Wreck of a French Vessel. Terrible Sufferings of Survivors
The French liner La Ville de la Nazoire has foundered off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, and 80 persens were drowned. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
111 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 6
A Steamer Aground
The steamer Burrawong is still aground on the south spit, Kempsey, but she has been lightened, and is expected to float off to-night…
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The steamer Yanariva has picked up the life-both of the French Transatlantic steamer Ville do la Nazaire, which recently founded off cape Hat-teras, North Carolina, The boat left te sinking…
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We are requested to draw the attention of our readers to the reduced fares and arrangements made by the Newcastle and H. R. Steamship Co., between Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Stared Him. His Companion Seized by a Shark. the Shock, Coupled with an Accident, Left Robert C. Brown a Wreck—doctors Fail—but Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Made Him a Well Man
Having heard of an experience which few are called upon to undergo, a reporter was despatched to learn the true facts of the case, and on interviewing Mr. Robert C. Brown, a storekeeper at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Accident at the Sydney Docks. a Sailer's Narrow Escape. Head Struck a Pior while Rowing Ashore with the Line from a Ship, and fell into the Water Brulead and Insensible
WHEN a member of our staff went in search of Mr.John Smith, of [?] Wilmot-street Sydney, he fortunately found him at home, and on his remarking that the object of…
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The ship Zuleika which was wrecked in Palliser Bay on Friday night, during the recent destructive pales, was attempting to wear ship when she was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping Disaster. Barque Ashore near Newcastle
ON Saturday morning the barque Adderley, bound from Fremantle to Newcastle, went ashore on the Stockton beach, where she has since become…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About Jack Ketch
The subject is not a lively one, and' yet a certain amount of interest attaches to it. We speak of Jack Ketch now as a type rather than as an individual; but the man really…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letter to the Editor. the Adderly Wreck
SIR,—I write to whom it may concern. Incoming from Nelson's Bay to Newcastle on Monday I felt greatly grieved to see that beautiful barque Adderly lying in the sand, and would suggest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of a Mail Steamer
The mail steamship Aorangi, which has been purchased by Huddart, Parker, and Co., to run in the Australian-Canadian service, arrived to-day from London via the Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Steamer on Fire. Cowardly Stokers. [By Cable.] London
News has been received from New York of a torrible fire on the steamer Leona, from New York to Galveston. The heat from the fire was so intense…
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The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new steamer Egypt has been launched at Greenock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Vaillant. Eating a Dead Comrade. Fearful Sufferings of Fishermen
The French barquentine Victor Olgene arrived at St. Pierre Miquelon (Newfoundland) on April 27 bringing survivors of the brigantine Vaillant,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Wreck of a Yacht
The vessel wrecked at Crescent Head, near Kempsey, on Saturday, turns out to be the yacht Alice, from Sydney, bound for New Guinea. The crew experienced great difficulty in reaching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch of a New Lifeboat
THE now lifeboat recently imported from England for the Newcastle station was officially launched on Thursday afternoon, in the presence of…
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The ship Duncow, which was reported to have been wrecked at Kangaroo Island, has arrived at Port Pirie. When the ship struck the Captain…
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The Orient Company is ordering a fast twin screw steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Missing Steamer
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Aden is a week overdue. The company hopes that the steamer's engines have broken down, and that she is proceeding under sail. Two vessels are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heroism in Shipwreck
In the terrible story of the sinking of the great British warship Victoria, the only gleam of brightness is the heroism displayed by members of the doomed vessel's crew…
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