Cheated Death on Rocks Launch Wrecked At Port Stephens "Escape a Miracle" Newcastle
"FOR 10 minutes we looked death in the face, and none of us thought we would ever come through it," said Mr.H.J. Adams…
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Looking Back Landed Among Cannibals Narrow Escape For Wrecked Crew
The ship Aighurth, bound from Newcastle to Samarang (Java) with a cargo of coal, was wrecked on July 10, 1904, on Rooke Island, New…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Raid at Sailing 20 Men Arrested On Steamer
A sensational raid was made among sailing enthusiasts this afternoon, when about 20 men were arrested on one of the steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Steamer for the Phosphate Trade. Interesting Vessel Recently Launched
Harland & Wolff, Ltd., have launched from their Govan yard an interesting vessel which they art building to the specification…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch Wrecked. Near Port Stephens. Smashed on the Rocks. Newcastle
A launch carrying a fishing party from Newcastle to Port Stephens went ashore on the rocks inside the outer lighthouse early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Tom Felt the Pinch Doncaster Prospects Not Rosy Sunlit Reef Wrecked 'Em
THERE must have been a decent sort of a "leak" in the Tom Pinch camp. THOUGH the son of The Wooden Horse had not raced since the Spring, and had not executed any flash trials at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twenty Arrested On Ferry Steamer. Betting Charges
Twenty men were arrested on a ferry steamer about 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, and were afterwards charged with betting offences. Four blasts on the siren of an approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Engine Wreck Aftermath Special Track Needed For Rescue Big Repair Task
THE 120-ton engine, which [?] through an embankment to the road 25 feet below at Park-st., Parramatta yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£15,000 Fire in Pagoda Images Wrecked in Rangoon Calcutta
The famous Shewdagon Pagoda, in Rangoon, was badly damaged by a fire, which destroyed the tazaungs, or miniature places of worship, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Ashore On Barrier Reef
According to a wireless message intercepted last night and communicated to the Deputy Director of Navigation (Captain G. D. Williams), the British steamer Temple Pier (4312…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Steamer Refloated
The British steamer Temple Pier (4312 tons gross), which went ashore close to Piper Island light.120 miles south of Thursday Island, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Freighter Ashore Off Paper Island
A wireless message received from Thursday Island by Captain Williams, Deputy-Director of Navigation, last night stated that the British freighter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer for the Phosphate Trade. Interesting Vessel Recently Launched
Harland & Wolff, Ltd., have launched from their Govan yard an interesting vessel which they art building to the specification…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cab of Wrecked Engine
The driver and fireman, occupants of this cab, had a narrow escape when the engine crashed over the Black Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Equipment to Raise Wrecked Engine
The cab of the engine, which fell 30 feet to the Parramatta street below, can be seen just above the permanent way level. It is being raised by the crane on the left…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Manly Keen. "Oust Wreckers" A.f.a. Boom
"We have been taught to be just and honorable--traits that have made the British race famous--but now certain political…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ashore: Refroated. Steamer Temple Pier
Bound from Hongkong to Newcastle, the steamer Temple Pier went ashore close to Piper Island light. She was refloated, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Derelict Sailing Craft. Sighted by Steamer. Fears for Two Men. Wellotgton (N.z.)
A small sailing craft, about 20 feet in length, lying on its beam ends with its two masts partly showing, was sighted by the steamer Opihi, 200 yards off Pipin's Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Looking Back Adventure in Boats Wreck of The West Australian
The crew of the barque West Australian suffered a severe ordeal for days in open boats after their vessel was wrecked in New Caledonia in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Betting on Ferry Steamer
At Central Police Court yesterday, James Thorburn, 57, boilermaker; Edward Craymer, 60, printer; and Ebeneza Thorburn, 40, moulder, were charged with having made bets on…
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