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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Apollo Bay Wreck Snowy Blasts

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 8

Above: ROYAL CROUP watching trooping of the color:—The Queen, Princess Royal, Princess…

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Fresh Water Pumps Prove Ineffective Steamer Kekerangu Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1932 · page 6

The steamer Kekerangu is still at Beauty Point. The pumps have not been offective in removing the water from the vessel on account of it being mixed with…

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Bad Visibility Steamer Heads Out to Sea FREMANTLE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1932 · page 8

The steamer Orestes, from Liverpool, arrived off Rottnest Island at 7.30 o'clock this morning, but owing to bad visibility through continuous driving rain, headed…

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Wrecked Casino Inspection by Diver MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1932 · page 8

Having completed an inspection of the wrecked Casino in Appollo Bay, a diver employed by Lloyd's Marine insurance Underwriters reported that there was no…

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Adieu, Newcastle Sold to the East Former Steamer Hexham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1932 · page 4

Probably for the last time at this port, the steamer Hannah Moller, better known at Newcastle as the Hexham, is loading a full cargo of Abermain coal for…

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Steamer Euripides Acquired by Shaw, Savill Line LONDON, July 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1932 · page 7

The Shaw, Savill Line is taking over the s.s. Euripides from the Aberdeen line. They propose to transform her to an oil-burner and improve the passenger…

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Wreck of Casino Marine Court Inquiry MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1932 · page 11

The Marine Board of Victoria decided to-day to appoint a Marine Court inquiry to investigate the wreck of the coastal steamer Casino at Apollo Bay on July…

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Steamer Refloated Mudbank Near Brisbane BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 9

After being aground on a mudbank near the mouth of the Brisbane River for 11 hours, the cargo steamer Ooramo was refloated by the aid of a tug on Saturday…

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Casino Wreck Portion of Body Found MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon portion of a human body was found on the rocks near Apollo Bay. Although it is believed impossible to identify the remains, it is practically…

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Wrecked Casino Marine Court Inquiry Broken Anchor Hull Found Seaworthy MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1932 · page 6

In an effort to determine the cause of the wreck of the steamer Casino at Apollo Bay on July 10, when 10 members it the crew lost their lives, the Court of Marine…

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Wrecked Cycle Injured Rider Found SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 August 1932 · page 7

David Green, of Tintern-street, Ashfield, was found lying unconscious near the Liverpool-read, Chullora, last night. Nearby was his motor-cycle, which had…

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Wrecked Casino Second Mate's Evidence Captain's Reported Attempt to Swim to Shore Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1932 · page 7

Farther evidence regarding the seaworthiness and life-saving equipment of the coastal steamer Casino, which was wrecked in Apollo Bay on July 19,…

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Towed Into Newcastle Disabled Ketch Off C.h. Bay

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 5

Hove to, about eight miles from the shore, off Catherine Hill Bay this morning, the nine-ton auxiliary cutter…

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Drama of Sea Two Men Stabbed on Schooner Discovered by Steamer Fremantle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1932 · page 5

A remarkable story of a rescue at sea was told to-day by Captain T. Dunn, Master of the steamer Lindenbank, which arrived from Nauru…

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Dockmen Weep Loading Steamer Niagara VANCOUVER, August 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1932 · page 8

Dockmen loading the steamer Niagara wept copiously when loading 2000 sacks of British Columbia onions for Australia and New Zealand…

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Bomb on Steamer Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 10

George Thomas Mouncer, charged with having placed a bomb on the steamer Tees with intent to injure the master, Captain Albert Anderson, was found guilty…

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Hit Kirribilli Point in Fog French Steamer Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 1

Caught in a fog which suddenly enveloped her off Kirribilll Point at 4.30 a.m. to-day, the well-known French Island steamer. St Vincent de…

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Death in London Survivor of Alert Wreck LONDON, August 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 10

The death has occurred of Robert Ponting, 68, ship's cook, who was the sole survivor of the wreck of the Alert, when 15 lives were lost at Melbourne in 1893…

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Man Arrested Last-minute Search of Steamer Factory Burgled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 4

Police intuition and swift action led to the arrest of a man and the recovery of goods suspected to have been stolen on the steamer Gwydir last night, within a…

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Trouble on Steamer Mate Struck with Hammer Seaman Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 1

Returning to the s.s. Portfield in the harbor yesterday in a drunken condition, Harry Glen Roberts,…

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