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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
49 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3
By the arrival in Sydney of the A. U. S. N. Co.'s steamer Tenterden, comes information of the wreck of the steamer Fijian. The last named vessel was a steel built steamer of only three years old, 683…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On a small island, four miles distant from any land, there stands a huge light-house, whose weather-beaten sides have breasted the storms of nearly half a century…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Harold is reported as having been wrecked on Beachy Head…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a luxurious home in one of the aristocratic thoroughfares of London, there might have been seen, on that same blustering November night when the ill-fated vessel, of which we have spoken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FEARS are entertained for the safety of the H.M.S. Dart, which left here about a fortnight ago for Sydney, after being refitted, One of her boats, containing provisions and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CAPTAIN EDGETT, his wife, and some of the crew of the barque Brazos have arrived at Brisbane and report the loss of their vessel. The Brazos left Newcastle for Hong Kong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE steamship Afghan, 1439 tone, of the Gibb line, Captain Golding, Sank at N0.7 crane, Carrington Dyke, on Thursday night. The vessel sank as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The topsail schooner Annie Moore, of Sydney, has gone ashore on this side of the Clarence River. The Annie Moore is a wooden vessel of 90 tons net register. Her length is 86 feet, beam 22 feet 1…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cape Byron, on the New South Wales Coast, is the most Eastern point of Australia. It is a small but precipitous headland, projecting about two miles from the low land, and visible from 24 to 27…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three sailors from the ketch Lady of Lorne, which was lost near the Solitary Islands last [?]eek, arrived here by steamer from the Bellinger, The mate, Samuel Baldwin, states that the ketch ha[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THREE sailors from the ketch Lady of Lorne, which was lost near the Solitary Islands last week, arrived at Port Macquarie on Saturday by steamer from the Bellinger. The mate,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE captain and crew, numbering six all told, of the steamer Inflexible, arrived in Sydney this morning. They reported that the vessel struck some floating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DISASTR[?] collison occurred in Syndey harbour on Friday night. Mr J. C. Ellis' steamer Centannial left at 8.10 p.m., bound with a full cargo and a large passenger list…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Wainui brings the captain and eight of the crew of the Garston, which was wrecked on Staarbuck Island. They spent 23 days in an open boat at sc[?], with only 50Ibs of food,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wainui, which arrived from Tonga to-day, brought Captain Pye, of the ship Garston, which was wrecked at Staarbuck Island on July 17th; Mr. Bruce, second mate; Mr. Annesley, third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News has just been received from Auckland that the Union Steamship Company's steamer Koranui has been wrecked, but all hands have been saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is a rather unusual occurrence for a vessel to be dismasced within sight of the port, yet such was the case on Friday. At 8 o'clock in the morning a wire from South Head announced that a schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following is a list of losses to vessels bound from ports in New South Wales during the twelve months, September 1888, to September 1889:—September 27, 1888, Kilkerran, Newcastle to Coquimbo,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TERRIBLE shipping disaster occurred last night, The fine steamer Malta, of the well-known Cunard line, when on the way from Glasgow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DISASTROUS collision occurred yesterday off the coast of Portugal. The steamer Hercules and Deronda collided with such force that the Hercules…
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