Steamer Excursions
The steamer excursion announced for Boxing Day by the N. and H. R. S. Company was attended by a large number of people, including a large number of people, including a good per centage from…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
135 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 7
Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Escape of a Steamer
The steamer Tomki went aground at 7 o'clock this morning while attempting to cross the Richmond River bar, but was floated off four hours later, apparently…
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Boom? It is half-past five in the morning, and the little town lies fast asleep in the darkness. All night long the wind has been…
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THE mail steamer Challam, from Seattle, foundered during a fierce gale, when four miles from Victoria, in British Columbia, North America,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Wreck a Safe. [By Telegraph] Sydney
A DELIDERATELY planned attempt to blow up a safe was discovered this morning, upon the premises of Mr Weinberg, Sussex-street. The safe…
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The comfortable and commodious Warraneen, chartered by St. John's Young Men's Society for an excursion from Morpeth to the Paterson on Tuesday carried a full complement…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Terrific Storm in Melbourne. Wreck of a Sciiooner. Considerable Damage Done
A great storm broke over Melbourne on Saturday evening, between 6 and 8 o'clock, Rain fell in blinding sheets, and the wind blew with hurricane force, while heavy rain continued…
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The fire on the steamer Augsburg has been extinguished. About half the contents of No. 3 hold were damaged…
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The London " Daily Mail " reports that the explosion by which the Russian transport Yen[?]i was blown up through drifting on to a mine in…
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The German steamer Pronto, of 1010 tons, has arrived at Chefu, on the Shen-Tung Peninsula with 15…
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THE steamer Gracchus arrived at Perth on Wednesday morning from Calcutta. The captain reports that when about 160 miles from Rangoon, on…
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Advices from British Columbia are to the effect that the third-class cruiser Bonaventure, 4360 tons, of the Pacific Squadron, has stranded on the South or Central American coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late News by Cable. Steamer Foundered. London
The coasting steamer Cambodge has foundered off Cochin China in a storm. Fifty persons were drowned, most of them being Annamese…
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On the morning of the 20th of October 1859, a cottager of Llanallgo, Anglesey, was aroused from sloop by the roaring of the wind and the stripping of lug roof tree…
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The Marine Court has found that no one was Co blame in connection with the wreck of the schooner Ellison at Bellinger Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecks on the Queens-land Coast. One Man Drowned. Brisbane. Monday afternoon
News was received in Sydney last night of the wreck of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Aramac at Breaksea Spit, a well-known danger spot on the Queensland coast, north of…
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A telegram from Bundaberg states that on Sunday night the whaleboat, which was despatched in search of the missing boats of the Aramac, found the second boat, which had…
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THE steamer Aramac, which left Brisbane for Cooktown at mid-day on Saturday, struck Breaksea Spit at half-past 8 o'clock on Sunday…
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When intelligence was received, yesterday regarding the whereabouts of the third boat belonging to the steamer Aramac, the Queensland Railway Department despatched a special…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Aramac. Vessel Safe. Five Boats Recovered
INTELLIGENCE was receiVed from Maryborough on Tuesday that the steamer Aramac bad been towed to a point in Harry's Bay near the mouth of the…
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