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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
218 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 11
The Captain of the Barrabool reports that on Saturday afternoon when coming from Sydney he encountered the partially submerged wreck of a schooner apparently between 150 and 200…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EVERY shipwreck has its story of heroism and gallantry, of how brave men have faced what seemed like certain death to save their comrades'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Marine Board this afternoon delivered its reserved decision in regard to the stranding of the ship Hereward at Maroubra Bay. The Board found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The tug Carbine went out this morning to the wrecked steamer Saxonia, now lying fast on Bellambi reef. She was found to be full of water. She will probably break up rapidly. Captain Price…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A WIRE received from Wollongong on Tuesday night stated:—"A vessel has been burning bluelights and firing rockets in the vicinity of Bellamb…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting was held to-day, with the object of making arrangements to raise a fund for the aid of the survivors of those who have been bereaved by the wreck of the steamers Maitland and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EVERY shipwreck has its story of heroism and gallantry, of how brave men have faced what seemed like certain death to save their comrades'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →REFERENCE to the verdict of the jury who inquired into the circumstances of the Maitland steamer wreck will show that they considered it a casualty due to no human shortcoming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The local office of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company has prepared a complete list of these drowned and reported missing as follows:—Passengers—Drowned: Albert Cupourer…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The steam collier Saxania struck on Bellambi reef on Monday night. All bands were saved. The tug Carbine went out on Wednesday morning to the steamer. She was found to be full of water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is reported from Bateman's Bay this morning that the dredge Neptune went ashore on a bar yesterday, all hands being saved. She has six fest of water in her hold and seas are breaking over her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An action arising out of the wreck of the Fitzroy, which took place on Stockton Beach on December 11 last, was commenced in the District Court before Judge Rogers this morning, when Mary Ann…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Marine Hoard this morning instituted an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the steamer Maitland. Captain Skinner was the first witness examined, and his evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Oroya sailed to-day with a full complement of passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Mayor (Mr. E. C. Brecht) presided at a meeting at the School of Arts on Thursday night, which had been convened for the purpose of initiating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquiry into the deaths of Miss Marion McNeill and Charles Donohue, who were drowned on the wreck of the Mainland, was renamed on Friday morning, before Mr. W. S. Chapman, the District…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The schooner Lady Jane Grey, bound for Seattle, Oregon, to Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, has foundered. Thirty-four miners bound for the Klondike goldfields were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A BENEFIT concert, the proceeds of which are to be given to the widow and children of the late Henry Winsor, who lost his life in the wreck of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Marine Board found, as a result of their inquiry, that the steamer Maitland was wrecked during a heavy gale, but there was no fault on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SINGULAR case has coine before the New Zealand Chief Justice. When the steamer Wairarapa was wrecked at the Great Barrier Island in…
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