Fast Steamer for Channel Service. London
The first passenger ship to be fitted with triple expansion turmnon will leave Newhaven on her maiden voyage to Dieppe to-day…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 14
Captain Murdoch's Death on the Steamer Orama. Townsville
Captain John Murdoch, the master of the steamer Orama, died at sea yesterday afternoon while the vessel was on a voyage from Townsville to Mourilyan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PANIC! Collision on River Elbe Steamer Rammed Many Passengers Jump Overboard HAMBURG
Panic ensued when the British steamer Carnwood, 2158 tons, rammed the German passenger paddle-steamer Kouemgin Luise on the River Elbe, near Blankenese, last evening. Passengers jumped overboard in a,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the City of Newcastle
To-day is the fiftieth anniversary of the wreck of the steamer City of Newcastle, which went ashore in a fog south of Shepherd's Hill on the morning September…
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Mr. Budrodeen, who purchased the stranded steamer Uralla, which went ashore in Stockton Bight during the cyclone, still has hopes of refloating his…
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It is reported that the steamer Uralla, which is ashore in Stockton Bight, was moved another 10 feet seawards during the week. The high tides during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amundsen's Plane Wreckage Found Oslo
Wreckage, believed to be that of the [?] in which Caption Amundsen and [?] Gilband were flying to the assist[?] of the Italian survivors, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOUNDERED Lake Steamer Lost 17 Missing Owen Sound (Ontario)
Seventeen men are missing following the foundering of the lake steamer Manasoo, 529 tons, off Griffiths Island, Lake Huron, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Fides a Terrible Voyage Tempest and Sickness Brisbane
The Norwegian four-masted auxiliary schooner Fides, under the command of Captain Olsen, put into Brisbane to-day, bearing every appearance of an ill-fated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FOUNDERED Coaster Kallawatta Crew Saved Long Row to Palm Beach SYDNEY
With dramatic suddenness the coastal steamer Kallawatta sprang a leak off Bungan Head early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Founders Sprang Aleak Crew Reach Safety Sydney
The small Hawkesbury River steamer Kallawatta, while on a trip from Sydney to river townships, sank off Bungan Head, near Newport, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stranded Steamer Uralla
A novel idea has been adopted in the endeavour to refloat the stranded steamer Uraila, which went ashore in Stockton Bight during the cyclonic disturbance. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Steamer Strikes Wharf
Excitement prevailed when the Japanese mail steamer Mishima Maru was berthing yesterday afternoon. One of the lines carried away, causing the vessel's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bomb Outrages Child Has Miraculous Escape Houses Wrecked Police Guard Stevedores' Homes MELBOURNE
Bomb outrages last night completely wrecked a bedroom in the house of Charles Otto Eichorn, and did considerable damage to the roof of the residence of William O'Connor, in Dorcas-street, South Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pirates Outrage Steamer Seized Two Officers Killed Captain Seriously Wounded Shanghai
Wireless messages from Honghai report that the British coastal vessel Anking was captured by pirates while on the way from Singapore to Swatao, on September…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"WRECKAGE" Russian's Happy Home Woman's Charge
Bob Sam Tuntivich, a Russian, singed a little revolution in his home in Wickham on August 17, according to evidence at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADRIFT At Sea in Open Boat Brothers' Peril Rescued by Pilot Steamer
Drifting seawards for 11 hours in a small boat with a disabled engine, without food and only a quart of water, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Yarra Trouble at Sea Eight Arrests Made
Trouble which commenced on the steamer Yarra at Devonport (Tas.) on Monday, culminated in the arrest of eight members of the crew after the vessel's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Passenger Lost
A message received from Sura last night states that Mrs. S. A. Mott, of Essendon, Melbourne, who was a passenger on the steamer Niagara,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sea Rescue Schooner in Gale Two Overboard Sydney
A stirring story of the sea was told by the crew of the auxillary schooner, Piri, which reached sydney from Greymouth to-day…
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