Steamer Hurunui Leaves with Original Crew
After having been held up in port for several days, due to trouble with a number of the men engaged in the engine-room, the steamer Hurunui left Newcastle…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 11
The Chinese War Steamer Sunk Advance on Hankow (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI
The steamer Irene, belonging to the China Merchant Company which had been taken by pirates, and shelled and set on lire by the British submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Hydroplane
A Quebee telegram states that the wreckage of the hydroplane in which Count de Lesseps and a mechanic started on a flight last Tuesday from Gaspe to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liner Wrecked in South Atlantic Large Loss of Life (Australian Press Association.) Rio De Janeiro
The Italian liner Principessa Mafalda, from Genoa, en route here, foundered and sank 130 miles south-east of Bahia. There has presumably been large loss…
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While the loss of life through the sinking of the Italian steamer Pincipessa Mafalda off Bahia is still in doubt, advices received at Rio Janeiro…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heroic Fishermen Save Many Lives in Storm Heroic Rescues Another Italian Steamer Lost Lifeboat's Task Fishermen Brave Storm-lashed Seas
Despite heroic rescue efforts by Cornish fishermen, three lives are believed to have been lost in the wreck of the Italian steamer Isabo on the Scilly Islands. In a howling gale the fishermen rescued 27 of the crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Hundred Lost Principessa Mafalda Wreck Survivor's Story Rio De Janeiro
Three hundred lives were lost in the Principessa Mafalda disaster, according to the latest accounts, which are replete with tales of heroism…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Echunga Sails
After the original crew had been paid off and a fresh crow engaged, the steamer Echunga, which had been held up in Newcastle for nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sauce for the Goose Russian Steamer Seized CAIRO
The newspaper "Alahram" states that the Russian steamer Chicherin was seized when leaving Alexandria for Odessa with £90,000 worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Pirates Dramatic Fight Loot a Steamer (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI
A dramatic fight with pirates by the military guards aboard the French steamer Kiang King, trading in the Yangtse Gorges, on Thursday is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck in a Storm
In a great storm on Friday the steamer. Isabo was driven on to a reef in Cornish waters. Heavy seas drove back the lifeboat while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Liner Wreck Survivors' Statements Charges Against Crew (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
Harrowing stories are told by survivors of the Italian steamer the Prineipessa Mafalda, whom the French ship Formose brought to Rio de Janeiro. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Koln
The German steamer Kola (Captain Vogt), which arrived in Newcastle on Sunday morning, brought 34 saloon and 260 third-class passengers to Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Steamer Seized
The Cairo newspaper "Al Ahram" states that the 1500 ton Russian steamer Chicherin was seized when leaving Alexandria for Odessa with £90,000 worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Migrants Steamer Koln in Port Modern Appointments
Described by a Brisbane Customs official as the cleanest migrant vessel that had ever been in that port. the Norddeutseher Lloyd steamer Koln is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Liner Wreck
A dramatic account of the sinking of the Italian liner Principessa Mafalda, off the South American coast last Thursday, is contained in wireless messages from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cholera on a Steamer Brisbane
A native aboard the steamer Tasman died from cholera while the vessel was proceeding from Singapore and Batavia to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suspected Cholera No Fresh Cases Steamer's Radio Sydney
There has been no further case of suspicious sickness on the Dutch liner Tasman. A reassuring radio was received from the master to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bahia Wreck
It is reported from Rio de Janeiro that it is officially announced that the number of persons who lost their lives when the Italian liner Principessa Mafalda sank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Collision in Sydney Harbour. Ferry Steamer Sunk After a Collision. Nine Bodies Recovered. Sydney
A terrible disaster, involving serious loss of life occurred in Sydney Harbour late this afternoon. The Union Company's steamer Tabiti, 7900 tons, which…
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