Under the Steamer's Wheel
When the author of " Twenty Years at I Sea" was about 14 years old, the ship in which he was serving lay in the lower bay of Mobile loading with cotton. One day a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896
82 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 5
Wreck of a Steamer
The iron screw stammer Ealing, a vessel of 2000 tons register, buift in 1882 at Blyth, in the north of England, has been wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. The crew took to the boats and were…
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No further news has been received from the wreck of the steamer Glanworth. The A.U.S.N. Co. has arranged with Messrs. Howard, Smith and Sons for the Burwah, which is now at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Telegrams. Sydney. Return of the Mail Steamer Miowera
The mail steamer Miowera, which left Sydney on Saturday with a large number of passengers, and had a big cargo for Vancouver, returned early this morning. It appears when about 150 miles off port…
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THE steamer Wollimbin went ashere at Knagarce Norah this morning All hands, including the passengers, were safely landed and taken to…
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The cargo of the steamer Gulf of Venice, which caught fire while loading in the Liverpool docks, will be re-shipped for Australia by the steamer Gulf of Siam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Steamers Wrecked. Brisbane
The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Glanworth, bound from Rockhampton to Gladstone, struck a rack at midnight on Saturday off Settlement point, one mile from Gatecombe head. All hands were…
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The wreck of the steamer Glanworth, as she lies off Gladstone (Queensland) was sold by auction this morning for £75, the purchaser being Mr. Hyne, Maryborough. The cargo was nob sold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisbane Disaster. Loss of a Ferry Steamer. Over Thirty Lives Lost. Brisbane
A terrible disaster, occasioning the loss of between 30 and 40 lives, occurred in the Brisbane River yesterday afternoon. The ferry steamer…
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Mr. W. T. Appleton, one of the directors of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., has ordered a steamer to be built at Sunderland for the company's service. The steamer, which is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ferry Steamer Frauds [By Telegraph] SYDNEY
The case against Arthur Deacon, who was charged at Darlinghurst with having forged and uttered tickets on the North Shore Terry Company, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion of Dynamite. Hundreds of Houses Wrecked. London, February 20
A terrible explosion of dynamite occurred yesterday in one of the suburbs of Johannesburg. The locality where the disaster occurred was thickly…
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The cargo steamer Lubra, bound from Sydney to Newcastle, broke her crank shaft when 40 miles off Sydney Heads. She is completely disabled as far as steaming is concerned. She set her canvas…
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A wire ws received at noon to-day from Ecperance, West Australia, stating that the missing steamer MacGregor was aground in Mary Anne Harbour, and that the passengers are all safe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Missing Steamer. Found Aground. Passengers and Crew Safe. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
A TELEGRAM has been received to-day from Esperance, Western Australia, stating that a missing steamer, the M'Gregor is aground in-Mary Anne…
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A STORY of shipwrock and privation comes from Honolulu by the R.M.S. Miowera. The American sealing schooner Mattie T. Dwyer, 103 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sly Grog Selling on a Steamer. a Heavy Fine. [By Teleraph] Sydney
ANTONIA GE?ICK, who has been employed for 10 years in the Mauly steamers, was to-day fined £30 for sly grog selling yesterday on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supposed Wreck of the Chathams. a Search Steamer Started. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The Secretary of the "Underwriters Association has received a cable from New Zealand, stating that a quantity of wreckage has been washed up at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sinking Off the Steamer Elbe
A case arising out of the sinking of the steamer Elbe after its collision with the Crathic has just concluded before the German law courts, the owners of the latter being called upon to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mail Steamer's Departure
The Canadian mail steamer Warrimoo left Vancouver on the 3rd instant, and in due in Sydney on Saturday next…
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