Later. The Ganga Outbreak. Half the Hands Ashore. Fuller Details
There was a considerable amount of excitsment in the city and in shipping circles to-day when it become known that the A. S. N. Company's steamer Gunga,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1885
232 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12
Fire on Board the Steamer Daisy
THE steamer Daisy, of the Raymond Terrace S.N. Co., had a narrow escape from destruction by fire last night Just before midnight Mr. Wm. Smith, of the Railway Department…
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The steamer Richmond brought 80 tons of cargo, saved from the wreck of the Cahors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. The Wreck of the Gulf of Carpentaria
The Government steamer Despatch has returned from the search for the sunken rock where the Gulf of Carpentaria was lost. She found a large patch…
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The steamer Antiope's safety, of which fears were entertained, has arrived at Waterford…
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The ketch Budgaree arrived in port last Tuesday from the Manning River, after being stranded at that place for about four months. She was sold to a party in Sydney, but his attempts to get, her off…
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The steamer Wallace, of the Anchor line, has gone ashore on the rocks at Greymouth, and is full of holes. The Wallace is an iron paddle boat, 86 tons…
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The American ship Ivy, which arrived last night from New York, reports that after rounding the Cape she came across wreckage, in the shape of the fore-part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. The Wreck of the Gulf of Carpentaria
His Excellency the Governor recently wrote to Admiral Tryon, asking that as a vessels was about to complete the survey of Basa's Straits, he might, as early as…
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The remainder of the crew of the steamer Gunga have been released from quarantine…
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Says the Greymouth correspondent of the "Auckland Herald" of the 15th inst.:—The Anchor Line being very light, was caught on the top of a roller and thrown dangerously near the rocks, and before…
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The society has awarded gold medals to Juno, mate of the Burwah, and Johnson, of the Cahors, for their conduct at the wreck of the Cahors…
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Notice is hereby given that the wreck of the barque Rockhampton lies in 16 feet at low water N. W. by N. one and a half mile from the lightship at the Norman Bar. The wreck is just awash at…
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B. B. Nicholl has purchased from the A.S.N. Co. the steamer Tinonee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Wairarapa
The s.s. Wairarapa has gone to Port Chalmers, where an inquiry will be held on the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. Wrecked by a Whale
Captain Child, of the steamer Hampshire, arriving at Townsville, reports:—"When in the Flores Sea, oft the Island of Sunbaw, we picked up ten men from a small craft,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. Wreck of a Steamer
During a strong south-east gale which was blowing in Moreton Bay yesterday, a small steamer, the Emma Pyers, from the Richmond River, laden with maize, went…
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The P. and O. steamer Indus has become a total wreck at Trincomalee, in Ceylon. No haves were lost, and the Australian mails were not delayed…
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The steamer Emma Pyers, trading from the Clarence to Brisbane, is aground at Southport, Queensland…
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The steamer Indus, which is reported totally wrecked, took her departure from Sydney on June 24th. After her arrival at home she was advertised in…
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