A Schooner Missing
The schooner J. C. Kondio, which left Nambucca Heads for Sydney last week with a cargo of timber, has not since been heard of. It is feared the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
92 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 5
Wreck of the Steamer Maitland
The most terrible disaster during the recent gale was the wreck of the Hunter River Co's. s.s. Maitland. This steamer left Sydney on the…
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The well-known steam collier Merksworth was abandoned early on Saturday morning near Newcastle arid sometime after sank near Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Gale. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life
THE Argus went to press last week during the height of one of the most disastrous, gales that has been experienced for many years past. The wind…
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At Adelaide the overdue steamer Britania arrived last night. She experienced bad weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sydney Steamer. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES
SIR,—In reply to "Traveller's" remarks in your issue of the 11th, I beg to inform your readers that in all oases the Masters of our vessels have absolute power to use their own discreation about leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damages for Being Wrecked. Sydney
A passenger who was wrecked in the steamer Fitzroy has recovered £60 damages for loss of luggage and on account of personal inconvenience…
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From Hobart it is reported that the steamer Grafton, from Melbourne, was wrecked at Macquarie Bar on Sunday night. The passengers, crew, and mails were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinese Warship Wrecked. OVER 130 Lives Lost. London, June 24
A TERRIFIC typhoon has occasioned destruction of shipping in the neighbourhood of Port Arthur. A torpedo-boat destroyer, belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News. Spanish Cruiser Ashore. London
The Spanish auxiliary cruiser Antonio Lopez ran ashore whilst being chased by an American cruiser near San Juan. Two Spanish gunboats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America and Spain. Great Battle at Santiago. Spanish Forts Captured. 1200 Americans Killed & 2000 Taken Prisoners. General Shafter Requires Reinforcements. Brave Fighting on Both Sides. Fort Morro Demolished. American Fleet Entering Santiago Harbour. Spanish Ships Ran Ashore and Fired. Ladrone Islands Captured by America. London
THREE divisions of fifteen thousand Americans, with several thousand insurgents, attacked the Spaniards outside of Santiago early on Friday, and captured the outer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Macleay Ashore at Port Macquarie
"Yesterday afternoon the s.s. Macleay, en route for Sydney from your river via Port, while endeavoring to cross the bar got slightly out of the…
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A telegram from Ballina, Richmond River, dated Monday says:--The schooner Liffey, with coal, while being towed into port this morning parted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Aground. Sydney
The steamer South Australian is aground at Chatsworth Island, Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wreck of the Bourgogne. 175 Floating Corpses
The captain of the steamer Oldfield has reported that off Sable Island, near the coast of Novia Scotia, he passed 175 floating corpses. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jessie Sinclair Wrecked. All Hands Saved
The ketch Jessie Sinclair has been wrecked at Fort Macquarie. All hands saved. The vessell ia a total wreck. The best education ia the world is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ketch Wrecked at Port Macquarie
WHILST the tug Thistle was towing the ketch Jessie Sinclair, 74 tons, owned by Mr. J. Booth, of Sydney, over the bar on Sunday morning, the tug touched bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wrecked at Port Macquarie. the Ketch Jessie Sinclair Lost. Port Macqurie
THIS morning the ketch Jessie Sinclair, in charge of Captain Anderson, and laden with hardwood logs, was wrecked on the bar here while being towed out by the tog Thistle. It seems that some delay was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Steam Navigation Company. a New Steamer to Be Purchased
THE half-yearly general meeting of shareholders of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., was held at the head office of the company, 8 Sussex-street north, on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Jessie Sinclair. Crew Rescued Clinging to the Rigging
The ketch Jessie Sinclair, Captain Anderson was wrecked on the Port Macquarie bar on Sunday morning last. All…
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