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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 15
The Plymouth lifeboat spent the night in an unsuccessful search for an unknown vessel which sent up distress signals off Bigbury Bay. A 60-miles-an-hour gale…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Messrs, Yeadon, Anderson and Haynard, members of the crew of the schooner [?]bol, are returning to Australia aboard the liner Aorangi. The Isabel took 15 days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The well-known passenger steamer Montoro is ashore at Fortification Point, near Finchafen, in New Guinea, but her passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Anderson third mate of the Burliell, who had his left wrist broken and was otherwise injured when the vessel was struck by lightning on its way to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Water Police stated this afternoon that arrangements had been made for a diver to examine the wreckage of the ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Intense interest was centred throughout yesterday in the loss of the Stockton ferry steamer Bluebell, and particularly in the recovery of bodies which had been released from the wreckage during morning. The first photograph shows a section of the crowd of people which lined the harbour front from early morning till late in the afternoon. On the right Water Policemen McLeod and Ward are shown in a launch returning to the shore after having recovered one of the bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fears that there had been loss of life in the collision between the Stockton ferry Bluebell and the cargo steamer Waraneen on Newcastle Harbour were confirmed yesterday morning. Passing the scene of the disaster while the tide was at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A seat, lifebelt, and portion of the buoy of the Bluebell, which were brought ashore by water police who found them floating in the water near the scene of the tragedy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →After a diver had examined the wrecked hull of the ferryboat Bluebell from stem to stern under favorable conditions this morning, the police announced that they were satisfied that the body of Mrs. Gladys…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Left: The wreckage of the ferry Bluebell was thoroughly examined by a diver this morning. He…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No trace has yet been found of the body of Mrs. Gladys May Bignall, 37, of Stockton, the third victim of the collision between the Stockton ferry Bluebell and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A report states that the British motor freighter Inverbank, bound from Suva to the United Kingdom, ran ashore yesterday near the Ea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirty persons are believed to have been drowned on Tuesday, when a passenger steamer sank in the Sao Francisco River…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The difficult task of salvaging the hull of the ferry steamer Bluebell, which sank after the disastrous collision…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →After having been tied up in Newcastle harbor since July 27, following a dispute over overtime rates, the steamer Dumosa will sail to-night for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After three months of hazardous work on the dangerous Donegal Coast, private salvors have recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The wreckage of the Stockton ferry Bluebell was lifted to the surface of the harbour by means of temporary gear erected on the steamer Idant yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Good progress has been made in the salving of the wrecked ferry Bluebell which sank in Newcastle Harbour after a collision with the freighter Waraneen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murphy's cafe and residential in George-street West was wrecked last night when an explosion occurred. No one was injured, but three people who were passing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →August 20, 1780, was the date of Governor Phillip's additional instructions with reference to land grants, with a list of fees to be charged…
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