Fire on the Steamer Cintra
The steamer Cintra, bound for West Australia w th 560 passengers on board, pat into Portland Bay on Saturday afternoon on fire. The fire buret through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896
11 stories in Illawarra's papers
Seizure of a Schooner
News by the R.M.S. Micwera states that the Hawaiian authorities have seized the schooner Henrietta, with a big consignment of contraband stuff, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Aldinga. a Total Wreck on Bellambi Reef. All Hands Saved
The well-known steamer Aldinga, one of the fastest if not the fastest collier running on the coast, was totally wrecked on Bellambi reef early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Glanworth
The steamer Glanworth, belonging to the A.U.S.N. Company, whilst bound from Rockhampton to Gladstone, on route to Brisbane, struck on a sunken rook at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Shipwrecks
During Saturday night a vessel named the Condong was driven ashore at Morna Point, about 75 miles north of Sydney. The ship was dashed to pieces, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Large Vessel at Port Kembla. the Steamer Sonnesderg. 6000 Tons of Cargo
At different times not long since we had to record visits of three great ocean-going steamships to Port Kembla, these being the Ormidale, the Indrani and the Indra, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Steamer. Appalling Loss or Lives
The steamer Drummond Castle struck on a rock off the Island of Molene at midnight on Tuesday, and almost immediately foundered. The disaster was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to the Steamer Allowrie
THE I.S.N, Company's steamer Allowrle met with a mishop on her arrival at the Wollongong Wharf on Monday night. Owing to her bow line parting, the strong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sale of the Steamer Kiama
The steamer Kiama, which figured prominently in connection with tho southern coastal trade, and was one of the pioneer boats of the Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked at the Bay
DURING the southerly buster on Tuesday last a fishing ouster of some 10 tons belonging to Kiama, was wrecked ne Jervis Bay lighthouse and the occupants,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer's Coal Supply Exhausted
The large steamer Queen Adelaide appeared off Wollongong at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. It transpired that her supply of bunker coal had become almost…
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