The Steamer Somersetshire. London, January 1
The steamship Somersetshire, which left Melbourne on the 28th October, put into Valparaiso for repairs, in consequence of damages received during a violent gale…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1874
21 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Two Wrecks at Newcastle. Loss of the Schooners Yarra and Surprise.—both Crews Saved. (From the Newcastle Pilot's Extra.)
On Saturday night, and early on Sunday morning, a heavy S.E. gale swept the coast, and resulted in the loss of the schooners Yarra and Surprise, two well-known coasters. The day had been fine, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck Register for 1878
A register of the wrecks which occurred on the coast of New South Wales during the year 1873, compiled by Captain Hixson, president of the Marine Board, appears in the Gazette of the 13th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Atrato. London, March 6
The steamer Atrato, running to Melbourne, via the Cape of Good Hope, has put back to Plymouth with her machinery disabled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walgett. Arrival of the Victorian Steamer Freetrader, at Walgett
Another proof—if proof were indeed wanting— has been afforded the present administration of the advantages that must be secured to New South Wales markets, and presumably its exchequer, by pushing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer for Sydney. Wednesday evening, rece. 9.5
No steamer from Morpeth to-morrow morning; she starts from Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Total Wreck of the Barque Ecliptic. Loss of Nine Lives—one Man Saved. (From the Newcastle Pilot, April 1.)
By telegram received from Port Albert at nine o'clock last evening (a copy of which Mr. Graham, telegraphic operator at Newcastle, has courteously furnished us with) we are placed in possession of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the P. & O. Mail Steamer "Baroda," at Glenelg. (From Yesterday's Herald.) Adelaide
The P and O. mail steamer Baroda arrived at Glenelg at 3 o'clock this morning, after a fine passage from Galle of under twenty days. She passed the Nubia on April 1, fifty miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the British Admiral on King's Island. Seventy-nine Lives Lost. (By Electric Telegraph to the S. M. Herald.) Melbourne
A terrible shipwreek has occurred at King's Island. The ketch Kangaroo arrived at Queenscliff this forenoon, and reports that the ship British Admiral, 1700 tons, Captain Taylor, which left Liverpool for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the British Admiral (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Melbourne
When the British Admiral struck, the scene on board was of the most heartrending description. The screams of the women and the children were agonizing. Numbers of bodies have been washed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of the Schooner Twins. (From the Northern Territory Times.)
A very strange looking-sail hove in sight last Friday afternoon, March 13th, and for a long time the people of Port Darwin did not know what to make of the new comer. She was a two-masted vessel of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Repeated Wrecks in Bass's Straits
An appalling pondant to the black record of marine disasters which have occurred to ships on the Australian voyage this year, has been furnished by the intelligence received yesterday of the total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the British Admiral. Loss of 70 LIVES. (From the Melbourne Argus, June 1.)
Another tale of disaster comes to us from over the sea. We have had frequent news of late of ships having been dismasted, but in no instance has there been loss of life. We have now intelligence that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Torres Straits Mail Steamer Flintshire. (From the Evening News of Tuesday.)
By telegram from Queensland we have ths tidings of another disastrous wreck, viz., the Eastern and Australian Mail Company's steamer Flintshire, which has been running the mails between Singapore,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Atlantic Cable Steamer. London, July 2
Some uneasiness is felt concerning the fate of the Atlantic cable steamer Faraday. She was reported as having been lost, but the report has been contradicted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Faraday. London, July 6
The new cable-steamer Faraday, concerning which some apprehensions were entertained, is safe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Murray Steamer Explosion. (From the Adelaide Observer. July 25.)
A telegram sent to us from Blanchetown shows that the chequered career of the Moolgewanke has been for the present violently closed by her boiler bursting; and, sad to record, two reen have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Kars, and Loss of 260 Lives
The Levant Herald of June 24 gives the following account of this disaster:— The Azizieh Company's steamer Kars, Captain Constanti, which left Constantinople on Friday afternoon…
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The tea steamer Gordon Castlo was totally wrecked near lisbon; the passengers and crew were saved. The cargo of tea amounted to two million 1bs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of an Ironclad. (From the Home News, Sept. 4.)
The ironclad man-of-war and steam-ram Independencia, just built for the Brazilian Government at Dudgeon's yard, Blackwall, is now lying to all appearance a wreck on the foreshore close to Cubit…
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