The Fire on a Steamer. Sagacity of a Dog
IN connection with the burning of the steamer Hilaria, which broke on the vessel on Sunday morning last whilst the vessel was lying at the Port…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895
76 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
The Mail Steamer
R.M.S. Orizaba, from London, arrived at Albany this morning, and resumed her passage to Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney this afternoon…
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A telegram from Bateman's Bay states that the Steamer Bega, on attempting to cross in from Sydney tain morning, struct on the bar and remained hard and fast. The accident is not expected to…
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The steamer Argus, Captain Johnson, which left Sydney for Colombo, Madras, and Calcutta on July 3, struck on X reef close to Somerset. Commander Douglas of H.M.S. Royalist, dispatched the…
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A telegram from Thursday Island with regard to the steamer Argue, states that there has been no danger to the lives of passengers or the crew, and that the vessel will probably be floated safely…
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The steamer Argus will probably be floated without injury…
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THE schooner Adelaide, for whose safety fears have been entertained, as she was 45 days out from the Thames, Now Zealand, arrived safely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwreck Relief Society. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
THE annual meeting of the New South Wales Shipwreck Relief Society was held this afternoon. Lady Darley presented medals as follows:—Gold…
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A telegram from Spal Rocks states that thirty Chinamen landed at Forster and reported that the steamer Catterthun foundered last night oil Seal Rocks…
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The Cattarthun is a sister ship to the Tannadice, which was sold a few years ago to the East, and was lately wrecked. She was a steamer of 2179 tons, built in 1881 by W. Doxford and Sons, of…
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Following from the Herald are particulars of the sad wreck reported yesterday of the steamer Catterthun on Seal Rocks:— Forster, Thursday…
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The s.s. Catterthun, of the E. and A. R. M. S. Co (Chinese mail), on voyage from Sydney to Chinese ports, struck on the outer reef of seal Rocks…
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NEWS was received by telegraph on Thursday afternoon, and immediately posted up outside the AROUS Office, that the steamer Catterthun, which…
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To say that a deep sense of grief is felt by the whole community at the appalling disaster to human life involved in the wreck of the Catterthun insufficiently expresses the acuteness of the shock…
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A telegram from Seal Rocks states that thirty Chinamen landed at Forster to-day, and reported that the steamer Catterthun foundered last night off Seal Racks. Later messages state that amongst the…
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At a meeting of the Society, in Sydney, on Tuesday, Lady Darley presented the following awards for bravery: Silver medals to Constable Bowden…
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The following is a narrative of Mr. T. C. Crane, a passenger by the illfated mad steamer Catterthun, wrecked at Seal Rocks on Thursday…
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Sergeant Ogden, from Taree, arrived at Forster this morning to watch the case on behalf of the police. It is reported that a body was found at Seal Rocks yesterday with £40 on it, but there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Catterthun. Continuation of the Inquest at Forster. Sydney
The inquest relative to the deaths of persons whose bodies were recovered from the wreck of the Catterthun was resumed to-day. Mr. Lanfear, second officer, recalled, said the vessel was travelling…
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THE inquest upon the bodies of the three men recovered from the wreek of the steamers Catterthum was commeneed at Forster on Monday. Mr…
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