Wreck of the Aden. Captain, Officers, and Passengers Drowned
A TELEGRAM received through Router's Agency gives further particulars of the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Aden, from Hongkong, off the island…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
111 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 6
A Steamer Running Amok
The Manly steamer Fairlight ran fair into the wharf at Circular Quay this morning, crashing into a strong wooden fender, snapping three stout girders likes so many matches, bursting up the stone…
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The Chinese Restriction Act was the cause of trouble on Wednesday on the China steamer Airlee. The Airlee was to leave Sydney at 3 p.m., but before that time there was a good deal of running…
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Further details of the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Aden off the Island of Socotra, in the Indian Ocean, on the 9th June, while on the voyage from Hongkong to London, show that after the…
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A wire reached Sydney this afternoon confirming the reported loss of the Wesleyan Mission schooner Meda on East Cape New Guinea The hull was sold for £10…
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The Sydney-owned steamer Wollumbin, which left Byron Bay yesternight for Sydney, had not proceeded far when it was disabled by the breaking of her main shaft. The vessel, however…
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The Atlantic liner Baltimore City has gone ashore at Belle Isle Strait…
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The mail steamer Lusitania entered the heads at 8.30 this afternoon…
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The fire on board the steamer Gulf of Martaban at Albany still continues. The undamaged cargo will be discharged, and the vessel will then be…
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The Australian trader Port Douglas has been wrecked on the African coast. The captain and crew were landed safely at Port Elizabeth…
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The steamer Balmain from Newcastle to Sydney, coal laden, ran ashore between Bradley's Head and Taylor Bay during the dense fog this morning and efforts to tow her off have so far proved…
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The German-Australian line steamer Solingen which went ashore on Laing's Point, Watson's Bay, early this morning remained hard and fast until 5.30 when it floated with the tide, and as it…
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The steamer Tasmania, which left Sydney on the 21st instant bound for here and other ports, struck a rook on Table Cape last night, soon became a total wreck, and disappeared in deep water within…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Wrecked. Steamer Tasmania Sunk in an Hour Six of the Crew Drowned. [By Cable.] Auckland
THE steamer Tasmania, which left Sydney on the 21st instant bound for here and other ports, struck a rock on Table Cape Inst night, soon became…
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THE German steamer Solingen stranded near Watson's Bay last night. She got off this morning, and proceeded to Newcastle. There was a…
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Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company have received the following cable from New Zealand with reference to the wreck of the Tasmania—"It is almost certain that there are drowned Charles…
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Captain McGee, Mr, Nicholson (second officer), Mr. Whitfield (chief engineer), Mr, McGregor (third engineer), and 17 of the crew of the ill-fated Tasmania arrived here from Gisborne this afternoon…
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IT is now believed that there is no doubt that the small boat containing eight of the crew capsized, and that all the occupants were drowned. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Steamer Tasmania. Auckland
The steamer Tasmania, which left Sydney on the 21st instant bound for here and other ports, struck a rock on Table Cape last night, soon became a total wreck, and disappeared in deep water within…
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The steamer Kalkoufa has been towed into Rio with its crankshaft in a defective state…
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