Wreck of the Star of Greece
The Marino Board of South Australia, in the matter of the loss of the ship Star of Greece, has found "That a manifest want of skill was shown in the management of the vessel from the time of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1888
128 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 7
The Steamer Cloncurry Aground
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The steamer Cloncurry, from London, whilst being towed up the river, grounded near the Government House, and is still aground…
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The ship General Picton has been wrecked in Bass' Straits. She was heavily laden with colonial produce, and bound from Melbourne to London…
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The Board of Trade have decided upon awarding medals to Captain Hayward and the officers and men of the Oceanic Steamship Company's…
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The well-known Auckland schooner Aratapu, Captain H. D. Bower, put into Port Jackson yesterday in distress, having experienced the full force of the recent heavy westerly gales down south, and…
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A telegram from Macleay River states that the ketch Envy, whilst being towed into the river on Monday morning, went ashore owing to the tow-line parting. She now lies on the South Spit. The…
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The ketch White Cloud went ashore on the north beach at the Brunswick river on Monday. She struck heavily and soon after filled with water, and the crew had to abandon her. The White Cloud…
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AT the time of the recent accident to the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Maranoa, Mr. Frederic Maccabe was a passenger, and has supplied a representative of this journal with…
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MR. J. CLARKE, ship chandler, of this city, has received a letter from Captain Lattimore, of the ill-fated barque Henry James, which was lost whilst…
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The fire seen burning at Hogan's Island, from Wilson's Promontory, was caused by sealers burning scrub for snakes…
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The iron barque Kate Tatham, Captain Moore, from Newcastle to Napier with 400 tons of coal, was wrecked on Thursday night at White Bluff, about 2½ miles from the Wairan River, Blenheim…
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A despatch from Manila, dated July 24, says the British barque Australia, from Newcastle, Now South Wales, for that port, is ashore at San Nicholas bank, and is probably a total wreck…
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Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s new steamer Coogee, intended for the excursion trade in Port Phillip, sails for Melbourne on Saturday…
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Captain Kidd, of the ship British Empire, which arrived at Melbourne on Sunday from Liverpool, gives (says the Argus) some particulars concerning a quantity of floating…
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The following is the finding of the Court of Inquiry into the loss of the barque Henry James:—"That the loss of the Henry James was due to the use of an incorrect chart in…
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News has been received that the Norwegian steamer Bratzberg, bound for Montreal, has been wrecked, and that fifteen of those on board were…
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The schooner Colonist, of Auckland, bound to Wellington, became a total wreck whilst proceeding to sea. The pilot at the station at Port Nicholson…
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The R.M.S. Nepaul, which grounded at Marseilles, has been floated again…
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A company which has been projected for the establishment of a steamship service between Hamburg and Australia has been successfully…
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TIMES have sadly changed since King George of Tonga was quoted as a brilliant example of missionary conversion. Once his name was in the mouths of all travellers as a notable…
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