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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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Another Wreck

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 5

The steamer Port Phillip, bound to Manilla, has signalled to the pilot at Caps Cleveland, but there was a wreck [?]shore southward of that place. No…

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A Wool Ship Ashore

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 2

News from Chatham Island states that the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's ship Jessic Readman went ashore there on the 23rd December…

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The Wreck of the Kanahooke. BRISBANE

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 3

Messrs Moone and Co,, agents for the wrecked steamer Kanahooka have received a telegram from Normanton to the effect that the black…

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Starving Rats on a Wrecked Steamship

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 14

A correspondent of the Newcastle Chronicle describes a striking scene he witnessed in the breaking up of the Gothenburg City, on the coast of Northumberland, England…

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A Shipwreck. Nine Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

THE following telegram was received in Sydney on Monday morning: " Barque Gazelle wrecked at French Pass. Nino lives lost." The Gazelle…

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The Old Kearsage Wrecked on a Rock. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 5

THE United States warship Kearsage, which in 1864 fought a naval duel with and sunk the cruiser, Alabama has been lost. She struck a…

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The Wreck of Kanahooka The Missing Men Found

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 4

THE lugger Mario, in charge of William Dammkohlers, returned to Thursday Island on Thursday morning from Batavia River after a most…

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A Tale of the Sea. the Wreck of the Kanahooka. Trials of the Missing Men

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 4

THE lugger Marie, in charge of William Dammkohler, returned to Thursday Island on Thursday morning from Batavia River after [?] rilons trip,…

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District Telegrams. Newcastle. Monday. Abrival of a Shipwrecked Crew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon nine of the shipwrecked crew of the barque Nicoya arrived in the barque Iris from Noumea. They landed and proceeded to the Sailors' Home, and received every attention…

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Anarchists in England. Bourdin's Funeral. the Hearse Pelted with Mud. Wrecking the Autonomie Club

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, February 22.—At the funeral to-day of Bourdin, the man who was killed by the explosion of a bomb in Greenwich Park, near the Observatory…

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Wreck Off Richmond Head. Captain and Crew Saved. [By Telegraph]. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 3

The-coasting schooner, Mabel White, struck on some wreekage daring last night in the vicinity of the Richmond Heads. She was so seriously injured…

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A Harror Collision. Launch and Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 5

A COLLISION occurred this morning between the Marine Board launch Sol and the Parramatta River Co's, steamer Alathea, the former crashing…

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Collision at Sea. a Steamer disabled. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 April 1894 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE exentment was occasioned in the city yesterday by the receipt of news that a collision had occurred off the coast between Messrs…

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Shipwrecked Animals

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 4

WHEN the steamer Aldinga went from Sydney to the Solomon Islands, the other day, she stopped off a wre[?]k lying on the Bellona Shoal. It was…

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A Fatal Shipwreck. Captain and two Seamon drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 4

THE Sydney-owned barque Alexander Newton, with a cargo of piles from Fort Stephens, bound for Napier, has been wrecked on the New Zealand…

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Murderous Assault. Wrecking Furniture. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 3

A YOUNG woman named Florence Redford, a resident of Goodman's Terrace, Hart's Lane, off Cooper-street, Sarry Hills, was this morning the victim of…

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Explosion in a Steamer. An Exciting Incident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 3

DURING the voyage of the German steamer Essen, which has just arrived at the Semaphore, Adelaide, from Hamburg, a thrilling incident…

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District Telegrams. Newcastle. Saturday. the Flashlight Shipwrecked Crew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 3

In response to a communication received from Mr. Clarence H. Hannell, Shipping Master, the Government have authorised him to supply accommodation for the crew of the Brazilian schooner…

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Wrecks

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 7

There appear to be an average of about 690 wrecks amongst British vessels every year. There are, however, worse wrecks on land than on sea. Men who, without…

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District Telegrams. Newcastle. Thursday. the Steamer Duckenfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 3

This vessel appears to have passed through a more than ordinary troublesome time during its late 18 days passage from Napier, N. Z. The ordinary run is from 6 to 8 days at the outside, and…

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