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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
82 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 5
The Australian trading barque Firth of Solway, 1199 tons, owned in Glasgow, collided with a steamer near Greenock. The former foundered, and thirteen of the crow and the Captain's wife…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Several survivors of the steamer Arakoon, which foundered near Townsville on Friday morning, hare turned up, but the captain was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A TELEGRAM from Townsville stales that the survivors from the wreek of the S.S. Arakoon state that at half past 2 o'clock on Friday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamers New Chang and Onwo collided yesterday near Woosung, China. The latter sank, and two hundred Chinese were drowned.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The mail steamer plying between Ostend and Dover has been robbed of £8000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arthur Williams, William Helson, and George Patterson were before the court to-day in connection with an attempt to wreck the Milton Hotel, Newtown, on Saturday night. The three accused were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Wrecking" was a calling upon which thousands of coast people once depended. Mr. W. J. Hardy, in a now work on "Lighthouses," says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four men of the wrecked schooner, Condong, arrived at Sydney by the steamer Namoi this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Board held an inquiry to-day into the loss of the steamer Byron which was abandoned while on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney, and which subsequently foundered. witnesses stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Port Jackson's Company's Manly steamer Brightside foundered at her moorings in Neutral Bay at an early hour this morning. The vessel had only just been completely renovated and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Manly steamer Brightside, which has only just been renovated, and made her trial trips yesterday, sank in Neutral Bay during last night. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHEN the cable news of the death of Stanbury reached Sydney it caused great shock throughout the community. His portrait appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, & Co, to-day received news of the wreck of the well-known wool clipper ship Talavera whilst on a veyage form Valparaiso to COnception Bay in ballast. Captain Cleve and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Aberdeen, which has been expected for the past few days from Capetown, passed Cape Nelson at 1 p.m. and reported all well. She had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INTELLIGENCE has been received to the effect that the steamer Drummond Castle struck on a rock off the Island of Molene on the French Coast at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cunard liner Umbria is aground in New York harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wreck of the Drummond Castle has been located…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Egyptian steamer Rahmanich has been lost in the Red Son. Sixty Greek passengers are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHILE the ketch Alfred Feuning, loaded with 37,000 feet of hardwood, was being towed across the Manning bar was struck by a heavy son, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Whampos, from Hong Kong via ports, broke down off the Heads this afternoon, and tugs have been despatched to render her assistance…
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