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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
35 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
The barque Geltwood, Captain Harrington, master, a new iron vessel, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, has been totally wrecked about 12 miles south of Rivoli Bay, whioh is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This barque (says the New Zealand Times of June 20) was wrecked on Tom's Rock, Wellington, on 17th ultimo. She left Newcastle, New South Wales, on the 7th ultimo, and sighted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Friday last, says Wednesday's Newcastle Herald, at half-past eleven o'clock a m., the schooner Lady Emma, Captain Olsen, was towed out to sea from this port by the steam [?]g…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The City of Hobart left Macdonnell Bay this morning at 3.30, and arrived off the wreck at 7 a.m. The master of the Annes, observing the steamer's light, succeeded in burning a blue light to show his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock, a collision between the ketch Kate and the Morpeth steamship, occurred abreast of the Hospital. The Morpeth had gone to sea in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By the arrival of tbe Barrabool at Melbourne on the 4th instant, we have full particulars of the collision which resulted in the total loss of the E. and A.M.S. Company's fine steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is the result of the inquiry as the report by the Argus, of Aug. 10, gives it, in the matter of the collision of the Barrabool (s.) and Queensland (s.), by which the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No certain information says the Argus of Aug. 16 has yet reached Captain Payne, chief harbourmaster, tending to throw light on the distress signals supposed to have been seen and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. R. Lovett of the Co-operative Steam-tug Company informs us that at 3 p m yesterday he saw a considerable quantity of wreckage floating between Captain Allan's Hill and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain Rendell reports: The steamship Balli left Bulli shortly after noon on Wednesday, 13th instant, in search of missing steamer Dandenong; steered for the Five Islands, then…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We regret to have to chronicle another mafitime disaster, accompanied with considerable loss of life. A telegraphic message was received from Port Albert yesterday aftornoon, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A boat party, consisting of Messrs. Musgrave, Brent, and Smith, started from here yesterday in search of the survivors of the Elmgrove, which was wrecked near Babbit Island on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The colonial steam-sloop Pharos, which was despatched on Friday to the scene of the loss of the barque Elmgrove, on the South-Eastern coast, for the purpose of searching for, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A daughter of Mr. Lowther, M.P., has been killed by a carriage accident. A fatal boat accident occurred at Helford. Two daughters of Colonel Duffy were cruising,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mecca, steamer, bound to Cooktown, was nearly lost on the 27th November, in a fearful rtyphoon. There was a tremendous panie amongst the Chinese passengers aboard the ship…
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