Wreck of the Berbice. Marine Board Inquiry
THE Marine Board inquiry into the wreck of the Berbice, adjourned from Friday, again came on for hearing yesterday forenoon. Present: Captain…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1888
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The Wreck of the Henry James
FURTHER particulars have (says the S. M. Herald) been received at San Francisco of the wreck of the barque Henry James, 945 tons, Captain…
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A telegram from Cape Hawke on Monday stated that the ketch Mystery had gone ashore on the rocks under the pilot station and become a total wreck, being full of water. All hands were saved…
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THE Marine Board [?]med its inquiry yesterday morn[?]to the wreck of the Berbice. Presen[?] tain H. Cross (chairman), Capta[?]…
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The Union Co.'s steamer Hawea struck the rocks at the entrance to Taranaki, and become a total wreck. The passengers and crew have been…
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THE local Marine Board met yesterday to deliver their verdict after their inquiry into the cause of the above wreck. Present: Captain H. Cross (chairman), Messrs. R. B…
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MESSRS. ANDERSON AND SHARP, the purchasers of the above wreck, have now successfully accomplished the dismantling of the vessel. All the top hamper yards and masts…
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ALEXANDER ROSS, master of the wrecked vessel Berbico, appeared before the local Marine Board at noon yesterday, to show cause why his…
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A TELEGRAM from Wellington (N.Z.) yesterday, states that the steamer Gerda, trading on the West Coast, and laden with coal, struck on the Greymouth bar that morning,…
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The ship Tay, bound from Middlesborough to Melbourne, with railway iron, has gone ashore at Yarmouth. It is feared that she will become a…
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The steamer Essex, of Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons' line, from Australasia bound to London, which put into Aden with her cargo on fire,…
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Melbourne, Tuesday.—A telegram has been received from Wilson's Promontory to the effect that the steamer Beeswing, from Newcastle bound to Melbourne with a cargo of coal, has put into…
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LLOYD'S agents believe that the vessel which is reported to have foundered off Cape Agulhas during a heavy gale on June 4 is not an emigrant ship, as…
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The Union s.s. Suva has gone ashore at Westport, on the west coast of New Zealand. No lives were lost…
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IT is not generally known (says the S.M. Herald) that under the Imported Stock Act of 1884 there is a regulation providing for the punishment of the master of a vessel…
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THE telegraphic shipping board yesterday at the local office contained the announcement that the ship Star of Greece had sailed from Adelaide the previous day for London, but a…
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The steamer Benowa foundered whilst alongside the Government wharfs, and one seaman was drowned. LEVANTER…
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The steamer Essex has sank at her moorings, in 27ft of water. The cargo had been on fire…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.âFull particulars were received this morning from Port Willunga that the wreck of the Star of Greece is one of the most terrible…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.—The Union Company's steamer Suva, which went ashore at Westport last week, has been abandoned by the underwriters. She will be sold by auction on Friday…
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