WRECKED Allan Hancock's Yacht VANCOUVER
The steam yacht Oxaca, which is owned by Mr. G. Allan Hancock, the backer of the Southern Cross flight to Australia, has become a total wreck,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
278 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 14
Schooner Overdue
It is nearly twelve months since the four-masted auxiliary schooner Fides left Gothenburg with a cargo of Baltic timber for Adelaide, and as she is now 120 days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fall on Steamer Dilkera Ship Watchman's Death
Mr. W. R. Pickett, deputy district coroner, held an inquest at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the death of Robert Andrews, ship…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AGROUND! Panama Mail Steamer San Pedro (California)
The Panama mail steamer Ecuador (5544 tons) went aground at Caps Lazarus, on the Mexican coast, early this morning. There are 100…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Robbery From Tombs Discovery on a Steamer. Shanghai
Further startling evidence of the desecration of the tombs of the Manchu Royal families, outside Pekin, has been furnished by the discovery of thirty-six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dunbar Wreck Anniversary
A large crowd assembled at the Dunbar tomb, Camnperdown Cemetery, on Saturday afternoon, when a service was held in commemoration of the 71st anniversary of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Overdue Fears for Her Safety. Panama City
It is reported that the steamer William McKenney has been lost with 14 men in a storm on the California coast. This gained credence on Sunday when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STEAMER McKENNY Arrives Fourteen Men Lost. Panama
The steamer W. S. McKenny, which was thought to have been lost in a storm off the coast of California, has arrived, badly battered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MUTINY Trouble on Greek Steamer "Revolutionists" London, Thursday Night
"Have revolution of crew, On arrival must discharge Greek sailors revolutionists." This was the text of a wireless…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HOMICIDE Subway Wreck Man Charged New York
William Baldwin, the man who is blamed for the subway wreck near Times Square on Friday night, has been arrested on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Queen Olga
It is stated that the steamer Queen Olga was enable to enter, the port yesterday morning owing to there being insufficient water on the bar. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Brothers Cruelly Murdered by Jealous Relative "Must Fight" Coolidge and Peace Pact U.S.A. DOUBTS Move Likely to Wreck Treaty WASHINGTON
Will the United States Senate throw a destructive monkey-wrench into the diplomatic machine in order to wreck, the Peace Pact, is a question asked in America to-day. "There are reasons to feel that in assuming the role of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Pulpit Point
The oil tanker Pulpit Point coming to the agency of Vacuum Oil Company, is expected to arrive at Newcastle this morning from Brisbane. The vessel is making…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Period Quick Despatch
Claimed to be almost a record for an inward and outward despatch for the port of Newcastle was reported by the Australian Steamships Ltd., with their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swam Ashore Passengers in Train Smash HELSINGFORS
When a train was derailed between Wiborg and Histla, at a point where the Corelian railway runs over the seashore on the Gulf…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stranded Steamer Uralla
Mr. Budrodeen, who purchased the stranded steamer Uralia, which went ashore in Stockton Bight during the recent cyclone, made another attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea Steamer Sunk. New York
It is reported from Portland, Oregon, that the steamer Floridian, from Boston for Seattle, was sunk on Saturday night in a collision with the Admiral Fiske,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cargo on Fire Adelaide-bound Steamer LONDON
The Moor Line, Ltd., owners of the steamer Custlemoor, 6754 tors, which is on its way from Blyth to Adelaide, have received a wireless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Perry Ashore SYDNEY
Caught by a sudden gust of wind, the Neutral Bay ferry Kanimbla was blown ashore near the Kurraba wharf about 2 p.m. this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on a Steamer Making for Adelaide. London
The owners of the Castle Moon, 6574 tons, outward bound from Blythe to Adelaide, received a message saying that the cargo in the main hold had been on fire…
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