These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.
Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
281 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 15
Terrible havoc on land and sea has been caused by a series of violent storms, which have swept France,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An interesting experiment was inaugurated in Newport Docks, South Wales, to-day, when a Clan Line steamer was connected telephonically with London,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An inquiry into the attempt to wreck the Basic express elicited that the wire and detonating charge were sold by Friedrich Strass, shopkeeper,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the eve of its maiden voyage to New Zealand from Greenoak, a fire on the steamer Rangitira damaged two second-class cabins and some electric…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Department of Ports and Harbours, Victoria, has refused an application for permission to use the dismantled hull of the pleasure steamer Hygeia as a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A large tenement house in a suburb of Lyons was wrecked by a mysterious explosion at 2.30 a.m. to-day. The building was occupied by French, Spanish, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"I hope you will find Aldous and punish him. Mine is not the first home he has broken up. He gave me the stuff to take, so now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The body of Jacob van Velze, 43, wharf-labourer, late of 48 King-street, Newcastle, was recovered from the ocean yesterday about 10 a.m. It was floating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While taking off for Tokio to-day, Mr. F. C. Chichester, the New Zealand airman, crashed and was taken to hospital unconscious. When he recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy overtook the British high-speed flier, Naval Lieutenant G. L. Brinton, aged 24, the team's "baby," when he was making his first flight in a Schneider Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The annual commemoration service of the Dunbar wreck was held in the Camperdown Cemetery (Sydney) on Saturday, in the presence of several hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What is it like to undergo the V[?]reneff stand treatment[?] "Wonderfull" says the first man to receive the treatment in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Newcastle and Hunter S.S. Co. Ltd. announce to-day that passenger fares on the steamers Hunter and Gwydir have been reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Donald Henry Farley, 18, of Wynnum, and John Robertson, 21, of Upper Caboolture set out from Wynnum in a 10ft. dinghy on Saturday morning for Moreton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday was tho 56th anniversary of the s.s. Dandenong, which was wrecked in a gale off Jervis Bay on her way from Melbourne to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sailing into the northern mists at 11.30 a.m. on Friday, two men in a launch completely disappeared until they were eventually, located, battered but safe, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although the Kiangra is still leaking, the water is under control and it is expected that she will be beached in the river and further patched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Budapest-Cologue express was wrecked last night, 10 miles from Budapest, killing 20. A viaduct collapsed after the engine and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The liner La Pera is due at les Angeles on Wednesday with 130 passengers and 100 members of the crew of the Panama mail liner Columbia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remarkable escapes from apparent certain death marked the crashing of an aeroplane which was flying from Rotorua to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →