Wreck of the Alexander Berry
News of a shipping disaster came to hand on Monday morning from Shellharbour. The first intimation was received at 9 o'clock from the pilot station at Shellharbour. He wired as follows:—"Tug…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901
160 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 8
A Disabled Schooner
The schooner Amelia Sims, ninety-seven tons which left Newcastle on June 22nd with a cargo of 122 tons of coal, has been towed into Nelson (New Zealand) in a disabled condition. The vessel was…
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Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tolls it himself. " Tn 1891," he says, " I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was obliged to knock…
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The steamer Archer, which arrived this morning from this Marshall Group, brings news of a supposed wreck at Bikar Island. A large number of cases of kerosene, also the body of a man, were discovered,…
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Nobody can tell the following story belter than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891." be says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute…
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It is believd that the wreckage found recently on Marshall Islands belongs to the barque Manchester, which sailed from New York last August for Yokohama. The barque was laden with oil, and has not…
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The Anchor liner Numidia, 6399 tons, is ashore at Brother's Island, in the Red Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Auckland. Wreck of a Barque.—twelve of the Crew Drowned
The police at New Plymouth received news this morning that the barque Lizzie Bull was ashore off Pihima, and that twelve of the crew have been drowned. The barque, which is in command of…
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The steamer Schensfelse, from Calcutta, has been quarntined at New York, owing to a stoker on board being afflicted with the plague…
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THE steamer Balmoral, which only arrived bore there days ago from Java with 5000 tons of sugar as cargo, was partly destroyed by fire this…
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Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute…
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The Captain of the barque Lizzie Bell was keeping a strict watch for Capo Farewell light when the vessel struck. Except by the…
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The steamer Strathmore, from Melbourne, May 25, bound for Durban, signalled off Mauritius that her engines had broken down. Assistance was sent to the Strathmore…
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The steamer Strathmore, from Melbourne, May 25, bound for Durban, has arrived, damaged, at Mauritius. She signalled off Mauritius that her engines had broken down, and assistance was sent to…
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THE steamer Stratbmore, from Melbourne, May 25, bound for Durban, has arrived damaged at Mauritius. She signalled off Mauritius that her…
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The torpedo boat No. 81, working in connection with the naval manceuvres, struck a sunken reef at Alderney. The crew, guns, and stores were saved…
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During the naval manoeuvres on Saturday, the torpedo boat destroyer Viper, while steaming at the rate of 20 knots an hour, entered a fog, and struck off Alderney. She broke her back and foundered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gasoline Explodes. Five Buildings Wrecked. Twelve Persons Killed. [By Cable.] London
OWING to an explosion of a barret of gasline in (U S A.), five buildings were wreckedked and 12 persons killed…
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Montagu is a fine English name, and there is no more worthy holder of it than Rear-Admiral Victor Montagu, who becomes sixty years old shortly. The…
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