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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
242 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 13
Tropical conditions have been experienced ever since leaving Port Said, the first day in the Suez Canal seeing a rise of 20 degrees in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Traveller" writes:— I wish to support the letters in your paper in connection with a late train to Sydney. The last train to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle police are making inquiries into the theft of 150 feet of electric wire, with a lamp flange attached, and 19 [?]anged lamp brackets,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"We have sufficient wreckage of the last struggle in our midst now to keep vividly before us the necessity of endeavouring to maintain peace,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The sole survivor of the crew of 11 of the German motor-ship Kreuzsee, which foundered on the way from Bremer Haven to London, arrived aboard the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The pilot steamer Matthew Flinders, stationed just inside Cape Moreton, to meet overseas vessels, went aground about 4.30 o'clock this morning on a sandy shoal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A radio message from Rear Admiral Byrd states that the Jacob Ruppert is once more at sea, en route to New Zealand, after a visit to caste Island, where…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Vickers-Victoria troop-carrier, flying from Ramleh to Amman, struck a hill-top and overturned and was completely wrecked, trapping the 18 occupants. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →While working on the steamer Chovo Maru, which was loading bunkers at No. 13 Basin crane last night, Richard White, 54, of Estell-street, Maryville, a pinboss,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Returns issued by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, and covering the quarter ending March 31, 1933, show that 83 vessels, making together 86,373 tons, were totally lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A girl, used to nil the luxuries of life. Is forced to choose between an elderly man, wealthy, lavish in his entertain-…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The pilot steamer Birubi entered Walsh Island dock this morning for its bi-annual cleaning and overhaul. The vessel will resume its station on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire broke out in a cargo of sulphur in the holds of the steamer Larchbank, at Snails' Bay, this morning, but fortunately the flames were quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buffeted by heavy seas while on a voyage to the Barrier Reef for scientific research work, the Dunedin Harbour Board's auxiliary schooner Dunedin It. ran short…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Government pilot steamer Birubi was put into dock at Walsh Island yesterday morning, under The direction of F. H. Varley Ltd., for the purpose of undergoing its six monthly overhaul. The vessel is shown high and dry out of the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →James Simpson Love, one of the best known residents in North Queensland, and widely known throughout the Commonwealth, died aboard the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious damage was narrowly averted when fire broke out in the coal stored on the Swedish steamer Unden, at Fremantle, to-day. Prompt action by local firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two young men were killed in an air crash at Bunbury at 2.45 o'clock this afternoon The victims were Stanley Catlett, 25, and Colin Teede,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The old steamer Gabo was towed out through the Sydney Heads yesterday by a tug and taken 18 miles to sea, where she was scuttled…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The small steamer Iceberg, which connects between interstate steamers at Flat Top and the city of Mackay, was found helpless on the coast just south of Mackay…
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