Wrecked Sloop Crew Saved CALCUTTA
The crew of the Royal Indian Sloop Elphinestine, which was completely wrecked on Thursday, has been picked up by the search vessel from…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925
186 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
Industrial Matters Steamer Launched at Walsh Island
A 400-ton steamer was launched from the Government Dockyard, Walsh Island, yesterday. This is the first of the steamers secured by the establishment…
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An outbreak of smallpox was notified by Dr. Rehltatna, when an Italian steamer arrived in Fremantle shortly after noon yesterday, with 800 Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Havo
The movements of the steamer Have off Merewether on Monday continue to cause comment in Newcastle. When spoken to in regard to the matter yes…
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The gales in Tasmania for the last two days have caused many ships to seek shelter. The well-known ketch Esperanzo,…
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A wireless message to the American Legation in Pekin says that the seizure of the steamer Chichuen was the sequel to the sinking of a sampan, in…
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wharf approaching her berth at the wharf at Newcastle at 12.50 p.m., the North Steckton ferry, Etna, collided with the wharf and broke a safely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rescuers Lost Lifeboat Crew Drowned LONDON
Seven of the crew of ten of the La Rochelle lifeboat perished, says a message from Paris, in a gale, while attempting to reach the Christina…
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A conference between representatives of the Union Steamship Company and the Seamen's Union was held to-day for the purpose of seeing whether or not a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Queenmore Unions at Variance. Sydney
It was stated to-night by officials of the Waterside Workers' Federation that the steamer Queenmore, chartered by the Commonwealth Line, would be supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Volumnia Sydney
The steamer Volumia, chartered by the Commonwealth Lane, although duo to reach Sydney to-day, had not been sighted by the South Head signal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Wrecked in the Hook of Holland Eight Men Drowned (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
It is reported from Rotterdam that the steamer Soerakarta, 7000 tons, which was proceeding to Java, has been stranded in the Hook of Holland…
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The steamer Volumnia, chartered by the Commonwealth Line, which has been the central figure in the maritime trouble for some months, reached Sydney this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Aground Suez Canal Mishap LONDON
The steamer Durenda, bound from Sydney to Antwerp, struck a bank in the Suez Canal and damaged some of her plating. The cargo in No. 1 hold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foundered Civilisations
IN brand-new Johannesburg, a city of yesterday when compared to Sydney, or even to Melbourne, men are making fortunes out of platinum, a metal whose use on any scale worth mention dates back only a generation or so. At the other end of Africa men are excavating near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hit Below Schooner Hits Iceberg LONDON
The barque Wilhelmine, en route from Port Pirie to the United Kingdom, which struck an iceberg off the coast of South America, and put into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indian Plot Attempt to Wreck Punjab Mail Timely Discovery Big Tragedy Only Averted by a Few Yards CALCUTTA
A sensational story has just leaked out concerning a most determined attempt to wreck the Punjab mail train last Sunday. That there was not a big disaster is due to the lucky circumstance that a train proceeding in the opposite direction on the other line, ran…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trouble Adjusted Steamer Gets Away SYDNEY
The steamer Marama, which was prevented from sailing for Auckland yesterday, owing to the action of the firemen the vessel, sailed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Marama Sails Sydney
The Union Company's steamer Marama, which was held up on account of the firemen leaving the vessel at the last moment, cleared the Heads, for New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The First Steamer
To Henry Bell the world owes the first practical application of steam to the propulsion of a vessel. His little Comet was one of the wonders of the world in the…
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