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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 15
The coastal steamer Jap is still aground at Cape Hawke, and there seems little possibility of it being successfully salvaged. Captain Stobo, of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The small Gippsland Lakes steamer Tambar went ashore at the entrance to Reeve's River, at 3.30 a.m. to-day, and was still fast at 9 a.m. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Information was received to-day by the State Navigation Department that the wrecked coaster Jap was obstructing the bar beacons, and that as a result ships…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The disabled seamer, Jap is fast breaking up, and during last night the Jap's life boat with a quantity of the ship's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Debris from the coastal steamer. Jap which went aground near Cape Hawke on Monday night, is now being washed into Forster harbour. Wood, which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Ulimaroa, which has been idle since early last year, has now been sold to a firm in Japan, During the war the Ulimaroa was taken over by the New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Owing to the rough seas and the velocity of the wind about Newcastle last nights the coastal steamer Belbowric, which departed at 9 o'clock for Sydney, was forced…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The international express from Vienna to Paris was wrecked near Linz. The rails had been deliberately removed for a distance of 30 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The schooner Gisborn returned on Monday from the Tuamotu Islands (Low Archipelago) after an absence of 25 days. The expedition was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three women were killed and four others were critically injured when scalding water and steam turned an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tenders for the raising and dismantling of the wrecked steamer Currumbene are invited by the owners of the vessel, Messrs. E. D. Pike and Co. Ltd., of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Though £500 had been spent in an endeavor to refloat the David Blake, the trawler which struck the Mimosa Rock off the South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A tragic story of how the ship's captain died was borne by the steamer Firth, which berthed here to-day. Captain Thompson, although very ill…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. A. Murrell, former owner of the coaster David Blake, which was handed over to the underwriters after going aground near Tathra, purchased the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The police are mystified by the circumstances surrounding an attempt to wreck a fishing boat in a shed at Penny Beach, near Catherine Hill Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An unexpected thrill came the way of the 600 passengers on the Jervis Bay while on their way from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the monthly meeting of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, held in the Newcastle Town Hall. on Thursday night, a cable was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A graphic story of a twelve-hours' battle with the rising seas, of frantic efforts made to repair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wireless messages from King Island, Bass Strait, this morning confirmed the report of a wreck on New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It was definitely established to-day that the fishing ketches Saguenay, of Port Fairy, and the Star, of Queenscliff, had been wrecked with the loss…
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