Wreck of the Tasmania
GREAT excitement was caused in Sydney early on Friday by the announcement that the steamer Tasmania had been wrecked at Table Cape, New Zealand. When the vessel left Auckland on…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
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Wreck of the Tasmania. Further Particulars
NEWS from Auckland concerning the wreck of the steamer Tasmania states that the third officer was in charge of the bridge when the vessel struck. Six boats left the ship; four of…
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Huddart and Parker's steamer Tasmania was wrecked at New Zealand on Friday morning. She was proceeding from Napier to Gisborne and during a very heave gale struck…
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THE steamer Tasmania, bound from Sydney to New Zealand, has been totally wrecked. The vessel, which was in command of Captain M'Gee, well known as a…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Further particulars have been received in Adelaide with regard to the looting of the British steamer Pegu by pirates, between Edie and Sumatra. According to the "Singapore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Aden. London, Aug. 10
Owing to the loss of the captain and officers of the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Aden, which was wrecked off the Island of Socotra on 9th June, the Board of Trade is unable to ascertain the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Cattle Steamer in a Storm
THE steamer Alagonia, which left Sydney recently for Western Australia, encountered frightful weather off Breaksea on the 12th instant. She was carrying on deck a mob of cattle and a lot of sheep, besides…
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THE Steamer Titus, which arrived in Sydney on Friday from New Guinea, brings further particulars with regard to the wreck of the Wesleyan mission schooner Meda. The…
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NEWS was received in Sydney on Saturday to the effect that 13 members of the crew of the long-missing barque Seladon, which left Newcastle wish coal for Honolulu in July last year, had reached…
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BY the steamer Waihora, that arrived on Sunday, particulars of further diving trials at the Tasmania were received. It seems that the diver who replaced the man first employed went down last…
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In connecton with the piratical outrage on board the British steamer Peg[?] on July 8, between Edie and Sumatra, the following particulars are taken from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Barque Helenslea. London, Sept. 17
The barque Helenslea was totally wrecked on August 24 on Inaccessible Island, the most westerly of the Tristan da Cunba group, in the Atlantic Ocean, in 37."6 S. 12.40 W…
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A collision has taken place off Flume, a seaport in Croatia, at the head of the Adriatic, between the steamers Agua and Ikan. The Ikan sank, and 36 passengers were drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Kameruka
THE Illawarra Co 's steamer Kameruka was totally wrecked at midnight on Saturday near Moruya Head. There were 48 passengers and crew on board. They were landed by means of life…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 3.4 p.m. The Wrecked Kameruka
THE steamer Kameruka lies in an upright position, with the waves washing over her. She has evidently got a hole knocked in her, as the water rises and falls. The cargo may…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Triton. London, Oct. 19
Forty-two of the passengers and crew were rescued from the Spanish steamer Triton, which was wrecked on the northern coast of Cuba. The captain committed suicide when the vessel…
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THE Marine Board on Monday found that the loss of the Kameruka was caused by the default of Captain W. O. Horses, in steering courses, while under the influence of liquor, which led to the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Body Washed Ashore. Narrabeen Mystery
A Narrabeen fisherman named George Lyne on Friday morning found the body of a man on the beach half buried in the sand at high water mark, between Folly Point and…
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A MEETING of the Marine Board was held on Monday The chairman read the decision arrived at regarding the charge against Charles M'Laughlin, second officer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Disaster to the Margate Lifeboat. London, Dec. 4
Further particulars of the disaster to the Margate lifeboat, which was wrecked while proceeding to a vessel in distress, show that the 10 men who were drowned neglected to use the lifebelts provided for…
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