Wreck of the Tararua. a Touching Story
Frank Denz, a seaman of the ill-fated steamer Tararua gave the following episode in the catastrophe to the Rev. O. W. Fairclough, Wesleyan minister, of Invercargill,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1881
33 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
The "Queen of Nations" Ashore. One Life Lost. Sydney
The barque, Queen of Nations, 827 tons, from London, Captain Becke, Which left London on the 25th of February, went ashore last night four…
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When information of the stranding, of the Queen of Nations reached Sydney on Tuesday morning, the pilot steamer was at once dispatched to the scene, and shortly afterwards the steamer…
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Under the heading of "A novel invention for the use of shipwrecked sailors," the Hastings Observer of a recent date calls attention to an invention termed a…
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About five o'clock yesterday evening the foremast of the Queen of Nations broke short off at the deck, and about the same time the after part listed over on the port side, and…
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THE H. R. S. N. Co.'s steamship "Morpeth" has during the last eight weeks, been undergoing very extensive repairs and a thorough overhaul at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wednesday Night Steamer. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday morning
The Morpeth (s.) entered Sydney Heads at 4.10, and arrived alongside the Sydney wharf at 4.35 this morning, having made an excellent passage of 5 hours 35 minutes from wharf to wharf…
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The Maitland (s.) left Newcastle 5 minutes after 11, and entered Sydney Heads at 4, berthed alongside the wharf at 4.35 this morning. An excellent passage of five hours and a half was made from wharf…
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The schooner Enterprise, 54 tons register, Captain Holyman, belonging to H. R. Reid and Co., of Melbourne, become a total wreck in East Cove, in the Kent's Group, on the…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →European Cablegrams. (From the Sydney Papers.) Attemet to Burn a Steamer. London, Oct. 19
A great sensation has been created in New York by an attempt to destroy, the steamship Bothnia, one of the largest and latest additions to the fleet of the…
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STEAM navigation among the mountain ranges of Colorado is one of the peculiarities of that wonderful region. A Denver paper says:—"A sail over the placid and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Disasters. (From Saturday's Echo.) the Missing Steamer Balclutha
The steamers sent in quest of the Balclutha by the Governments of New South Wales and Victoria having returned to their respective ports after an abortive search, it may not now…
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