Saved From Wreck Stanford Cat and Kittens Going to Singapore Perth
A cat and three kittens, rescued from the wreck of the motor-ship Stanford, will not be destroyed. A member of the crew has joined the tanker Havfru at…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936
325 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 17
Steamer Strikes Rock London, June 29
A holiday steamer from the Isle of Man, when approaching Dublin on a day excursion, struck Devil's Rock, during dense fog, and although damaged, she was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Captain Missing From Steamer Believed to Have Fallen Overboard London
"On the arrival of the steamer Trelissick at Barry docks from Australia it was revealed that the master, Captain Joseph Coad, was missing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firm on Reef Swedish Oil Tanker Mishap in North Lighthouse Steamer Stands By BRISBANE
On her way to Sydney with a full cargo of oil for the Shell Company, the Swedish tanker Balaklava went aground on the western…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck of Stanford Norwegian Consul Might Inquire PERTH
The circumstances surrounding the grounding of the Norwegian motorship Stanford on African Reef, near Geraldton, last Wednesday night, may be the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck of Stanford Consular Inquiry in Camera PERTH
The wreck of the motorship Stanford near Geraldton, on June 24, will be the subject of a consular inquiry to-morrow. The Acting Consul for Norway (Mr. E. A…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer Gwydir in Dry Dock
The Hunter River Company's steamer Gwydir will go into dry dock in Sydney during the week-end for annual overhaul. The Gwydir's place in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tortoise Racing Novelty for Steamer Passengers Sydney
The liner Orama, at present cruising from Sydney to Papua, has aboard a "stable" of racing tortoises. The seven small tortoises owe their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Cooma Anniversary of Wreck
To-day is the anniversary of the wreck of the Howard Smith Company's steamer Cooma (3839 tons), built in 1907. The vessel ended her career on North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Distress Signals Lifeboat's Vain Search MELBOURNE
The Queenscliff lifeboat made a vain search in rough seas in the Rip at 6 a.m. to-day for the origin of eight distress signals seen from Point Lonsdale…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Herald Stop Press 900 Russians Wrecked. Sapporo (Japan)
Nine hundred Russians, mostly fishermen, en route to the grounds of Kamchatka aboard the Soviet steamer Cima were wrecked on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Adrift in Harbour River Steamer and Barge Broke Away on Flood Tide
The Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer Allyn River and the Public Works Department's hopper barge Orestes, to which it…
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London, July 7.—The Blue Star Line's cargo steamer Melbourne Star was launched at Birkenhead. It will be used in the South African-Australian service…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Surgery at Sea Three Operations on Steamer BRISBANE
Three operations at sea, two of them for appendicitis, were performed by Dr. C. M. Lawrie, surgeon on the steamer Port Darwin, which arrived to-day from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cawarra Wreck 70Th Anniversary Story of a Marine Disaster
To-morrow marks the 70th anniversary of the wreck of the steamer Cawarra at the entrance to Newcastle Harbour, with great loss of life. Forth bodies were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →70th Anniversary of the Caw arra Wreck Off Nobbys
To-morrow is the 70th anniversary of the wreck of the steamer Cawarra off Nobbys (July 12 1866). The picture was taken by Dr. Bowker just before the vessel foundered and is now the property of Mr. E. Booth of Scott-street, Carrington. (See story.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Cawarra Tragedy of 1866
To-morrow is the anniversary of the wreck of the Cawarra. In 1806, A the entrance to Newcastle Harbor. There are still a few people in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Lightning English Pleasure Steamer LONDON, July 11
During an exceptionally severe storm which broke over the Sussex coast to-day lightning struck the pleasure steamer Brighton Belle and the mast was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rough Voyage in Ketch
Two Seventh Day Adventists, Dr. Frances Harding and Mr. F. B. McMahon, returned to Sydney yesterday by the Monterey after no adventurous voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →B.h.p. Steamer Launched the Iron Baron
News has been rtceived of the launching on the Clyde, Scotland, on June 24, of the steamer Iron Baron, one of the two large cargo vessels…
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