The Stranded Steamer Collaroy
LARGE numbers of persons desirous of seeing a stranded steamer, or enjoying a pleasant trip by water, and a charming drive through shady lanes and open glades,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1881
18 stories in Illawarra's papers
Wreck of the Steamer Tararua
The following telegrams appear in Saturday's 'Evening News :—Auckland, Saturday morning. The Union Company's steamship Tararua, 828…
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The following further particulars of the extraordinary robbery of a steamer are from the Melbourne 'Argus' of April 29 :—The narrative of Frederick Nicholson, an able seaman, is that the…
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The time when suspicion first pointed to the India is but very brief, but within that period conclusive proof of one of the greatest and most masterly concocted frauds on record has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Steamer Tararua. 125 Lives Lolt. Auckland
The steamer Tararua shortly after striking the Waipapa Reef parted amidships, swamping the boats alongside and drowning all the women and children, and when the Hawea, steamer, arrived…
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ON the 17th April the Customs authorities of Melbourne seized the steamer Forret then named the India, which it has been since ascertained was stolen from the Clyde…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Tararua. Narrative of the Chief Officer
Mr. Lindsay, the chief officer of the Tararua, makes the following statement:—"I turned in at 4 a.m. on Friday, leaving the captain and second mate on deck. At 25 minutes past 5 a.m. the…
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GREAT excitement an created in the city on Tuesday, morning on it becoming known that a large barque had gone ashore off Wollongong, and further news was…
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On Tuesday morning last, the inhabitants of Wollongong and other parts of this end of the district were startled with news which was as undesirable as it was unusual. Immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Queen of Nations. Meeting of Consignees
A meeting of consignees and others interested in the cargo of the Queen of Nations, convened at the instance of Messrs. Montefiore, Joseph, and Co., was held at the Chamber of Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Riots in Ireland—a Bank Wrecked. London, June 8
The most serious riots that have yet been reported from Ireland occurred, yesterday, in the province of Munster. There were disturbances in various parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Plan for Notifying Shipwrecks
Under the heading of "A novel invention for the use of shipwrecked sailors," the Hastings Observer of a recent date calls attention to an invention termed a "despatch box," but which…
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A special meeting of the Marine Board was held on Thursday for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances attending the wreck of the ship Queen of Nations. The members present…
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AN occurence of a most unusual nature happened shortly after midnight on Saturday, whereby a fine schooner of 199 tons, the Sophie, homeward bound from a trading…
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INTELLIGENCE was received on Wednesday morning of the loss of the steam ketch Gosford Packet at Five Island Point, a little to the south of Wollongong, whilst on her way to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Butter Steamer. ("To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—It is to be hoped that the I.S.N. Company will make a further arrangement in connection with the night steamer they intend to run every Tuesday from this district after the beginning…
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This morning, at 2.30 a.m., as the steamer Coobanbarra, Captain Adams, was coming from Newcastle to Sydney, Mr. J. A. Royal, who was at the time officer of the watch, thought he heard…
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A TELEGRAM from Dublin to the San Francisco Chronicle, dated 17th November gives the following particulars regarding the explosion on the steamer Solway (not…
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