Tragic Incident on a Wreck
Mr. William Davis, the second officer of the steamship Uppinghim, of London, which was wrecked on the north coast of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
21 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
A Schooner Foundered. Sydney
The schooner Perseverance foundered between Maryborough and Townsville on her first trip…
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The following items are extracted from latest Eastern exchanges :--The Donglas Company's coasting steamer Namoi…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecks for the Year
During the year 1890 16 vessels representing 5303 tons were wrecked on or in the vicinity of the coast of New South Wales. The value of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Melbourne Bound Ship. Twelve Days Without Food
During the month of December the ship Struan, bound from Port Discovery (which port she left on November 24)…
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Something of a sensation was caused in Kempsey, on Saturday night, when it became known that the Helena Davis had been wrecked off the…
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The captain of the schooner Lancashire reports finding interesting relics of an old Spanish wreck at the Barrier Reef, Thursday Island, amongst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer for an African Lake
They are building in a Glasgow shipyard a steamer which must be taken to pieces again before 5,000 Africans can carry it over 500 miles of wild African country and float…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Missing;" a Romance of the Mercantile Marine. Chapter Xiii. -- a Visit to the Wreck
This shocking discovery diverted his thoughts for a short time from his original project; but having done all he could for the poor wretches, he was glad to turn anew to the question of…
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The Marine Board last week gave its decision as follows respecting the loss of the schooner Helena Davis :--"Whereas the Marine Board have…
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The news brought into Kempsey on Saturday evening last was sufficient to arouse a feeling of curiosity and excitement in the most phlegmatic subject…
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The well-known little schooner, Eliza Allen, while entering the Richmond River on Saturday afternoon, struck on the rocks inside of the breakwater,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fearful Weather round the Coast Four Vessels Ashore in Trial Bay. Wreck on the Bellinger Coast. RIVER 14 Feet at Bellbrook
The terrible weather prevailing round the coast is proving fearfully destructive to small vessels. Last night there were six vessels at anchor…
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A cotton cargo steamer named the City of Richmond bound from New York to Queenstown took fire when two days out, and during a fearful gale'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Ellen
Particulars now to hand of the wreck of the Ellen show that after leaving Newcastle on the 6th instant all went well for the first 48 hours,…
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Danger signals have been exhibited along the coast in consequence of a southerly gale yesterday. Fifteen lives were lost through the wreck of the…
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No sooner have the full particulars of the terrible collision between the Easby and the Gambier been published than another terrible fatality is…
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On Sunday night the ketch Jonathan drifted on to the Stockton Beach, near Newcastle, and broke up…
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A report has been received of the wreck of a cattle steamer off the coast of Newfoundland. Forty-two lives are said to have been lost, only one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launching of a New Steamer Sydney
Mr. Nichol's new steamer " Byron," built at Terrigal, for Byron Bay, Brunswick, and Tweed Rivers, was launched yesterday…
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