Found on Steamer
George Hutcheison, 20, labourer, George Herkiss, 18, labourer, and Harry McGee, 20, labourer, were each charged with having secreted themselves on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930
266 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14
Struck During Fog Jap. Steamer Wrecked All the Crew Rescued London
Early this morning in a dense fog the 8000-ton steamer, City of Ocaka, struck a submerged reef about 15 miles north of Aberdeen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →10 Dead Steamer Was Struck by Lightning Flash Split in Two North Sydney (Novia Scotia)
Ten people were drowned when a steamer was strick by lightning and sank off the East Coast of Cape Breton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10 Lives Lost Lightning Splits Schooner Driven on Rocks City of Osaka Wrecked (Australian Press Association.) North Sydney (Nova Scotia), September 23
Eight passenger and two of the crew of the Newfoundland schooner Caranza, which left here for Burin, was lost on Thursday night, when the vessel sank after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sinks Crew Reaches Safety AUCKLAND
The Northern Steamship Company's wooden steamer Tariwha, of 263 tons, struck a snag in the Waihou River, and sank in a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five Lives Lost Steamer Sinks Schooner Newfoundland Collision Ottawa, September 28
The sinking of an unknown schooner, following a collision with the Norwegian steamer Haugarland, off the coast of Newfoundland, was reported by the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost Schooner Maritime Disaster Recalled
In a recent issue mention was made in "Leaves from Herald Files" of the circumstances connected with the wrack of the schooner Jones Brothers at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burst Steam Pipe German Steamer Stassfurt in Sydney Dramatic Escapes From Peril SYDNEY
With appalling suddenness the main steam pipe of the German steamer, Stassfurt, burst as the vessel was proceeding down the harbor to-day on her way to Europe with a wool shipment valued at nearly £250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Lost? Boat Capsizes on Bar at Ballina Pilot Steamer Saves Two BALLINA
The schnapper boat, Oscar S., owned by four Danes, while endeavoring to cross the bar at Ballina at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Sea Tragedy Wreck of the St. Paul Anniversary of Loss
Its anniversary to-day recalls the story of one of the most appalling tragedies in the history of Australian wrecks, the loss of the ship St. Paul, on the island of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anniversaries of Wrecks
To-day is the anniversary of a violent storm which swept the coast of New South Wales, and caused several wrecks in the vicinity of Newcastle, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreckage of Gutted Home
DESTROYEY BY FIRE.—Mr. Ralph Cresdee searching the ruins of his homw in Wiley's-avenue, Lukemba…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Missing Fishing Boat Wreckage Seen at Sea PERTH
Fears are entertained for the safety of two Swedes, who left Fremantle in the fishing boat Adelama, 24 days ago, and have not returned. The men carried…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →White Ants Home Wreckers How to Combat Them
"White ants are responsible thousands of pounds' worth of damage. In the city and suburbs, they destroy and attack the woodwork of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lady Roberts End of a Government Steamer
The hull of the old and well-known Government steamer Lady Roberts was sold at Apia, Samoa, recently, for £20/5/, the buyer being Mr. Hellesoe. Apart…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →OSCAR S. WRECK Seaman's Body Found LISMORE
A decomposed body, almost a skeleton which was inter identified as that of Hedley Larson one of the men in the wreck of the Norwegian fishing launch…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Wreck Saved on Gap's Edge Sobbed Bitterly Held by Constable Sydney
last night, and sobbing bitterly, a war-wrecked man wits saved from suicide by Constable McDermott, of Vaucluse…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Imperial Conference Failure Predicted R101 Inquiry Wreckage Sorted French Assistance London
The commission set up to conduct a technical inquiry into the loss of the airship R101 has completed its work…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three Dead in Gas-filled Room at Mayfield Distressing Story at Inquest Mother and Babies Father Discovers Bodies in Locked Room Absence of Motive Sudden Tragedy Wrecks Home of Devoted Mayfield Couple
Some dark shadow obscured her mind when Mrs. Alice Fishwick took her life and those of her two children in a gas-filled room at Mayfield on October 3, as poignantly revealed at the inquest in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OSCAR S. Wreck Raised Lismore
The week of the fishing launch Oscar S. which capsized at the Ballina Bar on September 30, whom two Norwegian sailors were drowned, was raised by…
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