Position of the Wreck
The wreck lies on a ledge of rocks immediately under a bold headland, at the north end of the little bay forming the boat harbour. Lying about 80 or…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
218 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 11
The Wrecked Maitland
The mails despatched from Sydney by the s.s. Maitland on Thursday night, which included a bag for Singleton, were reported to be safe and dry in the main saloon on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recent Heavy Weather Terrific Coastal Storm. Steamers Wrecked. Great Loss of Life.—Fearful Sufferings
THE heavy storm reported in our last issue as having commenced on Thursday continued on Friday also along the coast, with disastrous results. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News by Mail Steamer. Thursday Island
The steamer Yamashiro Maru, from japan, arrived to-day, having left Hongkong on the 29th April. Hongkong papers report that the American…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recent Heavy Weather. Terrific Coastal Storm. Steamers Wrecked. Great Loss of Life.—Fearful Sufferings
THE heavy storm reported in our lust issue as having commenced on Thursday, continued on Friday also along the coast, with disastrous results. On Saturday several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Maitland
Latest news concerning the wreck of the steamer Maitland, is to the effect that the body of Miss Fitton, the stewardess of the wrecked steamer Maitland, had been recovered by a party of water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Mataura
The salvage operations at the wreck of the Mataura, which went ashore neat the Straits of Magellan, have resulted in 2619 bales of wool being saves. Operations have now been suspended for the…
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Two more bodies of victims of the wreck of the Maitland were washed ashore yesterday, a total of seven bodies recovered up to the present time. The first body, which was found at noon was that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck Roll to Date
The following vossels were lost during the recent storm :—Hereward, iron ship, 1593 tons, stranded ; Maitland, iron paddle steamer, 880 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wrecked Hereward. [By Telegraph] Sydney
THE position of the stranded ship Hereward is not much changed since yesterday, though the decks are fully exposed to the great waves that roll…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Wreck
The wreck o£ the Maitland is fast breaking up. The body of a woman, identified as that of Mrs M'Neill, of Lambton, was washed ashore near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Maitland
A visit to the scene of the wreck of the Newcastle steamer Maitland yesterday showed that she was fast going to pieces. All that remained last evening of the hull was about 40ft, which was in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The First to Build a Lifeboat
About the year 1784 there lived in Long Acre a coachbuilder, Lionel Lukin by name. This honest man, knowing very little of the sea (he was born and had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter-clarence Service a Steamer to Open a New Trade
THE extraordinary anomaly that no direct sea communication exists between the Hunter River districts and the great producing district watered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Incidents of the Wreck of the Maitland
The case of Mrs. Hammond, who, with her baby, was rescued from the steamer Maitland on Friday last, is one which is worthy of the sympathy…
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Two more bodies of victims of the wreck of the Maitland were washed ashore on Wednesday, a total of seven bodies recovered up to the present,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Hereward. All Hands Saved
The ship Hereward was also wrecked at Maroubra Bay, a few miles between Coogee and Botany. The news was brought to Botany by the steward of the vessel, who wired to the agents, Messrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fearful Gale on the Coast. Vessels Wrecked. Terrible Loss of Life
The southerly gale which sprang up on the night of Thursday, the 5th instant, was responsible for great damages to shipping and fearful loss of life. A great many vessels ware wrecked or driven ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Maitland. Twenty Nine Lives Lost
The particulars to hand in regard to the wreck of the N. R. B. N. S. N Company's steamship Maitland at Cap There Points, near Barranjoey, on the morning of the 6th instant show that the disaster is…
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