The Julia M. Avery Ashore
COOKTOWN, Friday.—The brig Julia M. Avery is on shore off Cairns. She is a wooden vessel of 127 tons, was built at Baltimore (U.S.), and has been…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1885
232 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 12
Vessels Ashore
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The steamer Josephine is ashore abreast of the gaol at Port Macquarie. She is high and dry at low water. Her sternpost and rudder…
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The schooner Sea Breeze, bound from Levaka to Sydney, in ballast, is now 60 days out, and as nothing whatever has been heard of her, the agent here, Mr. G. J. Waterhouse has almost given up…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The ship Cambrian Princes is ashore in Franklin Harbour laden with £15,000 worth of rails…
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The steamer Josephine, owned by Captain Heesh, and used by him as a tugboat, was wrecked on the bar when returning with Captain Radcliffe, who had been engaged steering the brig…
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THE death record of the Orient Company's chartered immigrant steamer Bombay, which arrived in Port Jackson on Friday, is a painful one. Sickness has prevailed to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frank Calvary; a Semi-nautical Novel Chapter Xxvi. The squall—A narrow escape—Chase by the brig—Evasion in the darkness—The schooner falls in with the frigate's boats. Explanations—'La Petite Fleur' is again sighted—Preparations for an engagement
IN the evening the midshipmen stood laughing in the waist, at a short distance from the seamen, who were highly pleased with their situation…
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LONDON, Monday.—The French warship Renard has been wrecked at Oboe, a French settlement on the African coast, in the Gulf of Aden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frank Calvary; a Semi-nautical Novel Chapter Xxviii. The brig and schooner's losses—Francois Chevrin—An account of the renegade Englishman—The Hawk's Nest—The frigate is fallen in with—Mr. Bilboe's chagrin at the re-appearance of Frank and Harry—Pleasure of Captain Vernon at the safe return of his men
They were now in complete possession of the two vessels; but at what a cost! Ten of their men—including one midshipman—were killed, and…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—The ship Cambrian Princess, which recently went ashore a few miles south of Franklin harbour, remains in the same position,…
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A telegram was posted in the Exchange on Thursday, stating that the A.S.N. Co.'s fine new steamship Cahors, which left here on Tuesday evening for Brisbane, with a full list of passengers…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Queen of the South has gone to the wreck of the Cahors, to bring of Captain Walker and the chief officer and crew. There is every probability…
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BRISBANE, Thursday—The Marine Board to-day held an inquiry into the loss of the brig Emily in Molo Pass. New Hebrides, in March last. The Board severely censured…
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CLARENCE HEADS, Friday.—The Government steamer Dione went out early this morning to the scene of the wreck of the A. S. N. Co.'s steamer Cahers. The weather was rough, and the Dione…
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Mr. J. Roderick, the well known shipbuilder, has just turned out another tidy little craft from his yard at Eagleton, on the Williams River, in the shape of a fore-and-aft schooner. The vessel, like…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The schooner Little Pet, 90 tons, is a total wreck off the Bellambi reef, near Wollongong. The crew were all saved…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—There is a heavily laden American barque ashore at Kangaroo Island…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Vice-Admiralty Court has commenced its sittings in the case of the schooner Nightingale. An order was made in favour of Captain…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Cuzco arrived this morning…
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The White Star steamer Germanic, which left Queenstown for New York, returned to the former port. Her captain states that when about 500 miles from Fastnet, the steamer was struck by a tidal…
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