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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

186 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 10

Steamer Dorlonco Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 5

The steamer Dorlonco, the first of the three vessels being built it the Government Dockyard, Walsh Island, for Dorman, Long and, Company, arrived in the…

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Held Up Job Control Blamed New Zealand Steamer Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

What shipowners declare is a further farcical instance, of the unions' job control of shipping is the preventing of the departure for Auckland…

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Steamer Cooma Held Up Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

The interstate steamer Cooma, which is bound north, is held up at Brisbane. The stokehold crew, just on sailing time on Saturday presented themselves…

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Aeroplane Wrecked Pilot's Lucky Escape San Diego, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

An American navy airplane was wrecked in attempting a landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier. The pilot, Lieut, Price, escaped injury…

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Towns Wrecked Tornado in Florida Many Dead Miami, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 6

Southern Florida has been visited by the most destructive tornado in its history. Fifteen are known to be dead, and scores…

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Row on Steamer Gaol for Fireman

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 6

A sentence of the month's imprisonment in Maitland Gaol was passed on Charles Bright, 38, a fireman, by Mr. Shropshire, S.M., at the Newcastle…

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Steamer Marama Held Up Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 4

Once again the Union Company's weekly steamer to New Zealand was held up at Sydney to-day. The Marama was due to leave at midday, but one man was missing,…

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Dutch Steamer Sunk London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

The steamer Clan Monroe, from Fremantle, collided with and sank the steamer Jonge Catharina in the Wielingen fairway…

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Steamer Sunk Disastrous Collision LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 1

The clan liner Clan Mouree was slightly damaged in colliding with the Jonge Catharina, which was sunk at Wellingen…

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Schooner Seized New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 5

The British auxiliary schooner Madeline Adams was seized 20 miles off the American shore, after a twelve hours' chase. Her captain is charged with violation of…

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Fire on a Wheat Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 5

The British steamer Jersey City has arrived at Venice with a cargo of wheat from Fremantle. The captain reports that a fire broke out…

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Fire on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 5

A fierce fire occurred on the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's liner Mont Laurier, 17,282 tons, which was being repaired in dry dock at Birkenhead, the fore…

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Lifeboat Man's Story

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 5

The coxswain of the Lowestoft lifeboat, which put out to sea on noticing the plight of the airship, has returned to port…

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Japanese Steamer Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 5

The Japanese cargo steamer Raifuku Maru, has sunk in the North Atlantic, 180 miles south and west of Sable Island. The entire crew, consisting of 38 men,…

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New Coastal Steamer. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 6

The new steamer Bergalia for the Irrawarra and South Coast Steamship Company, reached here to-day from Troon, Scotland, under her own steam. The…

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New P. and O. Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 5

The new P. and O. steamer Cormorin, Captain Boland, which started to-day on her maiden voyage to Australia, embodies all the new and attractive features of her…

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Well Concealed Opium on Steamer Chinese Charged Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 5

"About two tons of anchor chain had to be shifted before the police secured the opium," said the Police Prosecutor at the Central Police…

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Steamer Uki

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 4

The North Coast Company's steamer Uki, which was stranded at Manning Heads, has been docked in Sydney. An examination revealed that a propeller…

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Down with Malaria Steamer Held Up COLOMBO

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 1

The steamer Riberia (ex Hanau), bound from Delagoa Bay to Singapore, called unexpectedly at Colombo on Saturday with eight members of…

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Original Story In a Ship Wreck

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 8

Far behind, and rapidly sinking away below the horizon, the coast, a grey smudge like the trail of smoke from a steamer, still showed faintly…

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