The Wreck of the Riverina
THE steamer Aldinga, which left Sydney on Wednesday last to carry on salvage operations at the wreck of the steamer Riverina, and which put into Eden on…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1890
18 stories in Illawarra's papers
The Wreck of the Riverina. the Vessel Abandoned
As was anticipated, the steamer Rivernia which went ashore at Island Point, near Ram Head, has been abandoned as a total wreck. The superintendent as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipwrecks. Sinking of the Schooner Colonist. an Officer Drowned
ANOTHER addition has been made to the numerous shipping disasters that have occurred lately to the coasting float. This tune it has been occasioned by collision in…
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Great consternation prevailed in the city on Saturday evening on the receipt of a telegram from Brisbane announcing that a terrible marine disaster had occurred off the coast of Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Quetta. Was the Disaster Caused by an Explosion
BRISBANE, Thursday Night.—The Chief Secretary has received the following telegram:—" Thursday Island, March 5, 7.30 p.m. On returning this…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The labour schooner Hector returned to Brisbane yesterday after a five months recruiting cruise in the islands, During the cruise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Quetta. the Sunken Rock
A SEA captain who has had considerable experience in navigation on the Queens-land coast, states that in 1877 the steamer Thales, with Chinamen on board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →S.s. Corinna Ashore at Bellambi. Comparatively Uninjured
The Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company's steamer Corinna ran ashore at Bellambi jet y last Wednesday, while hauling alongside to load and in consequence of the propeller becoming foul of…
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AN attempt was made last Wednesday night to blow up the sunken schooner Colonist which has been lying right in the main channel of the harbor for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Hebrides. Recent Wrecks and Cannibalism
CONFIRMATION of the murder of the French trader at Aoba Island, in the New Herbrides group, was received by the schooner Ika Vuka, which arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Collision at Bellambi
A collision occurred at Bellambi on Monday morning between the steam colliers Egmont and Hesketh, the former the property of Messrs, Mitchell and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lifeboat Storm King. an Interesting Story—sensational Adventures
ALBURY, Tuesday.—Yesterday morning shortly before noon, the Storm King lifeboat was sighted from Breaksea island, Albany, but owing to the light…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lifeboat "Storm King." Arrival in Adelaide—rough Experiences
ADELAIDE, Monday. —The lifeboat Storm King, Captain Jorgenson, arrived this morning after a very rough passage from Albany. She was at one time thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of the Ketch Emmanuel
THE crew of the ketch Emmanuel, five all told, arrived in Port Jackson at daylight on Friday morning in an open boat and reported their vessel a total loss. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Foundering of the Ketch Emanuel
THE board instituted an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the foundering os the ketch Emanu[?] off Botany Heads on the 7th inst. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Stormy Passage From London. a Barque Almost a Wreck. Adelaide
THE barque Scottish Wizard arrived yesterday evening with hie whole of the after-end a complete wreck. She had only one sound boat out of five with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Ketch Maggie. the Tug Non Est When Wanted. Liee-saving Brigade and Apparatus Conspicuous by Their Absence
On Sunday morning the ketch Maggie, 38 tons register, Captain Skillan (who is also owner), drifted on to the rocks on the inner side of Fairy Reef. The compact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of the Ketch Maggie
An inquiry was held by the Marine Board on Monday into the cause of the loss of the ketch Maggie, dear wollongong beach, on the 9th instant…
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