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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 19
Badly swamped by heavy seas, and with tier engines useless, the 1948 tons freighter, Haiping, which has teen in distress off the Queensland coast since late on Saturday night, has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Escorted by the freighter Mildura, the Chinese steamer Haiping, better known to Australians by her old name, Craigend, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eight persons aboard the sinking British schooner Avon Queen, whose captain and owner was Mr. Robert McLean, were rescued off San Salvador Island by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The wreckage of the Imperial Airways night 'plane. Jupiter, which crashed in Germany last night, with the loss of three lives, was found by a wood-cutter in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The northern Rivers S. S. Co., owners of the steamer Hall Caine which foundered yesterday off Broken Bay could…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cam and Sons, owners of the Hall Caine, were at a loss to-day to explain the cause of the vessel's sinking. The Maritime Services Board will hold an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The story of how the Comorin raced 140 miles to the Greek steamer, Dunavis, following receipt of a strangely worded message from the captain, was told when the Comorin reached Sydney from the London, No one on board could interpret…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The worst outbreak in the 12-day walk-out of 5500 taxi-cab drivers occurred to-day, when 200 strikers massed at two points in the Loop…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →With the wreckage of their school falling in on them, between five hundred and a thousand pupils were killed in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of the last two survivors of the wreck of the Elingamite. Mr. Thomas Mallin, who was rescued from a raft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seventeen 40-gallon drums of petrol, and an 800-gallon galvanised iron tank, believed to have been part of the cargo of the steamer Hall Caine, which sank…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →After the steamer Kini had cleared Sydney Heads for Tasmania yesterday, a fight occurred among members of the crew. One man received a deep cut under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fears that the Chinese steamer Haiping, which was abandoned about 100 miles north of Brisbane last week, would provide a menace…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The crew of 72 were rescued by lifeboat from the British steamer Marie Moller (4877 tons), in which a fire broke out when the vessel, which was bound…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The crew of 72 were resumed by a lifeboat from the British stealer Marie Moller, in which fire broke out when the vessel which was bound for Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Recovery from the sea of three small pieces of wood painted silver provide the only clue to the possible fate of a Moth aeroplane which left Nelson for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →If satisfactory financial arrangements can be negotiated with the Union Steamship Company about 1000 New Zealand returned soldiers will come to Sydney in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two persons were killed and houses and trees wrecked in a tornado. At Winchester (Kentucky) 30 were injured, five seriously, and 15 houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nineteen person, including six women and one child, all members of a roller skating racing troupe were killed and five were injured when a tyre blow-out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Awatea had an aggressive look about her to-day as she swung into Circular Quay on arrival from Auckland. The second Officer (Mr. Knight)…
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