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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 16
Abnormally high seas, aided by "king" tides, which bat-' tered the coast last night and this morning, left a trail of devastation and damage. Daylight revealed that the damage along the ocean front…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreckage washed on to the beach at Wattamolla, a cove some miles south of Cronulla, has been identified as part of the fishing launch…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Norahville resident with a quantity of timber pieces picked up along the beach as they were washed ashore from the wreckage of the Warrani…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Those wonderful tales which Captain John Dowdy, true son of the sea, has been went to tell for years as he has sat gazing over the wares from his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A search for many miles along the beach from early morning until dark yesterday failed to reveal the bodies of Norman Cross and Frank Wilson, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ystad shipbuilding yard has completed a new type of lifeboat which, besides being claimed to be practically unsinkable, presents other novelties. The…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The ketch Me Hongi, bound from Hokianga to Auckland, has been driven ashore on the Ninety Mile Beach by the gale that is lashing the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hundreds of holiday-makers on the Sussex coast to-day saw a Royal Air Force machine strike the sea and sink off Selsey Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The ketch Whileaway, of 2¾ tons, carrying Mr. Raymond Penny, son of Mr. Clifford R. Penny, the well-known Sydney solicitor, Mr. Arthur Moses and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When a steel footbridge over the railway line at the Worribee station (Victoria) was struck by a coal excavator protruding from a truck in a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bound for New Guinea and the Solomon islands, the 30ft. ketch Whileaway entered Newcastle Heads early last night to berth at the pilot wharf. It left…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Japanese steamer Midori Maru, of 1775 tons, which carried 253 passengers and crew, collided with the Senzan Maru, of 1144 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.—A young Napier woman. Miss Eileen Morris, will be one of a crew of three on the ketch Te Rapunga…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. E. Wright is engaged on the construction of a wooden steamer, intended for service on the coast. The vessel was designed by the Superintendent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Detectives are investigating the sudden death of John Robinson, 54, married, of Kangaroo, Point, Robinson, who was a mate on the Government steamer Otter,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Having been prepared overnight, the powerful Brisbane tug, Carlock, set out at 9 sum. to-day, to the rescue of the helpless Maheno, which is adrift off Sandy Cape. A radio from the Oonah to-day stated that the Maheho was nowhere in sight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Maheno, which broke away from the Oonah on Monday, while being towed to Japan, was discovered to-day hard and fast on a sandy beach of Fraser Island, 15 miles south of Indian Head, and 168 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An usual light on the dechs of the Ville de S[?]abourg at Walsh Bay, Sydney, Briquelle cool, which is used as fuel the FRench steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The steamer Maheno was found to-day stranded on the east coast of Fraser Island, about 168 miles Brisbane. The discovery was made from an aeroplane. To-night the crew came ashore and camped on the beach. None is injured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To-morrow is the anniversary of the wreck of the steamer Cawarra. This disaster involved greater loss of life than any other in the history of sort Hunter…
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