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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
266 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 14
Graphic stories of their experiences following the derailment of the mountains train near Warrimoo last night, were told to-day by passengers and the train crew. Clarence McGarraty, a young railway porter, showed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The harsh glare of searchlights made plain every de- toil of the tragic wreck of the Newcastle steamer, Knrb- worth, 2555 tons, to 20,000 persons, who watched helplessly, while seven members of the crew were swept to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A night spent in open lifeboats near their wrecked ship and three days on a beach on the island of Boavista, on the west coast of Africa, where their only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British steamer Barrhill, 4972 tons outward bound from Hall to Melbourne is likely to be detained here 10 days. She met very heavy weather in the Bay of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Helsingfors, February 4.—The Danish steamer Nelly, of 1549 tons, ran aground in the Gulf of Finland last night. Heavy seas swept over the vessel, and she soon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police are seeking the whereabouts of Edward Needham Waters, of Collins-street, Melbourne. He failed to resume his journey to the Eastern states from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British steamer' Malmor. bound from New Zealand to London, reports that No. 3 hold is on fire. She gives her position as latitude…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fire in No. 3 hold of the Shaw, Savill and Albion freight steamer, Maimoa, which was reported yesterday as making for The Azores, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British steamer' Maimoa, 8011 tons, bound from Napier to London, has sent a wireless message from lat. 48.40 north-long, 32.46 west, to say that No. 3 hold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A false start in the first race at the Vinceunes trotting meeting this afternoon led to the worst racecourse riot France has know for a quarter of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plain-clothes police who met the steamer Ulimaroa on its arrival from New Zealand early this morning, arrested a man who is alleged to have stolen £85…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spontaneous combustion is blamed for a fire which destroyed the North German Lloyd liner, Munchen, 13,483 tons, in the Hudson River to- day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Princess Mary has returned from Skagway, having encountered such terrific weather that she could nut discharge her cargo sent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scattered all over Australia passengers from the P. and O. liner Naldera are being eagerly sought by the Commonwealth authorities, who are faced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is just a month since the naval conference was opened, and hopes for a satisfactory agreement are becoming steadily lower. The leaders of the delegations are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A whirlwind which raged along the waterfront yesterday afternoon reached a velocity of 12/ miles an hour, chief damage being one to the premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →That the master, Captain Malcolm McDonald, of the S.S. Lucaston, was drunk when his vessel drifted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Short-lived success attended the refloating of the Iron Monarch, which was Stranded in Prince's Gulf, South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →According to the Moscow correspondent of the British United Press, the antireligious war in Russia is growing more intense. "Almata," the newspaper of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Frank McErlane, Chicago s toughest beer gangster and thug, was wounded three times last night as he lay on…
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