off Wilson's Promontory on Saturday, while being towed to shelter, reached Sydney by the…

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Maclaren Out Flight Abandoned 'Plane Wrecked Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 5

After a series of mishaps and delays, due to mechanical accidents, storms, fogs, and illness of members of the party, Squadron-leader MacLarcn has…

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Steamer Adrift. Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 4

The steamer Ripple, of 413 tons, in charge of Captain Norling, is adrift in Cook Strait. She left Wellington last night for…

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Ketch Safe Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 7

A message received in Sydney states that the ketch Catchkit, which left Sydney for Hobart on July 3, and about which some anxiety was felt,…

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Little Hope Lost Steamer Ripple Crew Missing Wellington (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 7

It is now regarded as practically certain that the missing steamer foundered off Cape [?]scr during the southerly gale…

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Steamer in Distress London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 1

Gibraltar has picked up an S.O.S. signal from the Tisimren, which left Gothenburg for Sydney. The vessel was Injured In…

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Wreck of Ripple Captain's Body Found seamen identified Wellington (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 6

There is now no doubt that the coastal steamer Ripple foundered off Cape Pallisor, Wreckage has been washed ashore on the coast between…

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Wreck of the Ripple. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 5

Patrols on the coast have found more wreckage from the Ripple, and this, together with the fact that Captain Norling's body has been recovered near…

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Douglas Mawson Wreck Was Search Vessel Fit? 80 Miles in Week Unseaworthiness Complaint SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 5

Was the auxiliary schooner, Huddersfield, a fit vessel to be sent to the Unit of Carpentaria in search of the two women…

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Wreck of the Eliza Davies. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 7

The Marine Court to-day opened an inquiry into the sinking of the ketch Eliza Davies on August 2 off Wilson's Promontory…

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On the Rocks Union Steamer Aground Help at Hand Los Angeles

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 1

The steamer Orowa[?], while on the return voyage to Wellington In ballast from port San Louis, 200 miles north of Los Angeles, crashed on to…

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Eliza Davies Wreck Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 7

The Marine Court gave judgment to-day regarding the sinking of the ketch Eliza Davies on August 2, off Wilson's Promontory, as the result of…

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