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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926

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

Schooner on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 5

The Coastguard schooner Lincoln has been destroyed by fire off the coast of North Carolina. Six lives were lost, but two of the crew…

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Steamer Cycle Delayed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 3

The Australian Steamships Proprietary, Limited, steamer Cycle, which arrived at Newcastle on December 14, from Port Pirie, and wont to the Sulphide Wharf…

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Couldn't Sink Her Schooner Ablaze at Sea SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 7

A determined effort was made to day to end the career of the schooner Inca. Shortly after daylight she was…

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Wreck Survivor Is It a Wombat? LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 1

English zoologists are trying to identify a strange bear-like animal, weighing 40 pounds, which surprised James Bridges in his shop at…

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Towns Wrecked South American 'Quake GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 9

It is reported that the towns of Cumbal and Carlosanna, in Columbia, have been destroyed by an earthquake…

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Was It the Inca? Wreck Sighted at Sea SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 9

The steamer Orama signalled South Head to-day that she had passed a wreck. The position of the wreck was given as 90 degrees cast true from Due…

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Wreckage Sighted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 December 1926 · page 3

The master of the coastal steamer Ready reported, on arrival at Newcastle at four o'clock yesterday afternoon from Sydney, that when near…

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Forced Ashore Panic at Steamer Race Vessels Collide Hobart

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 December 1926 · page 7

Mishap and panic attended the speed race between the steamers Cartela and Togo on the Dorwent River on Saturday for the right to the title…

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Smashed Piano Wrecker in Church HOBART

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 December 1926 · page 7

During Saturday night someone broke into Moonah Church and smashed the plano valued at £80. When the church was opened…

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The Channel Wreck London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 5

It is now known that only four of the crew of the French ship Eugene Schneider, which sank in the English Channel after a collision with the…

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