Dandenong Wreck Anniversary To-morrow
To-morrow is the anniversary of the wreck on the Newcastle trader Dandenong, involving the loss of 40 lives. The disaster took place on September 11, 1876…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
310 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 16
Killed Groper Had Salvor Worried Cobalt Recovered From Wreck Sydney
Mr. John Johnstone, a Melbourne salvage expert, who came to Sydney to-day in the Pierre Loti, told how he disposed of a big groper which worried him for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Camp Wrecked Storm Strikes Forestry Area North Coast Damage Grafton
A forestry camp was wrecked and men's lives were endangered by falling trees when a windstorm struck Star Creek, in the Coramba district. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer May Be Laid Up
The Mamari, 5058 tons cross, arrived at Newcastle to-day and will probably be laid up here for some time. She reached Sydney from Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fell Down Steamer's Hold
Jack Brock, aged 26, of 18 Mitchell-street, Stockton, was working on a steamer at the Hunter River Coy.'s Wharf today when he fell down the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Kaituna Sold To Panama Interests
The old trans-Tasman steamer, Kaltunn, which was sold to a Chinese company by the Union Steamship Co. several years ago, has been re-sold to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Schooner" Is Not Beer Pint Stamp All Glasses Says Magistrate
When the average man buys a pint of beet, he usually drinks it, but when Inspector McLauchlin, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Norwegian Steamer to Load Oil Sydney
The coal strike has compelled the Norwegian steamer Goviken to divert to Sydney to load oil fuel. Under charter to carry rice from Slam to Callao (South America) the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Express Wrecked Swept by Tidal Wave in U.S. Hurricane Amazing Escapes Total Deaths Nearly 700 (Australian Associated Press.) New York, September 25
With the partial restoration of communications, the (fantastic story of the wreck of the "Bostonian," famous Bsoton-New York Express, in Wednesday's hurricane…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Steamer Mako Returns to Sydney
The steamer mako, which was due at Newcastle from Sydney yesterday morning, has been delayed at Sydney, and its visit here is now indefinite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Paz Laid Up in Newcastle
The steamer Paz. which recently discharged a carce of timber, and phosphates at Newcastle, returned to port last night and will be laid up for some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Dumosa to Tie Up Here
The interstate freighter Dumosa will be laid up and the crew of 42 paid off when she arrives in Newcastle from Port Kembla to-morrow morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stop Press Steamer Stassfurt
Sydney, Friday.—The German [?]reighter Stassfurt, which steamed for 24 h[?] with her wireless silent, sent a terse message to her agents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silence of German Steamer No Word From Stassfurt SYDNEY
The German freighter Stassfurt, with her wireless silent, is providing Sydney shipping men with a first-class mystery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosions Condemned "The Work of Hooligans" Attempt to wreck BRIDGE
An official statement condemning those responsible for yesterday's attempt to wreck a bridge over a private railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hard Words for Lifeboat Susanne Godeffroy Wreck 58Th Anniversary To-day
In the issue of October 3, 1880, the "Newcastle Morning Herald" comments on the poor lifeboat service afforded at Port Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TOPICS for WOMEN Round The World On Tramp Steamer
ROUND the world on tramp steamers is the ideal holiday, according to an American school teacher. Miss Irene Taake, who arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mystery Explosions at Rothbury Attempt to Wreck Line Damage Not Extensive
Police investigating the four violent explosions at Rothbury last night found that an attempt had been made to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Two Dead in Air Crash Fatal Joy Flight 'Plane Wrecked at Ingham Ingham (Q.)
The pilot and a girl passenger were killed when a 'plane on a joy flight crashed at Ingham aerodrome late this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckage Found Missing German Barque Vanished After Leaving Australia Berlin, October 8
Wreckage from the four-masted barque Admiral Karpfanger (formerly L'Avenir), which disappeared last Murch with a cargo of 3300 tons of Australian wheat…
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