A Stbike of Steamer Officers
All the officers of the British India steamers to Indian ports have struck, the management declining to recognise a guild for redress of old grievances. The Fleet is paralysed…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
218 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 11
The Schooner Malcolm
Nothing seems definite regarding the wreck of the schooner Malcolm, supposed to have taken place near Bulli. Considerable doubt is expressed if the mast and sail seen jutting out of the water belong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Schooner Wrecked All Hands Supposed to Have Perished. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
THE well-known trading schooner Malcolm, which left Wollongong coal laden for Sydney a few hours after the Amy, was also totally wrecked off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Disastrous Wreck. Seven of the Crew Drowned. One of the Rescue Party Drops Dead [By Telegraph.] Sydney
THE brig Amy, coal-laden from Wollongong to Sydney, was totally wrecked on Sunday aftornoon near Bulli. All hands, numbering seven,…
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Reuter's special says the warship Victorious is badly ashore, and her crew is discharging coal and guns. She will be unable to be re[?]ated until the weather moderates…
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THE brig Amy, coal-laden from Wollongong to Sydney, was totally wrecked on Sunday afternoon near Bulli. All hands, numbering seven,…
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The British warship Victorious, which went ashore in a serious position, will have to discharge her coal and artillery before she can be…
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The stamer Clare, of Bewvada, Bound for Seattle, in Alaska. has foundered off the Alaskan coast, The passengers were mostly miners en route to the Yukon goldfields. It is believed that 66 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Derelict. Another Wreck Sighted. Sydney
Captain H. Noste, of the brig Fearless, reports that whilst towing a vessel past Bellambi Reef yesterday he sighted portion of a wooden vessel floating at about two and a half miles East…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coastal Wrecks. Thrilling Tales of Peril
THE latest reports respecting the foundering of the Malcolm show that the schooner went down opposite the Bulli Jetty during Sunday night. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a French Steamer
Reports from Teneriffe state that ,the French steamer Flachat, bound for Colon, in the Iethmus, of Panama, has been wreeked off Anaza Point during a dense fog. The captain, the second officer,…
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No word was received this morning of either of the Atacama's missing boats. It is understood that should the Captain Cook pick up either of them Captain Greer will make a bee line for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Sale of a Wreck
The wreck of the steamer Marion Fenwick at Port Hacking was sold at auction to-day and knocked down to George Allen for £245…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Atacama Terrible Experiences. Arrival of Portion of Crew. Fears for Safety of Others
A TERRIBLE tale of the sea was unfolded on Thursday when the tug Leveret reached Sydney harbour with the captain and three of the crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Story of the Sea. Wreck of the Atacama. Eight Days in an Open Boat. Terrible Privations
QUITE a sensation was caused in the city on Thursday by a telegram from the lookout station at Sydney Heads that the tug Leveret was entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Tidings. Probable Fate of Wrecked Mariners [By Telegraph] Sydney
THE Government steamer Captain Cook returned to-Sydney this morning from an unsuccessful search for the two missiug boats belonging to…
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Seven hundred bales of wool have been recovered from the wreck of the Mataura in the Straits of Magellan. Salvage operations have been stopped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Novel. Flotsam. Book Iv.—come Ashore. Chapter Iii.—(continued.)
So now the thing was how to get Alios home again. For two or three days I didn't really know how to begin. It seams absurd enough now, but I was afraid to fell the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hurricane in New Caledonia. a French Gunboat Sunk. Two Ships Wrecked. Noumea, Monday
A terrific hurricane has swept over New Caledonia. The French gunboat Loyalty has been sunk, and ships Professor and Falls of Garry have been wrecked at Thio. Immense damage has…
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1000 bales of wool have been saved from the wreck of the Mataura, and they realised £8,700. The captain reports that there are good prospects of the salvage of the remainder of the cargo…
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