Wreck of a Schooneer
The schooner, Emma Matilda, from Broken Buy bound for Sydney, freighted with maize, drifted on the rocks outside North Heid at 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning and become a total wreck shortly…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895
76 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
Gales and Wrecks
The steamer Abydos was wrecked off the coast of the Isle of Man during the late terrible gales which passed over the British Isles. Twenty of those on board were drowned…
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A KETCH named tbo Emma Matilda, 30 to[?]s register, was wrecked at about 3.30 on Wednesday unoring on the rocke of North Head, Sydney. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Vessel. a Schooner's Safety. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
THE schoner, Phillip Palfrey, supposed to have been lost in the recent gales, is all safe in Jervis Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood in the Paterson. The steamer Berlinda came to New-4 floods
castle from the Paterson on Thursday afternoon. Captain Portfield, who is in charge, brought word that the flood waters had caused destruction and…
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A steamer has been wrecked on the coast of Cornwall with 13 on board, who attempted to swim ashore. Ten of them were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smallpox in West Australia. a Steamer in Guarantine. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
THE steamer Cloncurry arrived at the Heads from Freemantle last night and was placed in quarantine. It was discovered that a male saloon passenger…
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The barque Sarah S. Ridgway, coal laden from Newcastle to Singapore, was abandoned and has foundered off the Queensland coast. A carpenter…
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The steamer Bullarra with the disabled steamer Glauens in town arrived at Eden (Twofold Bay) this morning with the latter's shaft broken. The Glaucus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Missing Ocean Steamer. Arrives in Safety. [By Cable.] London
THE French-American line, Gascoigne, which was eight day 3 overdue, has arrived safely at New York…
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A telegram from Hobart states that the steamer Pukaki, 1400 tons, whilst entering the Mersey River at Launceston, Tasmanis, struck a…
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A big steamer whose movements excited suspicion and whose destination was kept a secret, was seized on the Thames by a British gunboat. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Boating Accideent. Swamped by a Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday
A sho[?] boating [?] happended in Ray last night. A party of six men who had been out fishing. and were returned home. When never[?]…
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The mail steamer Ormuz left to-day for London with almost a full complement of passengers; also specie valued at over£30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Cable News. London, Wednesday. a Disastrous Wreck
It is reported that the Spanish steamer Gravica has been wrecked at the Phillipine Islands, near Manilla, and that 168 lives have been lost…
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News has reached London to the effect that the Pacific Company's mail steamer Colima has been wrecked off the Mexican coast. One hundred and seventy lives were lost…
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Further particulars to hand in reference to the wreck of the Pacific Mail Company's steamer Colima, off the coast of Mexico, by which 170 lives were lost, show that the catastrophe was a terribly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Collision in Sydney Harbour. a Ferry Steamer Sunk
About 5.30 this morning as the North Shore Ferry Co.'s steamer Camraaray was proceeding from Milson's Point to Sydney, the Newcastle steamer Sydney, inward bound, collided with her…
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News has been received of the wreck of the barque Brodrive, bound from Cardiff to Hayti. Six of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sinking of a Steamer. [By Cable.] London
A REPORT from the East states that a Chinese warship collided with the British steamer Birkhall. The latter was sunk, but it is not known if any…
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