Burning of a Steamer. Fearful Sufferings of the Passengers and Crew
ON the afternoon of December 16 the Spanish mail steamer San Augustin, Captain Juan, from Manilla to Liverpool, with a cargo of sugar and tobacco, was…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1884
151 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 8
Sighting a Wreck
SYDNEY, Friday.—Capt. Fyfe, of the steamer Waroonga, reports sighting between Bowen and Townsville (N.Q.), a schooner bottom upwards…
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A TELEGRAM from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the San Francisco papers, gives the following particulars of a dreadful catastrophe at sea, in the…
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COOKTOWN, Friday.—Terrible floods have occurred at Cooktown, where twenty-four inches of rain have fallen in twenty-four hours. A violent…
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The racing between the steamers Wairarapa and Adelaide, which left Melbourne on Wednesday last, the first named for New Zealand ports and the latter for Adelaide, resulted in…
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The steamer Duke of Westminster, of and for London, from Brisbane, with passengers and general cargo, went ashore at Atherfield, Isle of Wight, at about 10 o'clock on January…
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HOBART, Monday.—The mission schooner John Hunt, has been totally wrecked at Vana Point, Macquate coast. Fourteen passenger and the crew saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial Telegrams. The Steamer Rodondo Aground
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The steamer Rodondo grounded at the mouth of the Brisbane River, and she is being lightened of 100 tons of cargo. It is expected she…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Orient steamer Warwick has been detained in quarantine for a few days, Seven deaths of children occurred on the voyage from measles…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A bag containing papers addressed to "J. O'Donnell, commercial traveller," washed ashore at' Barrenjoey…
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SYDNEY, Friday—The Messageries Maritimes steamer Yarra has arrived at Adelaide. A Frightful Death…
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AUCKLAND, N.Z., Tuesday.—The bedplate of the New Zealand steamer Ruapetu has been fractured, and and she proceeds to London for repairs…
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An inquiry into the cause of the recent wreck of the ketch Falcon, from Patea, was heard at the Wanganal Court on March 11th, before Mr. R. Ward, R.M., and Captain Priest. After lengthy…
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SUEZ, Thursday.—The French steamer Villecoeur, from Havre to Noumea, has been wrecked in the Red Sea. The captain and the crew were saved…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Hunter River Company's new steamer Namoi, arrived on Sunday with Mr. Thomas. She left Dartmouth on February 2nd, Singapore on…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Intelligence is to hand of appalling shipwrecks, accompanied by great loss of life, which occurred on the coast of Nova Scotia. The ship Daniel…
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THE Daily News states the steamer Parklands bound from Baltimore to Cork, with wheat, landed on February 21 three able seamen, the survivors of the crew of the ship Ada…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The barque Lanarkshire is ashore…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The schooner Tasman is a total wreck at Baa, Fiji. All hands were saved…
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ON Sunday, the 6th inst., the schooner Industry, owned by Mr. James McConnell, of Newcastle, left this port with a cargo of coal, bound for Sydney. She was seen from…
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