Select Poetry. the Life-boat
The day is spent: the red sun sinks Beneath the Western wave: The light bark gally holds her course with her crew so stout and brave…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1888
25 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Wreck of the Geelong. Narrow Escape of the Steamer You Yangs. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Townsville
During the past two or three days some little anxiety has been felt at Townsville for the safety of one or more vessels plying on this coast, and at 9 a.m. to-day a steamer was signalled as arriving…
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Intelligence has been [?] that the steamer Selombria, running under the [?] of the Colonial Union [?], and bound from New Zealand to London,…
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A very serious collision, with loss of life, occurred off Dungeness during a dense fog, on the evening of March 9, between the City of Corinth, a fullrigged ship, and the Tasmania, 2,175 tons register,…
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ROME, March 26.—A certain amount of agitation prevailed to-day at the Exchange on account of the report having spread that an Italian steamer, the…
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The bargue Ber[?] 767 tons from Melbourne, was wrecked during last night on Stockton Beach, Newcastle, during a heavy gale. The lifeboat went out, but the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Ship off Newcastle. (Newcastle Herald of yesttrday.)
Since July, 1884, when the fine American ship Susan Gilmore became a total wreck off Redhead, Newcastle and its surroundings have been comparatively free from shipping disasters; but another…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. [From Grevillr's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY. Tuesday. Steamer Wrecked
The steamer Hawk was wrecked this morning entering Taranaki (N.Z.). The passengers and crew were all saved…
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TWO vessels report passing a vessel floating bottom up off Port Stephens on Thursday afternoon. The wreck was almost entirely submerged; only 5ft of her keel showing…
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THE derelict ship which for some weeks has teen lying off the coast and almost in the track of trading vessels has at last been disposed of. On Wednesday morning the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELAIDE. Friday. Steamer Wrecked
The ship Star of Greece, 1227 tons, [?] for London, and laden, came ashore Aldinmea last night, 200 yards from beach. The vessel parted about the [?]…
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Following are selected cable messages from the batch printed in the S. M. Herald:- London, June 30. The North Stockton Coal Company, Newcastle,…
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IN last issue we published a telegram from Adelaide, stating that the ship Star of Greece, 1227 tons, and bound for London, had gone ashore at Aldinmes, and that it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Wreck off Port Willanga. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Adelaide
The Premier had a long conference with the secretary of the Marine Board this morning in reference to the wrek of the Star of Greece off Port Willunga. Mr. Gaskell, the harbourmaster at…
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The South Australian Assembly yesterday agreed to the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the failure to rescue the shipwrecked crew of…
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The ketch White Cloud has gone ashore at the Brunswick River and will most likely become a total wreck, The crew have abandoned the vessel…
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The history of ocean steamers during the last quarter of a century has (says the Home News) been one of continuous and triumphant progress. Completeness of construction, magnificence of internal…
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The steamer Iona, laden with timber, has been burnt to the water's edge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Cintra Ashore. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Brisbane, Fridav
The steamer Cintra, which was lately stranded at Double Cove Island, arrived at Townsville yesterday morning, apparently having sustained no serious damage. A leak, however, was afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Royal Jack Ketch
TIMES have sadly changed since King George of Tonga was quoted as a brilliant example of missionary conversion Once his name was in the mouths of all travellers as a…
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