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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
A lifeboat from the German steamer Windhuk, which took refuge in Santos, Brazil, from West Africa, has arrived at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A terrific wind and rainstorm this afternoon demolished the hangar at South Grafton aerodrome, smashed part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japan has formally protested against the stoppage of the Japanese liner, Asama Maru. ba British cruiser, and the removal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two of the three missing lifeboats from the Italian liner Orazio, of 11,669 tons, which caught fire in the Mediterranean after an explosion, have been located,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Finnish steamer Orito was mined in the North Sea on Tuesday. The crew of 18, including an Englishman, was rescued in a life-boat and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Twenty-two natives, formerly members of the crew of the German steamer Askari, have disembarked from an Italian coaster…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a terrific gale, which lasted only 10 minutes, the public hall was blown down, and dwellings unroofed, at Waukaringa, 235 miles north of Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Residents of a town on the south-east coast of Scotland have obtained lavish supplies of butter. Tons of butter have been washed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A severe storm, accompanied by terrific wind, severe lightning and thunder, lashed the small railway sidings of Koolkhan and Kyarran this afternoon. The wind…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bodies of a German flying-officer and another German airman were washed ashore near Aberdeen to-day, confirming reports of the destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sailing sadly into seas swept by war, flying, a flag that no longer represents proud independence, the Estonian schooner Ahto is continuing her world cruise, commanded by the owner, Captain Ahto Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Llanern returned to port after having been bombed and machine-gunned on Monday. There were no casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Full horror of the nightmare voyage of the surviving lifeboat from the torpedoed Greek steamer, Eleni Stathatos, is revealed in the stories of the rescued men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It is now revealed that the Danish ship Sedey, which, while proceeding in ballast through the English Channel to load coal for Denmark, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirteen members of the crew of the Greek steamer Eleni Statathos (5625 tons) after four days adrift in the Atlantic had to be thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Dutch steamer Laertes, of 5825 tons, was mined and set on fire southwest of England. The crew of 100 took to the boats, but returned to extinguish…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Swedish steamer Andalusia, of 1357 tons, is reported to have been sunk while on her way from Bordeaux to Gothenburg. Twenty-one lives…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallowing in the sea without a soul on board, the Swedish steamer Mertainen (4531 tons) was found by a British lifeboat at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →So crowded with passengers that some had to sleep in a tent over a hatch and 10 in a cabin over the propeller, a steamer has arrived from Lord Howe Island behind…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →London, Thursday: The steamer Mary Dawn struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. One man was killed and another seriously injured…
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