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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
278 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 14
The death roll in England through the gale at the end of the week was 14. There were many gallant lifeboat rescues round the coast. Scores of small…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →That an attempt would be made to re-establish the steamer Marion Sleigh in the Newcastle-Sydney coastal service was stated to-day by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Twenty-one survivors of the tanker Chuky have arrived at Yokohama, and tell the story of the explosion and sinking of the vessel on Wednesday, a hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a statement to-day, Mr. Carrigan, secretary to the Queensland branch of the Seamen's Union, stated that he had ascertained that the statement the the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A thrilling story of a seven hours right against the inrushing water through a gaping hole in the side of the steamer Ocean Transport, and a terrific struggle against a howling tropical gale when the vessel was wrecked on a coral reef off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A tremendous crash—groans and curses from a blackened engine room—vain calls for the chief mate—the car-splitting roar of exploding boilers—and the stem of the Tovarisch wedged in the starboard quarter of the Alcantara…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thrilling stories were told by the crew of the ill-fated Houlder Bros.' steamer Ocean Transport, which wan wrecked at Ocean Island on January 30, when, they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A plane in which Major J. Murray and Captain Frank Neale were flying from Melbourne to Bundaberg was totally wrecked on the outskirts of Pialba on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The tramp steamer which was named "The Lily" steamed out of the harbor on its long and perilous voyage. Fore two days all went well, but…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Specially fitted with a new type of refrigerating holds for carrying apples from Tasmania to the Continent, the new German-Australia steamer Hochst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A message from Boston reports that the steamship Robert E. Lee. travelling from Boston to New York, with 150 passengers on board stranded on jagged rocks off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unless tho Montero stewards agree to sign fresh articles to-day the vessel will be tied up. The Montero was to have sailed for Rabaul to-day, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As a result of the Commonwealth Conciliation Commissioner intervening in the dispute between the stewards and owners of the steamer Montero, it is likely that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The proposals put forward by the Commonwealth Industrial Registrar for a settlement of the dispute between the stewards on Burns, Philp, Ltd., owners of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An interesting development in connection with the Cape York dispute to-day was the refusal of the carpenters at Cape Moreton to handle any material landed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dutch unsinkable lifeboat Shuttvaer. 21ft long—the result of 18 years experiment—left Westminster Bridge for New York by way of Spain yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The custom on all American sailing vessels for the captain to give all lank to the main to sell for his own profit, was the main point in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A report received in Bangor (Maine) gives grounds for the earlier belief that Captain Hinchcliffe crossed the Atlantic and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposing the largest naval expenditure since the Washington Disarmament Treaty, which was signed in 1922, the annual Supply Bill, which has been passed by the Appropriations Committee, totals £72,000,000 more than that of last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An a result of consolidated action by all the unions concerned in the Cape Leeuwin dispute, that vessel was practically deserted to-day…
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