The Steamer Paris
Divers report that the Paris is badly holed…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 9
"Jack Ashore."
At the Singleton Police Court yesterday, before Mr F. B. Treatt, J.P., a sea-faring man named Payne, who had left his " moor- ings," and owing to Queen's Birthday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Wrecked Schooner
The schooner Failford, which went ashore on the rocks at North Head yesternight, is now a total wreck, being practically smashed to pieces. Her cargo of timber is floating about in all directions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Missing Steamer. Supposed Great Loss of Life
ON Saturday the Union Steamship Company made an official announcement in Sydney to the effect that there was now every reason to believe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Total Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
As was feared for several days past the rough weather had a damaging effect upon the steamer Tekapo, stranded at Maroubra Bay. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cause of a Wreck. [By Telegraph] Sydney
The Murine Board inquiry into the wreek of the steamer Tekapo has found that the wreek was due to the wrongful act of Captain Sams, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwrecks
There has been a terrible list of shipwrecks of late. Though the winter has not yet given us much rain in the interior, there have been heavy gales on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sale of a Wreck
The wreck of the s.s. Lindus, as she lies on the oyster benk at Newcastle, was sold by public auction here to-day for £75, the purchaser being Mr. Mandelburg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Wreck on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle
Yet another vessel has been added to the list of wrecks which have occurred on the dreaded oyster bank, the lost one in this instance being the steamer Lindus the property of Messrs. Huddart…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Steamer in Trouble
Shaw and Savill's steamer Ma[?]aro has been towed to Monte Video, with her tail shaft broken by a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisbane. Fire in a Mail Steamer
An outbreak of fire on the mail steamer Duke of Buckingham at Thursday Island was only extinguished by flooding the hold. The vessel is still anchored…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Mail Steamer
The Messageries Maritimes Company is building a new steamer, to be called the Paciffque, for service between Sydney and Noumes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Disabled Steamer Perthshire. Picked Up at Last. 57 Days on the Ocean. All Well
ONE of the most remarkable episodes in the histories of those who go down, and in ages past have gone down, to the sen in ships reached it climax on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipwrecked Fishermen
Two fishermen were wrecked at Broughton Island on June 14th, and after subsisting for 11 days on shellfish, they were rescued on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The French Mail Steamer
A private cable was received to-day stating that the French mail steamer Armand Behic, outward hound from Marseilles to Australis, put back to Colombo, having lost three blades of her propeller…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest Cable News. Accident to a Steamer
The steamer Armund Behic, outward bound, has been compelled to put back to Colombo with three blades of her propeller broken. It is probable this will cause a delay of a week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Adana Disabled
The American-Australian steamer Adana, 3448 tons, bound from Now York to Melbourne, has put into Capetown, being disabled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Wreck. Loss of the Barque Carlisle Castle. Great Loss of Life Feared. So Near and Yet So Far. Perth
Last night the ship Carlisle Castle was driven upon the rocks off Rockingham, and there became, a total wreck. Local constables and others have been up all night searching…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Weather at Sea. Wrecks and Loss of Life
The boisterous weather along the coast that began on Sunday night, increased in its fury on Monday, and on Tuesday the entire eastern coast was swept by fierce easterly gales with a southerly inclination…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Wrecks. Total Loss of Two Vessels Perth
A MESSAGE from Fremantle states that the barque Carlisle Castle, from Glasgow, has been totally wrecked at Rockingham about 15 miles south of…
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