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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
154 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 8
"At half past 5 o'clock this mo[?]ing we arrived off a high rook peak on Enderby Land coast. It was found to be separated by a narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Luciston from Ocean Island to Brisbane is partially disabled off the Queensland coast and is fighting a cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Barhil from Hall to Melbourne which passed Ushant on January 23 has radi[?]d that she has been damaged by heavy seas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British steamer Luciston is limping towards the Queensland coast, having developed engine trouble on the voyage from Ocean Island to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British steamer Barhil, 4973 tons, bound from Hull to Melbourne, which sent out a radio message while off Ushant, that she was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Danish steamer, Nelly, has been stranded in the Gulf of Finland. Seas swept over her rapidly, and she became, encased in the ice. Rescuers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British steamer Malmoa, hound from New Zealand to London, which yesterday sent a wireless message that No, 3 hold was on fire, arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A mission ketch, said to be the first of its kind ever built in N. S. Wales, has been completed at M'Mahon's Point, and will shortly be delivered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire which broke out in the lower hold of the British steamer Maimor has been extinguished. The hold was flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The schooner Eleanor, laden with a cargo of wheat, was wrecked near Kirby Island, one of the Sir Joseph Banks Group, off the Eyre…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charles McCooey, junior porter at Wingham Station, was cut to pieces by the Grafton Mail this morning. McCoooy set out from the station…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While towing the interstate steamer Canberra, into position at the wharf at Balmain this morning, the tug Here was struck by the ship's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A message was received in Sydney to-day stating that not long after the steamer Iron Monarch was refloated from a roof in Spencer's Gulf, she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Court commenced an inquiry to-day into the circumstances surrounding the grounding of the steamer Luciston at Ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sensational fire occurred on the oil steamer British Honor, lying at the oil wharf at Wickham, shortly after 9.30 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Sangster, Superintendent of Navigation, conducted an inquiry to-day into the question of the damage done to the fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire ball struck the house of Mr. and Mrs. O 'Keefe on Friday night and practically wrecked the building. O'Keefe and his wife, with their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain Sangster, Superintendent of Navigation, conducted an inquiry yesterday into the question of the damage done to the wharves by tho fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forcing a door at the office of Berala railway station carly this morning, safe blowers placed, a large plug of gelignite in the keyhole, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With a wool and general cargo blazing fiercely, and with lifeboats ready for Immediate use, the Blue Funnel liner Ningchow put into…
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