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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11

Wreckage Washed Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 5

Wreckage from the ill-fated Greyeliffe was washed ashore at many points of Sydney Harbour, especially in the vicinity of Bradley's Head, this morning…

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Mechanical Coursing Another Large Attendance Attempt to Wreck Machinery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 7

The ever-increasing attendances at the mechanical hare coursing meetings conducted by the Australian Coursing Association, Limited, on the Newcastle Sports…

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Salving the Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 4

The work of raising the wrecked ferry will probably commence to-morrow. Everything will, however, depend on the weather, conditions. A pontoon, with…

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Wreck of the Mafalda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 5

A message from Genoa states that the Italian General Navigation Company, owners of the immigrant liner Principessa Mafalda, has issued a communique, in…

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"Tin Hares" Attempt to Wreck Machine Police Investigate

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 8

An attempt was made on Saturday night at Newcastle Sports Ground to wreck the mechanical device that controls the electrical hare. The…

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Steamer Tahiti Passengers' Statements Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 5

Thrilling stories of the Sydney Harbour disaster were told by passengers of the steamer Tahiti, which arrived here to-day, though most of the travellers appear…

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The Harbour Disaster. Wrecked Greycliffe Raised No More Bodies Found. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 5

Divers Harris and Carr to-day succeeded in having the wrecked Greycliffe raised to the surface. It was a difficult task, and preparations occupied all the morning…

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Slow Work Raising Wrecked Ferry Beaching Cabins Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 7

At 9.15 this miming, the end ladies cabin of the wrecked Greycliffe that was raised yesterday was towed slowly towards Taronga, Park, and…

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Wreckage of the Ferry Boat Greycliffe

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 1

Scene at Taronga Park Beach, as the end section of the wrecked ferry-boat, Greycliffe, was hauled ashore. It was on this portion of the ferry that the women's cabin once stood…

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Bodies Found Five More Victims Harbor Disaster Beaching the Wreckage SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 7

Bodies of five of the Greycliffe's victims were seen floating in the harbor to-day, and recovered…

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Ocean Thrills Mutiny and Murder American Schooner's Log

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 November 1927 · page 7

Alter taking a year to cross the Atlantic to the Guinea Gold Coast and, back, the New York 1300-ton schooner Kingaway has returned to port…

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Shipwreck's Society Medal for Newcastle Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1927 · page 3

Alderman R. Gibson, Mayor of Newcastle, and honorary secretary of the Royal Shipwreck, Relief, and Humane Society of New South Wales, was advised…

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Torpedo Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 November 1927 · page 5

A Hamburg shipbuilder named Boelek has invented a torpedo-like vessel, which he claims is capable of crossing the Atlantic in 40 hours…

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Officer Butted Assaulted on Steamer Fireman Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 November 1927 · page 7

An assault on board the steamer Dromnan was described by the second officer, at Newcastle Police Court to-day. Patrick Grant, 29, a fireman,…

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What Caused Wreck? Varying Views of Harbor Disaster Marine Inquiry Begins Navigation Director Has Formed No Theories SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 November 1927 · page 5

No theory on the cause of the Tahiti-Greycliffe collision will be submitted by the Director of Navigation to the Court of Marine Inquiry for the present. In making this announcement to the Court to-day, Mr…

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Callant Rescuers Sailed Over Wreck Lifeboat's Task London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 5

How a life-boat from Molfre, Isle of Anglesey, sand a ketch's crew at the height of the terrible gales on October 28, by descending on the ketch's…

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Heroic Lifeboat Men London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 4

The story of how the lifeboat from Moolfre, in the Isle of Anglesey, saved the crew of a ketch at the height of the terrific gales, on October 28, by…

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Greycliffe Wreck Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 5

Efforts to raise the remaining portion of the wrecked ferry Greycliffe this afternoon failed. Diver Cannon spent the morning in…

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Wreck Raised SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 5

The work of raising the wreck of the Greycliffe was continued to-day. When the wreck was well clear of the bottom, the hauling engines were…

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Ship's Close Call Balranald in Fog Nearly Ashore Many Migrants Aboard CAPETOWN, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 November 1927 · page 1

Approaching [?]stown the P. and O. branch liner, Balranald, with a number of migrants aboard, narrowly missed disaster, in a heavy…

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