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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1889

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Sufferings of a Wrecked Crew. Eating Dead Comrades

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 October 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday Night.-The survivors of the British ship Tarnmoor, which Was wrecked some time since off the coast of Baltimore (U.S.) after…

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Wreck at Penrhyn Island

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1889 · page 8

The ship Flying Venus, Captain Kerr, from Puget Sound to Melbourne, with lumber for De Beer and Co., reports that the ship City struck on a sunken reef off Penrhyn Island on the 6th of…

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Wreck of a British Clipper. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 3

By the Oceanic Steamship Company's R.M.S. Alameda, which arrived on Thursday from San Francisco, via ports of call, particulars are to hand from Samoa of the total loss of the famous British…

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A Steamer on Fire in the Atlantic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 4

THE Conard steamer Gallia, from New York, arrived at Queenstown recently, and brought intelligence of the arrival at the former port from Liverpool of the…

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Gale on the New Zealand Coast Small Craft Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 December 1889 · page 2

A TARRIFIC casterly gale has been expertenced along the New Zealand coast. Two yachts and two small cutters were smashed up on Sunday. The only loss of life reported…

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Telegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co. SYDNEY, Friday. a Steamer Ashore

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 2

According to latest particulars, the steamer Norkoowa, which went ashore at Wreed Bay on Wednesday evening, is still lying broadside on the rocks, all efforts to get her off…

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Schooner Foundered

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 2

The schooner Adonis, bound from Newcastle to the Richmond River with a cargo of coals, foundered 11 miles east of Crowdy Head this morning…

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An Old Coaster Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 December 1889 · page 3

The schooner Scotia was totally wrecked last night off Blow Hole point, Kiams. All hands were saved. She was one of the oldest trading vessel on…

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Wreck of a Schooner. (From the S. M. Herald.) Kiama

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 2

The schooner Scotia, 50 tons, owner Captain. George Robertson, of Forest Lodge, Sydney, became a total wreck on the north side of Blow Hole Point. It appears the Scotia, which has been…

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