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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 15
A gun team from the First Brigade A.F.A., passing the memorial during Wednesday's procession in Hunter-street. The unit was splendidly turned out, and by a big margin won the Anzac Cup, given for the most efficient unit on parade…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Victorian King's Cup crew struck trouble when it took its boat out for training to-day. The craft filled and sank when it turned into…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →With a note saying that he know what it was to be "broke," an unknown person yesterday left a £5 note under the front door of the home of Mr. Albert Johnson,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Vice-Admiralty Court of New South Wales was constituted by Letters Patent issued to Governor Phillip on May 5, 1787…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day marks the anniversary of the wreck of the steamers Maitland and Merksworth, both with heavy loss of life, as most of the older residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lashed by a furious gale, and battered by rising seas, the crew of the coastal steamer Nambucca, spent a night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest reports from Nambucca Heads stated that the steamer Numbucca, which went ashore near the entrance yesterday, is being pounded by the rising seas in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Excells Employment Agency, in King-street, was party wrecked by a crowd of angry men to-day. The men, about 150 of them had answered an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) has been informed that Herbert Edward Millington (64). a steward on the ill-fated coaster Nambucca, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Germany's biggest balloon, which ascended from Bitterfeld on Sunday morning for the purpose of measuring the intensity of the sun's rays in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"These are the things that will break up the Empire," said Bernard Shaw to-day when asked for his opinion of Test matches…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortly before the steamer Devon sailed from Newcastle for Brisbane this morning a small fire broke out in No. 1 hatch. According to the police,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A small fire was discovered, in No. 1 hatch of the steamer Devon before it sailed for Brisbane on Saturday. A quantity of sawdust was smouldering, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is feared that at least 100 men were killed when a bridge in the course of construction near Jamma…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A graphic sidelight on the experiences of a party of four Americans who set out in a schooner to conduct scientific investigations and two young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BROKEN BOTTLES AND JARS IN THE DISPENSARY at the Newcastle Hospital Outpatients' Department, photographed after the explosion this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A tremendous explosion, which shook the Newcastle Hospital outpatients' department and pathological block to its foundation, did extensive damage to the interior of the building this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A graphic description of the wreck of the coaster Nambucca at Nambucca Heads on May 7 was given to-day to the City Coroner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The wreck of the coastal steamer Nambucca, at Nambucca Heads, recently, was recalled at the City Coroner's Court to-day, when an inquest was held into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Having completed 31 years' service in the coastal trade, the old steamer Erina is to be replaced with a new vessel, This will 87ft, long, with a 20ft. beam, and…
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