The Wrecked Uralla
The wreck of the steamer Uralla was sold at auction by F. R. Strange and Co. of Sydney, yesterday, for £1600, the buyer being Mr. E. Budrodeen, of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
WRECKED Millionaire's Yacht Crew Safe Financed Pacific Flight San Francisco
The yacht Oaxaca, owned and sailed by Mr. Allan Hancock, the U.S.A., millionaire, who financed the flight of the Southern Cross,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scow Ashore
According to a message received in Sydney, the scow Herald ran ashore on Flat Rock on Saturday morning. The crew were rescued by the steamer Tofua,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Lost Wrecked Schooner's Crew N.Z. Capsize Auckland
No trace has been found of the [?]of the auxiliary schooner Isabella de Fraine, which capsized with all hands on Hokianga bar…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yacht Oaxaca Ashore the Crew Safe. Vancouver
Messages from Ketchikan (Alaska) report that the yacht Oaxaca, owned and sailed by Mr. Hancock, who backed the Southern Cross flight over the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →White Bay Wreck Inquest Concluded Survivor's Graphic Story
Only one of the bodies of the men who loot their lives in the wreck of the little steamer White Bay on June 14 was recovered. It was that of Alfredo…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner Wrecked. Suva
The schooner Malaya, owned by the Fiji Shipping Company, and a former British yacht, became a total wreck on Horseshoe Reef, Koro Sea, near Fiji, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cawarra Wreck
Sir,—In the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of the 13th inst. the anniversary of the wreck of the Cawarra on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle on July…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Bodies Recovered Isabella de Fraine Wreck AUCKLAND, Tuesday
The Isabella de Fraine, which was wrecked on Hokianga bar with the loss of eight men, was insured for only £1750, but was valued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Wrecked
The crew of eight on the auxiliary schooner Isabella de Fraine, which was wrecked on the Hokianga bar on Saturday, have been drowned. According to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Light-keeper's Death S.O.S. to Steamer Berrima Terrible Journey Sydney
The story of how the dying lighthouse-keeper of Gabo, Percival Field, was carried on a stretcher for a mile and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WRECKERS Strikers in India Troops Called on Night Services Cancelled CALCUTTA
Two more trains have been derailed on the South Indian railway by strikers, who are becoming increasingly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.S. Yokohama Relief Steamer Starts. Colombo
The steamer Katuna arrived from East Africa to-day, and left a few hours later to aid the disabled Yokohama, which is adrift in mid-ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckage of Aeroplane Believed to Be Nungessor's. Copenhagen
Wreckage of an aeroplane, believed to be Nungessor's White Bird, has been found in the North Sea, in the vicinity of the west coast of Denmark. The French…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Italy's Thanks Work of Rocket Brigade White Bay Wreck
The Consul-General for Italy (Signor Grossardi) has expressed his appreciation and admiration for "the splendid work" done by Messrs. Ball…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poles in Sea Trans-Atlantic Flight Saved by Steamer
LISBON (Portugal), Sunday. After flying for 31 hours, the Polish airmen, Idzikowaki and Kubala, who were attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flying Wreckage Strange 'Bus Accident One Killed, 3 Hurt Sydney
Flying fragments of wood from the back of a 'bus which crashed into a pole in the Great Northern-road. Gladesville, last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SAVES 24 HOURS 'Plane On Steamer PARIS
On its next voyage from Havre to New York, the liner Ile de France will take an aeroplane, which will leave the deck with special mails, saving 24…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Ferry Steamer Kuring-gai Arrives
The s.s. Kuring-gal, the latest addition to the Newcastle Ferry Company's fleet, and formerly a popular Manly boat, was given a trial by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The White Bay Wreck Blown Up
Shipping men and others who for so long have contended that the bodies of the remainder of the crew of the ill-fated coastal steamer White Bay were…
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