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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926

229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12

The Commons Fast Steamer Scheme Broadcasting System (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 7

In the House of Commons, replying to Sir Gratton Doyle, as to whether the Imperial and Indian Governments would co-operate with Australia in assisting the…

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Crashed Into Baths Steamer Blown Ashore Melbourne Gale Dressing Sheds Wrecked MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 7

The steamer Ma[?]a[?]a, which broke from its moorings in Hobsons Bay in the height of yesterday's gale, and was washed into the men's…

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Steamer Seized Chinese Pirates Again Captive Europeans Hongkong

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 1

Meagre details have been received of the sensational piracy of the British steamer Sunning (2550 tons), bound from Shanghai to Hongkong…

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Shipping Trouble Steamer Laid Up SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 1

It was officially announced to-day that the A.U.S.N. steamer Suva would be laid up indefinitely, and that passage money would be refunded…

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Pirates Again Casualties on Steamer Thrilling Rescue Hongkong

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 1

[?].M.S. verity has arrived here with seven persons who were cast adrift in a lifeboat from the burning steamer Sunning, when all hope of saving…

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Deadly Cargo Terrific Explosion on Steamer Fifteen Dead Flaming Oil Sprays Dockyard Workers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 1

Fifteen dock workers perished in the flames when an explosion wrecked an oil tank steamer at Baltimore. Burning oil and flying wreckage injured 75 other workmen in the neighborhood…

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Oil Steamer Explodes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 November 1926 · page 5

The Norwegian tank steamer Mantlla, which was in a dry dock at Sparrow's Point near Baltimore, exploded, spraying flaming oil over workers in the…

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Not Wanted Cinema Outfit Wrecked Police Mystified Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 November 1926 · page 7

Thefts, the wrecking of a cinematograph outfit and the threat that a building will be set afire if moving pictures are shown in it, are…

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Steamer Suva Sails. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 November 1926 · page 5

The seamer Suva, owned by the A.U.S.N. Co., which was placed out of commission last Saturday week, owing to refusal of the officials of the Marine…

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Steamer Ayrshire on Fire Near Colombo. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 November 1926 · page 5

The steamer Ayrshire is on fire near Colombo, The Ayrshire, a steamer of the Scottish Shire Line, is 9137 tons gross…

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Burnt at Sea Steamer With General Cargo SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 November 1926 · page 6

"H.M.S. Lupin is standing by; an endeavor will be made to tow the steamer back to Colombo." This message was received to-day…

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Costly Smoke Oil Steamer Blows Up Two Killed San Francisco

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 December 1926 · page 7

Jack Handberg, a Swedish sailor aboard the oil tanker Warwick, in harbor at Wilmington, California, was defining his trousers with gasoline…

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Two Escapes Elusive Rum Schooner Captors Captured Third Chase Begins

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 December 1926 · page 1

Twice captured by on American coastguard vessel, a French rum schooner twice escaped, and is novo being chased by all available…

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To Be Sunk Burning Steamer Ayrshire Fire Spreading Colombo

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 December 1926 · page 1

The fire on the Shire liner Ayrshire is spreading, and it has became impossible to tow the burning steamer. The captain of the sloop Lupin,…

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Clean Away Bootleg Schooner's Escape Navy Fails New Orleans

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 December 1926 · page 7

Thirty-five naval vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent waters have, confessed themselves beaten, at least temporarily, since the snuey French…

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Eight Drowned Schooner Driven Ashore St. Johns (Newfoundland)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 1

Eight members of the crew of the schooner Ella M. Rudolph were drowned when the vessel drove ashore at Brook Cove last night in a terrific…

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Forty Drowned Steamer Strikes Rock SHANGHAI

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 December 1926 · page 1

Forty Chinamen were drowned when the Indo-China Company's strainer Lienshing was wrecked on the Amherst Rocks…

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Uki Goes Ashore Refloated at High Tide TAREE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 7

The steamer Uki, of the North Coast Company, went aground on the south spit at the entrance to the Manning River last night. With this morning's…

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Crippled Liner Steamer Woodarra Driven Aground Broadside on Beach Tugs' Efforts to Refloat Vessel Prove Futile WOLLONGONG

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 7

Crippled and in danger of becoming silted up on the beach, the liner Woodarra defied the efforts of two tugs to drag her to deep water at Port Kembla to-day. The tugs, the St. Giles and Osprey, will be assisted in…

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Steamer Woodarra Efforts to Refloat Fail Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1926 · page 5

Four of Sydney's most powerful tugs went to Port Kembla to-day in order to try and pull the, British-India steamer Woodarra off the beach there…

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