Dutch Steamer Wrecked
It is reported from Sydney. Nova Scotia, that the Dutch steamer Callisto, 4310 tons, has broken up and sunk, and that members of her crew have been lost. She…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 14
The Callisto Wreck
A message from Sydney. Nova Scotia, says that wreckage from the Dutch steamer, Calisto, which has been hidden by a dense fog since she crashed ashore on…
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The naval supply ship Bacchus, 2000 tons, has sent out S.O.S. messages stating that her bows had been badly damaged and she was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greek Steamer Sunk Eleven of Crew Lost. London
The naval supply ship, Bacchus, of 2000 tons, after having rammed and sunk the Greek steamer Ioannis Fafalios off Dorset, sent out an S.O.S. that her bows had…
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The steamer Canonbar, of the John Burke line, which berthed at Mackay yesterday afternoon, reported that while towing the Nautilus from Mackay to…
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The steamer Canonbar returned to Gladstone last night, and reported that when towing the steamer Nautilus to Brisbane the towline broke, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Nautilus Brisbane
Until to-night no sign was seen of the steamer Nautilus, which broke away from the steamer Canonbar off Bustard Head, while being towed to Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lloyd's Shipwreck Statistics
Returns issued recently by Lloyd's Register of Shipping show that during the quarter ending September 30, 1927, the number of gross tonnage of ships, of 100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Steamer Sydney
A serious fire broke out on board the American steamer Stanley, 6463 tons, lying at No. 8 wharf, Darling Harbour, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ASHORE! Fears for Passengers 320 on Board Seattle
The sailing ship, Star of Falkland, owned by the Alaska Puckers' Association, with a crew of 40 whites and 280 Chinese cannery workers, en route…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Memories of a Wreck
A few days ago we were reminded that we had passed the forty-seventh anniversary of the wreck of the Union Company's steamer Tararsa on the Waipapa Reef,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →PIRATES British Steamer Seized Hong Kong
A wireless message received here this afternoon states that the British steamer Tean has been seized by pirates, whilst on her way to…
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A message from Vincyard Haven, Massachusetts, states that the Dollar liner President Garfield, 10,558 tons, rammed and sank the freight steamer Kershaw,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane v. Steamer
The flight of the the Southern Cross is strikingly demonstrating the value of aviation. The flying times from San…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home by Steamer "Bremen" Aviators Return New York
Seen off by a handful of personal friends, Baron. Von Huenfeld, Capt. Kochi, and Major…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coastal Hurricane (Continued from page 1.) White Bay Wrecked Foundered North of Stockton Search for Wreckage Police and Rocket Brigade Out
The small coasting steamer White Bay is a wreck north of Noma Point. Members of the Newcastle Rocket Brigade, together with members of the Newcastle Water Police, are patrolling the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barred in Fiji Deserted from Steamer SUVA
An alleged deserter from the steamer Steelmaker, who arrived at Levuka, Fiji, by a schooner, was refused permission, to land…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hundred Mile Gale Pounds N.S. Wales Coast Night of Alarms Sleepless Vigil in Newcastle Homes Gwydir and Hunter Overdue Coastal Steamer Driven Ashore in Stockton Bight Man Electrocuted, Widespread Damage in Suburbs
Shipping was seriously affected by the raging seas that pounded the coast from Newcastle to Sydney during the storm last night. The Hunter River Steamship Company's Gwydir, Newcastle-bound, and the Hunter, Sydney-bound, were many hours overdue, but the company's officers were not alarmed. They were confident th at the steamers were…
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The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer Gwydir entered Sydney Heads at 7.30 o'clock to-night…
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Buffeted by the storm, the North Coast Company's steamer Uralla of 520 tons gross register, was driven ashore on Stockton Beach, about 16 miles north of…
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