Armada Treasure Search of Ancient Wreck LONDON
A fire hose will be played under water when a diver attempts to remove the clay encrusting the wreck of the Armada galleon, Flerencia, in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 11
Smallpox on Steamer FREMANTLE
The steamer Fezara, on a voyage from Egypt to Sydney, has put into Fremantle with smallpox on board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salvaging Wrecked Schooner ADELAIDE
The work of salvaging the gear of the three masted schooner Masintyre, which was wrecked on a submerged rock oft Wardang Island, Spencer…
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A wireless message from Chunking states that an American naval guard from the cruiser Monocacz, which was on board an American steamer at Chinan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Strikes Whale SYDNEY
The steamer Makura, when two days out from Wellington, struck a huge whale. The propellor cut into the side of the monster…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crew Saved Liner to Rescue Leaking Schooner Frenchmen's Unlucky Trip LONDON
The White Star liner Ionic, while on the way from New Zealand, rescued 26 of the crew of the French schooner Daisy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallsend Bridge Wrecked
Flood waters at Wallsend have subsided. Although many residences were inundated, the only damage of note…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Riverina Still Aground Sydney
The steamer Riverina is still aground off Gubo. The report received last night that she had been refloated was premature, as a message received this morning stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"All Safe" Aboard Steamer Riverina Rescue Impossible Vessel's Position Hopeless SYDNEY
Passengers on board the steamer Riverina, which ran aground near Gabo Island, were all safe to-day. On an exposed beach with…
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Yesterday, at noon, Captain Sangster, Deputy Superintendent of Navigation at Newcastle, received a telephone message from the lighthouse-keeper at Nelson's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fighting the Gale Steamer off the Coast
The keep of the outer light at Nelson's Bay says that the steamer which was noticed off the coast last night is still in the same position, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Adrift Mungana Wants Help SYDNEY
The A.U.S.N. cargo steamer Mungana is tossing helplessly off the coast of New South Wales with her rudder gone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Off Port Stephens
When communicated with by telephone last night, the Point Stephens lighthouse reported that the steamer which anchored in Providence Bay, off Port Stephens,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ashore at Last! Riverina Passengers Landed Lifeboats Sydney
It is expected that the passengers from the stranded liner Riverina, or, at all events, the first of them, will leave Mallacoota to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Riverina Passengers Landed. Sydney
Messrs. Huddart, Parker, Limited agents for the steamer Riverina, now on the beach at Gabo Island, were advised to-day that all the passengers, with three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer to Sydney
Those wishing to be in Sydney for the Anzac Day holiday on Monday will be able to travel by steamer, as arrangements have been made for the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Stranded Steamer Riverina
Horsemen who rode out from Mallacoota shouted greetings to the passengers aboard the stranded steamer Riverina. The vessel is still hard aground less than 100 yards from the shore…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trotter on Board Chance of Getting Ashore EDEN
About 70 passengers from the Riverina reached Eden by cars last night. Among them were Dr. Elders and family…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weathered the Storm Steamer Stagen Safe
Storm-tossed but undamaged the Dutch steamer Stagen arrived in Newcastle harbour yesterday morning from Ambonia. It was the Stagen that was anchored off…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"It Was Dreadful" When Steamer Riverina Stranded No Panic Passengers Tell Vivid Story of the Rescue Work SYDNEY
Haggard and worn, the first batch of passengers from the stranded Riverina reached Sydney on the Cooma train before 5 a.m. to-day. Many told vivid stories of the stranding, and the wearying…
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