Wreck of a Labour Vessel
The steamer Golden Gate, which arrived at Cooktown to-day from New Britain, reports that the German labour schooner Habi, formerly the Sea Rip…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1885
232 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 12
The Steamer Cahors
It is fully expected that the steamer Cahors will be floated at the next spring tides…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Brisbane, Saturday. Fatality on a Steamer
A fatal accident occurred on board the steamer Burwah yesterday. Three steamers were lying alongside Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons' wharf. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Total Wreck of the Edwin Bassett. Sufferings of the Crew
The barque Edwin Bassett is a total wreck, at West Wanganui inlet. The crew were saved after suffering great privations. The vessel is insured for £1500…
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It will be seen by our telegraphic news in to-day's issue that the barque Edwin Bassett has become a total wreck on the Wanganui Inlet, whilst on her voyage from Wellington to…
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Mr. Nichols new steamer, the Richmond has arrived. She cost £26,000…
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The schooner Julius Vogel is ashore on the rooks at Camden Haven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Disaster at Sea. Total Wreck of the S.S. Gulf of Carpentaria. All Hands Saved. SYDNEY
The steamship Gulf of Carpentaria, which left Newcastle on Saturday, and Sydney on Sunday, with about 2300 bales of wool for London, has become a total wreck near…
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Some anxiety is being manifested for the safety of the ketch Young Tom, which left Newcastle about the 25th of July for Townsville, and has not since been heard of. The ketch Duke of Cornwall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Cooktown, Tuesday. Arrival of the Queensland Mail Steamer
The R.M.S. Merkara arrived here at 4 o'clock from Singapore, bringing dates up to13th August. Captain Craig, of the Catterthun, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Steamer Barrabool
The steamer Barrabool broke her shaft 15 miles off Cape Schanck. The steamer Quiraing towed her safely to an anchorage in Port Phillip…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Select Poetry. "One More for the Lifeboat Crew!"
THE lads are afloat, they have launched the boat Where the moaning storm-birds flew, Oh, wife! from the shore they cry, 'One more,' With strong, steady hand and true!…
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No news was received from the scene of the wreck of the steamer Gulf of Carpentaria except a message from the captain, who remains at Wilson's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Full Particulars
THE following account of the wreck of the Gulf of Carpentaria, supplied by its special reporter, is clipped from the Melbourne Daily Telegraph of WEDNESDAY :—Through…
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Huddart Parker's new steamer Corangamite arrived at Port Jackson yesterday…
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The new steam collier Mount Kembla, 409 tons register, has arrived from England, Captain Le Nevler in command…
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At the Steam Navigation Board inquiry held at Melbourne on Tuesday, into the loss of the Gulf of Carpentaria, the witnesses examined ere Samuel Kennedy, the second officer; Thomas Linklater, the…
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The Steam Navigation Board opened the inquiry into the foundering of the Gulf of Carpentaria on Tuesday; but the evidence disclosed nothing but what has already…
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The barque M. A. Dixon has been totally wrecked at Takou, Formosa. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. The Wreck of the Gulf of Carpentaria
The Steam Naviagation Board to-day heard the remainder of the evidence, including that of Captain Thomson, relative to the wreck of the steamer Gulf of Carpentaria. The…
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