Steamer Held Up
The position with regard to the discharging of Welsh coal from the steamer Rathlin Head is unaltered. An attempt was made to get men at eight o'clock…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 12
Little Steamer Make One at Home
Many of you have been for nice trips in excursion boats on the Bay, and I dare say you will like a model to play with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Held Up
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steamer Iron Warrior, which has been under the cranes loading coal for Port Pirie; was ready to go to sea yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Airman Killed Crash at Canberra Machine Wrecked Another Man Injured SYDNEY
At 10.30 this morning a Defence Department aeroplane crashed near Canberra FLYING OFFICER PITT, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Schooner
A fishing schooner went ashore in the blizzard at Briar Neck, near Gloucester, Massachusetts, three lives being lost. It was at first reported that of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ooma Ashore
According to a message received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association, the steamer Ooma, which is under charter to the British…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Robbed
A Shanghai message reports that the French steamer Jade, proceeding to Hongkong from Kwongchuawan on Tuesday, was attacked by pirates…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Risky Voyage Rou[?] World in 40 foot Lifeboat Sea Captain's Plan Trip May Result in Reforms in Life Saving at Sea
Captain George E. Hitchens proposes to sail around the world in a life-boat. He hopes, as the result of his voyage, to make many suggestions for the better management of life-boats in cases of shipwrecks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →May Be Refloated Steamer Ooma Aground SYDNEY
The cargo steamer Ooma, which went aground on sydney point at occan Island on Tuesday morning, has not yet been refloated but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rat Trap Germany and League "Wreck of Locarno" London
The correspondent of "The Daily News" says that the German Government, fearing that it is being hoodwinked, intends to frankly question…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Steamer Sunk
Eleven persons perished when the Trinidad Government steamer Naparina sank in the harbour of Port of Spain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →20 MISSING Steamer Adrift Ran Ouf of Fuel Portion of Crew Rescued
Twenty members of the Japanese steamer Dais[?]n Maru are missing in the mid-pacific Occan. The U.S.A. oil-tanker, Java…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal for Help Wreck on Irish Coast 'Planes Find No Sign London
Following on the discovery of a piece of wreckage on which was rough scrawled an appeal for help, the Premier of the Irish Free State (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suffering at Sea Cardigan Castle Wreck Sole Survivor's Story (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The story of heroic efforts to save the life of a pet dog figures in an account of his experiences given by Henry Batchelor, the sole survivor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pearlmoor Arrives Ooma Wreck Recalled Rescue Effort Fails
The steamer Pearlmoor, 6049 tons, which played a big part in attempting to get the Ooma off the rocks at Nauru early this month, arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Schooner Fired on
A message from Washington states that, following the receipt of London despatches stating that the British Ambassador would be instructed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Theft on Steamer Clerk Pleads Guilty
Warren John Patrick. 30, clerk, pleaded, guilty at the Newcastle court to-day to a charge, of having stolen 13s, the property of G. C. Sallaway,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Got Away Steamer With Non-Unionists SYDNEY
The South Coast steamer Bergalia got away, to-day with a volunteer crew on board. The company is now asking for volunteers for another of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Refloated SYDNEY
The North Coast Company's steamer Coolobar, which had been aground on a sand spit in the Manning River since last Thursday was refloated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Karu Some Lives Lost Auckland
The steamer Karu is reported to have sunk near Cape Maria Diemen while on her way from Whangape to Australia to load timber…
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