Tragic Incidenton a Wreck
MR WILLIAM DAVIS, second officer of the steamship Uppingham, of London, which was wrecked on the north coast of Devon recently, has made a remarkable statement…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
43 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3
A Steamer Seized by Pirates. Terrible Slaughter
NEWS has been received that the Douglas Company's coasting steamer Homoi was seized by pirates on the 5th December, 35 miles from Hongkong, The vessel was bound…
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The wreck of a large vessel has just been discovered off Sel[?] Hill on the S[?]sex coast a localty crowded with dangerous reefs and shoals. Nothing has been discovered as to…
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The Douglas Company's steamer Namoa left Hongkong early on the 10th December for Swatow, having 4 saloon and 259 Chinese passengers on…
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The new steamer Laucans, which has been built for the Australian trade, has performed a trial trip, during which she attained a speed of 19 knots…
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Advances received at Queenstown from Baltimore state that the Johnston Line steamer Thanemore, which left port on November 26, bound to London,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of a Coasting Schooner. (From the Herald.)
Just a year ago Captain Jacob G. Kondio lost a fine coasting vessel, the J. G. Kondio, and not a soul on board escaped. The same owner received word last Saturday of the total loss of another of…
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The kotch Formosa foundered off the brads yesterday, the crew escaping in a boat. The Formosa was insured for £5OO…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. (From Greville's Co.) Sydney, Tuesday. a Barque Wrecked
The Sydney owned barque Amphitheatre has bean totally wrecked near Nelsons Bay. So far no tidings of the crew are to hand. It is believed all have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. London, Thursday, Seizure of a British Steamer
The London Times and other English papers comment strongly on the outrage in the seizure of a English steamer by the Portugueso in Africa,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Victoria in a Cyclone. (From the Herald.)
Word was received on Monday by the French mail steamer Yarra that the A.U.S.N. Company's s.s. Victoria had met with terrible weather hence to Noumea. The vessel left Grafton Wharf at 8…
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Writing in Murray's Magazine on " Great Steamship Lines," Morley Roberts says of the White Star Line boat Majestic (10,000 tons, 16,000 horsepower): I have spent some hours on board of her…
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Our readers will have heard by wire of the collision between the Anchor Line steamer Utopia, bound from Naples for New York with 830 passengers, and H.M.S. Anson, off Gibraltar. The…
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The schooner Annie C. Lynn, which wont on the rocks to-day at Brunswick Heads, is likely to become a total' wreck…
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The ship Craigeburn came ashore at 11.30 o'clock last night. Fourteen of the crew left the ship in one boat, and stood out for sea; 15 others left the ship in another boat, and attempted to land on the…
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From yesterday's Herald we take the following particulars of the wreck of the above vessel:— Melbourne, Saturday. The ship Craigburn came ashore at 11.30 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of Two Vessels. (By telegraph to the S. M. Herald.) Melbourne
Great consternation was caused this morning by the receipt of the news of a shipwreck near Geelong, and the imminent peril of a second vessel near the back beach at Sorrento. The weather outside the…
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A rumour is current that the fugitive rebel steamer Etata, which escaped from Sandiego, has been overtanken by the United States crniser…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ENGLISH & Foreign News. From English files to hand, dated April 8th, the following is taken :— The Horrors of Shipwreck
The Norwe[?]ian barqne Director, from [?]ensacola to Hartlepool, with a cargo of timber, weat ashore at Norfolk (Virginia) on the 27th inst. The surf…
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Mr. Andrew Lang writes to the Times from St. Andrews:—Your readers may be pleased to hear of a particularly gallant act on the part of a volunteer lifeboat crew here on Sunday (April 5). A vessel…
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