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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
218 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 11
A marvellous escape from a terrible maritime disaster occurred about 12.30 at the Circular Quay, when the steamer Princess, laden with passengers, came into collision with the North Shore ferry boat…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE turret steamer Scottish Hero, of M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Company's line, which arrived on Sunday from Albany, had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The captain of the schooner Advance, which arrived at Newcastle on Monday morning from Sydney, reports picking up Captain Gallant, of the brig Minora…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late on Monday afternoon the schooner Advance (Captain Colberg), which arrived at Newcaetle from Botany Bay, brought news of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE brig Minora, having on board a crew of seven, besides the Captain, suddenly foundered off Broken Bay on Saturday night, and all hands, save…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Information is to hand announcing the wreck of the brig Minora off Cape Three Points. The steamer Advance arrived yesterday having on board the muster or the Minora, Captain Gallant. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Reports have reached Antwerp to the effect that the Japanese transport Yarn has been wrecked off the Pescadores Group, in the Formosa Channel. Only five of those on board were suved, 85 being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An attempt to float the American four-masted schooner King Cyrus off Doable Bay beach proved successful, and the vessel is now moored alongside Jubilee Dock, waiting for te surveyor's decision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inhabitants of Fiji Island the other day discovered that there was a terrible wreck on their shores. Yet we discover wreckes in our midst every day." We refer to the wrecked, wretched lives that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Moruya Steam Navigation steamer Koonya, bound from Mo[?] to Sydney, went ashore on Cr[?] beach, south of Botany Heads,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Mataura, which left London on December 21, was totally lost near the Straits of Magellan. A boat-lead of fifteen persons were saved, and it is probable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The wreck of the steamer Koonya was sold by public auction to-day for £50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Baluchistan, which was recently seized in the Thames and afterwards released, when she sailed for the Persian Gulf, has again been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A telegram reached Sydney this morning from Auckland, announcing that the schooner Waitemata from Newcastle had been sunk by a collision. The ship's passengers and craw were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Mataura struck on unchartered rock and was beached to prevent her sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest advises to hand concering the loss of the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Matuara in Sealon Cove, Magellan Straits, state that all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Channel Queen was wrecked on the Isle of Guernsey during a dense fog last night. A panic occurred among the passengers, and in launch-ing the boats one was swamped. Eighteen lives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Channel Queen was wrecked on the Isle of Guernsey during a dense fog last night. A panic occurred among the passengers, and in launch-ing the boats one was swamped. Eighteen lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Channel Queen was wrecked off the coast of Germany during a dense fog, last night. A panic occurred among the passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South British India Company received a cable from Auckland, New Zealand, to-day, notifying the wreck of the schooner Oscar Robinson, at Norfolk Island, on January 16; all hands saved…
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