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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
61 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
It was on a reef named the Susanna Coral Reef, it appears, that the barque Tewkesbury L Surat struck and went to pieces while on her voyage from Newcastle, N. S. W., to Hongkong. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The National Line steamer Erin is now a fortnight overdue and is believed to have foundered. She has a crew of about 50 men but no passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An explosion occurrod on board the Oriont steamer Lusitania this morning, just as she was about to leave Melbourne. A steam valve burst in the engine room, and two men were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Paringa, owned by Messrs Fuller and Co, the Murray river traders, caught fire and was burned to the water's edge at Overland Corner last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the steamer Koonowarra made the land st Smoky Caps yesterday, after standing out to sea through the exceptionally heavy gale that was raging, a vassel was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INQUIRIES made from coasting masters from Northern ports fail to elicit anything reliable respecting the whereabouts of the schooners Kent and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →H.M.S. Conquest, one of the Chinese squadron, 14 guns, has gone ashore at the island of pembro, and lies in a most dangerous position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R.M.S. Oceana, P. S. Tomlin commander, arrived from Colombo at 2 p.m. The following are the passengers for Sydney: Mr. Yates and wife, daughter, and governess, Mr. Marks, wife, and five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wreck of the steamer Riverina, and about 400 tons of cargo, were sold by auction to-day for £1050. Mr Dout, of Jervis Bay was the purchaser…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Ban Whatt Soon, which arrived at Singapore on the 17th December, conveyed Captain Spalding, his wife, and child, and l8 men belonging to the American ship Reporter, which vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →INFORMATION was received in Adelside from the Cape Borda Lighthouse. On Kangaroo Island, on Thursday, that the steamer' Bucephains, Bound from Calcutta to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capt. W. Gooding, the commander of the barqueTewkesbury Sweet, lost in the South Pacific last spring, has just arrived at Yarmouth. He and his crew had been given up for dead. The vessel sailed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Quetta is only nine years old, and is from one of the best building yards on the Clyde. She was launched in 1881, from Messrs, W. Denny and Brothers, specially to the order to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Quetta, from Brisbane for London, struck a rock near Cooktown and sank in three minutes. There was appalling loss of life; only one hundred are reported to be saved; it is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE British-India Company's steamer Quetta, from Brisbane for London, struck an unknown rock near Mount Adolphus Two Brothers Island, Or Friday .night. She bank in less…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The insurances on the cargo of the ill-fated Quetta are distributed over about 20 different offices in the city, while several policies have been taken out also in Northern, Sydney, and English…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following accounts of the shipwreck of the Quetta have just been received from the Rev. A. A. Maclaren. The first portion of the account of the wreck is, as stated by Pilot Keating, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With reference to the locality of the wreck of the Quetta, the following is a copy of a telegram received by the Postmaster-General, Brisbane, from the pilot in charge:—"Thursday Island. Pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GREAT consternation prevailed in the city on Saturday evening on the receipt of a telegram from Brisbane announcing that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Chief secretary of Queensland received the following telegram on Thursday afternoon from the Hon. John Douglas fit Thursday Island :—" On returning this morning…
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