Maitland Wreck Anniversary of Disaster To-day
On the morning of May 6, 1898, Newcastle was startled by news of the wreck of the steamer Maitland. To-day marks the 41st anniversary of that disaster…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14
River Steamer Ablaze Burnt to Water's Edge GRAFTON
The Clarence River pleasure and passenger steamer Kalipse, built in 1915, at a cost of £6000, was burnt to the water's edge at Cowper early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wrecked by Bomb Catholic Club in Belfast LONDON, May 7
A bomb wrecked the Catholic Young Men's Club in Belfast (Northern Ireland), but there were no casualties. The Hammersmith Bridge, over the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Second Attempt Ketch Sails for America SYDNEY
The auxiliary Ketch, Hispaniola, with George O'Brien, his wife and two children aboard, set out from Palm Bench to-day for San Francisco, via Lord Howe…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire on Steamer Passengers and Crew Taken Off COLOMBO, May 10
A fire broke out in the engineroom of the Danish steamer Alum (5812 tons) when the vessel was nine miles south of Ceylon. An S.O.S. was sent out and the P. and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hit Reef and Sank Steamer Lindenbank Passengers and Crew Saved Manila, May 10
The United States destroyer Pope wirelessed that it had rescued 66 passengers and the crew from the British steamer Lindenbank (5057 tons), which was en…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Ships Wrecked in White Sea Tromsoe (Norway). May 15
Twenty members of the crew of a Russian sealer are believed to have been drowned in the White Sea. Five bodies have been washed up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rescue Party on Way to Shipwrecked Men Darwin
A launch with a police officer on board left Darwin this afternoon to rescue the four men on the lugger which was wrecked 50 miles from Darwin. The men are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Men in Leaky Dinghy Crossed Shark Infested Waters Wrecked Near Darwin Darwin
A perilous journey through shark-infested water in a leaky dinghy was related by four men who arrived here to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Abandoned World Cruise In Ketch SYDNEY
After 17 days at sea on their world cruise in the auxiliary ketch Tonka, the brothers. Tom and Eric Stokes, grew tired of it and returned to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Word, But No Anxiety Ketch on Way to Lord Howe Island SYDNEY
Although the ketch TonKa, which sailed from Sydney on April 29 for Lord Howe Island manned by two brothers, Tom and Erie Stokes, has not yet been sighted,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Crashed Into Wharf Fog-bound in Sydney Harbor Sydney
The worst fog of the series that has disorganised Sydney Harbor traffic in the early mornings for a week descended…
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Mr. J. E. Brown, secretary of the Balmain Iron Workers, said to-day that the Sydney branch of the Boiler- makers' Union, and nil kindred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost Steamer Unseaworthy London, May 10
The English Board of Trade inquiry into the loss last September of the steamship Italian Prince, 3478 tons, off Cape Finisterre, issued its finding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Blockade German Steamer Detained Demands Rejected by Consuls London
A Japanese warship stopped the German steamer Sauerland (7080 tons) which was on her way to Shanghai on May 24 and examined her papers, says a "Times" message from Shanghai…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Was Short of Water and Coal Wellington (N.z.)
The British steamer Fiscus, bound from the United States to Geelong, was diverted to Auckland to replenish her supplies, and reached there with only a few inches of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Fog Steamer Held Up Off Newcastle Another Likely To-day
A heavy fog which made it necessary for a Nobbys signalman to stay at the fog bell from 4.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. yesterday delayed the entrance to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ketch Ashore Couple Wander in Bush Mailman's Part in Rescue Illiterate, But Copied Note for Police PERTH
A man and his wife, who suffered privations after their ketch went ashore about 40 miles north of Broome, were found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greek Schooner Arrested Smuggling Jews Into Palestine LONDON, May 29
The British warship, H.M.S. Sutton, to-day arrested a Greek schooner which was attempting to smuggle 400 Jews into Palestine. It was escorted to Haifa…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Steamer Stopped by Japanese Warship British Vessel Delayed London, May 28
A Japanese warship stopped the German steamer Sauerland (7080 tons), which was on its way to Shanghai, on May 24, and examined her papers, states the…
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