Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shipwrecks & the sea, all years

Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

2,533 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 127

The Rosedale Wreck. Salvage Almost Impossible

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5

The Navigation Department this morning received a telegram from the pilot at the Bellinger Heads stating that the heavy seas have played havoc with the wrecked steamer…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Selby Abbey Wreck. All Hands Rescued

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

ROTTERDAM, Friday. -- The five remaining members of the crew of the steamer Selby Abbey, which has been wrecked near The Hook, Holland, have been rescued…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Wrecked Steamer Time

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

According to advices received from Melbourne, the steamer Time will probably become a total wreck, and that if the wind should change to the south…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Newcastle. Schooner Puts Back. Gleaner in a Gale. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 8

The American schooner Gleaner, which lett this port for San Francisco at midday on Suturday last, returned to port this morning. Captain Dollard reports that…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Big Opium Find. on the Steamer St. Albans

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 10

A large quantity of opium was discovered on the E. and A. Company's steamer St. Albans, berthed at West Circular Quay, yesterday morning…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Wreck of the Time

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 6

The latest news from the scene of the wreck of the steamer Time, near Beechport, South Australia indicates that there is not much hope of saving her. The cause of the stranding is…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Rosedale Wreck. Hopes Almost Abandoned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 6

Yesterday the Navigation Department received a wire from the pilot at Bellinger Heads, stating that there was little hope or saving the steamer Rosedale, and that she was…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Wreck of the Time. How the Crew Was Saved. Perilous Work of Boats. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 6

The worst fears are entertained as to the fate of the Howard Smith Co's steamer Time, which went on the rocks seven miles north of B[?]echport (South Australia) about 10.30 p.m…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Wreck of the Rosedale

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

The Department of Navigation yesterday received a message from the pilot at the Bellinger Heads stating that there was little hope of saving…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wreck of the Time. Alleged Disregard of Signals

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Captain Hayward, of the Federal-Houlder Shire liner Somerset, today denied the statement that he ignored signals of distress made by the wrecked steamer…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Wrecked Rosedale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 9

Captain Alexander Hacking, Acting-Superintendent of Navigation, received a telegram from the pilot at Bellinger Heads yesterday morning stating that the heavy seas had knocked the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

A Dredge Ashore. the Neptune at Woolgoolga

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 4

The Public Works Department this morning received a telegram from Woolgoolga stating that the dredge Neptune had gone ashore there. She was engaged in taking…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wrecked at Bellinger Heads—loss of the Steamer Rosedale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 32

The Bellinger River bar, on the North Coast of New South Wales, has accounted for another wreck, the North Coast Company's steamer Rosedale having come to…

Continued on Trove, page 32 →

Scow Zingara Ashore. at Karamea Heads, N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 11

Telegraphic advice has been received in Sydney that the scow Zingara is ashore at Karamea Heads, New Zealand. The vessel was bringing a cargo of pine to Sydney to the…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Steamer Herbert Beached. Near Port Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Early this morning the steamer Herbert collided with a jetty, and a hole was knocked in her side. She is now beached on a sand spit, three miles from Port…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

The Year's Wrecks. Vessels Valued £178,000 on N.s.w. Coast. Loss of Life Only Two

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 6

Particulars of the year's wrecks along the coast last year have been complied. Six vessels were lost, the value of ship property alone being in the vicinity of…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Time Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Captain Roberts, the commander of the steamer Time, and his officers, did not reach Adelaide by the Melbourne express this morning. They have either gone…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Steamer's Record Passage. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 10

The steamer Strathgyle, which arrived here to-day from Manila, performed a record passage, completing the journey in 15 days 35 minutes. The Strathgyle left Ilo Ilo on January 3, Captain Wilson reports…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Chinese Refugees. Found in a Steamer's Ashshoot

Evening News · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 11

Five Chinese firemen escaped from the seamer St. Albans on Tuesday evening white she was lying at Circular Quay and as a result the master of he vessel had cast off without them…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

New 10,000—Ton Steamer. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 8

Sir James Mills, interviewed here, said the service between Vancouver and Auckland, each 28 days, could be carried on with two steamers, but pending further negotiations…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →