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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11
If the Shell Company's steamer Celtic Shell, had not deviated from its usual course it would not have found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Aberdeen-Commonwealth liner Ferndale sent out an S.O.S. at 10 p.m. She indicated that her position was near Delly's Rock, 49 miles east of Algiers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messages from Algiers indicate that the Aberdeen-Commonwealth Line freighter Ferndale, which ran ashore near Delly's Rock, 49 miles east of Algiers, on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Within an hour of the Australian-built steamer Ferndale striking the rocks near Dellys, 40 miles east of Algiers, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer, Ball's Head, which was sold to the East recently, has been recommissioned in Sydney. The vessel has been renamed the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In another part of to-day's paper appear some reminiscences of Mr. Kenneth McLeod, who for 32 years was connected with the Department of Navigation at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In response to a radio from the captain of the well-known freighter, Tymeric, that bunker supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The freighter Ferndale's position is considered hopeless. The ground swell has caused heavy bumping and the stokehold and engineroom filled suddenly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While the submarine Rainbow was leaving Portland Harbour to-day, she came into collision with the s.s. Premier, a small pleasure steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The auxiliary ketch Mitzi arrived at Newcastle from Sydney yesterday afternoon, en route to Cape York. It is manned by Messrs. V. G. Jenkins, St…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ketch Evaleeta (99 tons), which has been engaged in the Hobart-Melbourne trade, has been sold to M. B. Crouch, of Port Adelaide, for the Gulf service…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Triona, from Auckland, was entering the harbour in a heavy rain squall when she became stranded on the northern side of the harbour. No damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The salvors have decided that the floating of the after end of the stranded freighter Ferndale is impracticable, because No. I hold is full of oil, and it would be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Considerable excitement was caused just before noon when the steamer Erica Moller got into serious difficulties attempting to cross the Newcastle bar, where huge seas were running…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Several Interstate and coastal vessels are overdue in Newcastle and Sydney as a result of last night's 65-miles-an-hour gale. This morning the wind had dropped, but huge seas still lashed the coast and made the crossing of the bar dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The North Coast steamer Ulmarra, which left Newcastle for Sydney at 9.50 a.m. on Thursday, was missing at 2 o'clock this morning. The journey…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lying on her side 300 yards from the shore at Apollo Bay, the coastal steamer Casino, which was wrecked yesterday morning, is being slowly smashed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Karetu ran ashore at Nadi Bay at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning. She is not leaking. The steamers Malake and Rona are standing by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Kekerangu, which, sprang in leak when traversing Bass Strait in a voyage with cargo from Risdon to the, mainland was sighted of Tamar Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Captain John Gilchrist Middleton, who was drowned when the Casino foundered off the coast of Victoria last Saturday, was very well known in…
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