Big Schooner Launched
ESTRELLITA, an 89ft. auxiliary schooner, was launched at Raymond Terrace today by Mrs. Patricia Stewart-Dawson. It was built at Piper's shipyards to the order of Mr. Ed. Wedderspoon…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948
122 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 7
Ammunition Still Floating Ashore
Large quantities of dumped ammunition were still coming ashore at some northern beaches and were likely to be washed up for several…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Many people narrowly escaped drowning in Port Phillip Bay to-day when a south-westerly squall whipped up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire On Berthed Steamer
SYDNEY, Friday.—Four fire brigades and a fire float were called to a fire aboard the steamer Pemba (6000 tons), at No. 1 Walsh Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Committee Seeks Wreck Removal
The Benches Liaison Committee will ask Greater Newcastle Council to reconsider, its decision not to remove the wreck from the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwrecked 5 Times
Able Seaman H. P. Norman, of the Illalong, which went ashore at Redhead Beach yesterday, has been wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grain Steamer's Hoodoo Trip "Herald" Service
LONDON, March 17.—For the crew of the 8200-ton steamer Alpna Zambesi, just berthed at Liverpool, the hoodoo trip with a cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipwrecked Indonesians Await Rescue
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five shipwrecked Indonesians are waiting to be rescued by an R.A.A.F. Catalina, after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Men On Island "Survived Native Wreck"
SYDNEY, Friday.—The five men located in the Vitu Island group, off. New Britain, had been shipwrecked from a native craft, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rise in Wrecks Since War
LONDON: Since the end of the war maritime disaster has increased in a marked and inexplicable manner. According…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burning Ketch Sinks; 2 Men Injured
HOBART, Sunday.—Two men were badly burnt about their arms sad hands when their auxiliary ketch caught fire and sank off the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Follow Blood Trails From Wreck
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Police followed blood trails for more than 400 yards from a wrecked car last night and arrested three men. The…
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MELBOURNE: In the third mysterious fire within six weeks on the British freighter Pemba at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pilot Steamer Locates Overdue Launch
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three young men had to anchor their launch three miles off Mona Vale for 12 hours to-day when the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks Theatrette
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A violent explosion wrecked the interior of the Albany Theatrette, in Collins-street, City, shortly after 2…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-P.O.W. Gaoled For Wife's Death In Brief Cracksmen Wreck Office, Get £270
Reginald James Kitching, 27, former Japanese [?]o.w., was sentenced to three years' hard labor by Mr. Justice Owen in the Central Criminal Court today. He had pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Eureka" Township Wrecked By Gale
SYDNEY: A 40 mile an hour gale struck the main street on the film location of "Eureka Stockade" at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schooner Being Crushed By Ice
KODIAK (Alaska), May 6. A.A.P.— fishing schooner, with 13 persons on board, sent an S.O.S. by radio to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nobbys Wreck To Remain
On the motion of Ald. Rundle, Greater Newcastle Works Committee will recommend that no further action be taken in the removal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Wrecked, Occupants Marooned
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A small group of people were marooned to-day on Chapel Island, in Bass Strait, when their cutter,…
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