Boiler Explodes Steamer Damaged Man Severely Burned Sydney
Some damage was sustained by the all burner Galveston, and Thorstieu Johannson, aged 27, a greaser, was severely burned about the face, arms, and body,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
284 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 15
Lost Barque Steamer Junee Coals for Search Sealed Orders Cruise to Start from Newcastle
With her full capacity of bunker coal, the chartered steamer, Junee, will leave Newcastle on Sautrday to search the Southern seas for the missing Danish barque Kobenhavn, which has been lost to the world for six months…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Short of Coal Steamer Makambo Caused by Gales Horse Boxes Used For Fuel SYDNEY
Horse boxes and other fittings were broken up and the wood fed to the fires when coal ran low on the Island steamer Makambo, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer's Stiff Fight
The steamer Makambo, which reached Sydney on Saturday from Norfolk Island, experienced very heavy weather on the voyage, and as the coal supply ran…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short of Coal French Steamer at Seal Rocks
Advice was received at Newcastle yesterday, from Captain Robert, of the French steamer, Commandant Destreman, of 2275 tons, bound from Nollinea to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ASHORE Tanker Sticks Fast Tugged Free Accident in Harbor
Sheering on to a shoal near the ferry wharf in Newcastle Harbor last night, the Vacuum Oil Company's tanker, Yarraville, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All Saved Wrecked Steamer's Crew Dutch Rescuers London
The story of a mysterious explosion at sea last night, near the Smith's Knell light vessel, following which a vessel was reported to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home-made 'Plane Wrecked on First Flight Auckland
Nose-diring after striking a bilton at the take-off. Auckland's first home-made aeroplane was completely wrocked to day The pilot, E. Everson escaped with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of Steamer Bombala
On behalf of a Creek shipping group, Captain W. Wilkinson, Captain G. Angeatos, and Mr. D. Frambolis reached Sydney yesterday to inspect the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cook's Hill Youth Located on Steamer
Although only 16 years of age, Horace Gallagher of 21 Dawson-street, Cook's Hill, is packing much adventure into his life…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →C.h. Bay Wreck Inquiry on July 22
Mr. W. R. Pickett, the Deputy District Coroner, will hold an inquiry at Newcastle Courthouse on the 22nd instant, into the disappearance of Geoffey Jacoby,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Anniversaries of Wrecks
Yesterday and to-day are the anniversaries of a gale that swept, the coast of New South Wales, and took a heavy toll of human life and shipping, especially…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Still Have Hopes Refloating Steamer Uralla Tug From Sydney
Although last night's attempt to refloat the Uralla failed, hope has not been abandoned, and efforts are being made with each high tide…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ship Ashore Aground Near Aden LONDON
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tongarioro, bound from Bowen (Queensland) to London, has gone ashore 12 miles south-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Steamer Koomilya's Maiden Voyage Bunkering Here
On her maiden voyage from England, the new McIlwraith McEacharn steamer, Koomilya, arrived at Newcastle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle and Sydney Daily Steamer Service Sydney
After having run a restricted service for about three months, the Newcastle Hunter River S.S. Company, will resume its nightly service between Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Uralla
No further progress has been made in the attempt to salvage the former North Coast S.N. Co.'s steamer Uralla, which is it present lying in the Stockton bight,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Cargo Steamer
The latest addition to the fleet of coastal vessels owned by Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, Ltd., the steamer Koomilya made her maiden voyage to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Steamer Delayed
The British motor ship Ormus, which is bound from Immingham to Melbourne with a cargo of coal, put back to Durban on July 12 for machinery repairs. She…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smallpox on Steamer
Three cases of smallpox were discovered among the coloured crew of the steamer City of Hereford, on arrival in Brisbane from New York on Saturday. While in…
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