Schooner in Danger
A message was received from Gabo yesterday conveying the intelligence that the three-masted schooner Buster, from New Zealand, and owned by Mr. John Williams, of Sydney, was in distress, her…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1889
310 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 16
A Vessel Ashore
Captain Johnson, master of the American barque Newsboy, which arrived from New Westminster, B.C., reports passing close to Malden Island, and he there saw a ship apparently ashore. She was…
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A COUPLE of hours after the telegram reporting the mishap to the schooner Buster was received in Sydney, Mr. Williams' schooner Albatross sailed into Port Jackson…
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THE barquentine Empress of China, belonging to Hobart, was totally, wrecked on Pyramid Rock, westward of Hunter's Island, early on Monday morning. She was on her…
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IN consequence of the telegraphic communication with Gabo Island being interrupted, it was late on Thursday before any further news was received in town of the dismasted…
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GREAT excitement prevailed in shipping-circles on Saturday upon receipt of information in Sydney of the total wreck of the fine little schooner Heath, which was engaged in…
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News is to hand that H.M.S. Hyacinth has arrived at Honolulu, having on board twenty-four sailors belonging to the German ship Hermann and the Swedish barque Virgo,…
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LONDON, Monday.—A terrible wreek is reported from the Black Sea. A vessel was caught in a violent storm and became a total wreck, 100 persons on board being lost…
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LONDON, Wednesday.— An inquiry has been held by the Board of Trade at Glasgow into the wreck of the barque Renfrewshire. The board decided that there was no evidence…
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LONDON, Thursday night.—The new steamship Argus, built by the Palmer Shipping Company to the order of Messrs. A. Currie and Co., of Melbourne, and intended for the…
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THE captain and crow of the Integrity, ketch of fifty tons, arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning, and reported that the ketch foundered on Friday twenty-five miles…
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LONDON, Friday.—It is feared that a steamer engaged in conveying United States naval officers from San Francisco to More Island has been overtaken by a gale, and…
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ON Friday night an official memorandum was received by telegraph from the Postmaster. General of Western Australia, at Perth, announcing that the iron ship Benan,…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer Priam, bound for Hongkong, has been wrecked on the Cissargas Islands, off the coast of Spain. Nine lives were lost…
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DURING the southerly "buster" on Monday night the steamship Gulf of Guinea, a new vessel of 3250 tons, which recently arrived in Sydney from London, dragged her anchors…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A report of the wreck of a steamer is to hand from Singapore. It seems that the vessel, the Phyapeket, sprung a leak, and rapidly filled and foundered…
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NEWS has reached Honolulu by H.M.S Hyacinth of the wrecks of the German ship Hermann and the Swedish barque Virgo at Maldon Island. The crews of both vessels…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Colonial office is arranging for the purchase of a stern-wheel steamer built for the Nile expedition, for use on New…
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The captain of the labour schooner Myrtle has brought to Maryborough portions of the wreck of the Eastminster. It is believed that some of the survivors are upon the Percy…
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Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's new steamer Coogee, intended for the Hobson's Hay passesnger service, arrived at Melbourne on Friday from England, where she was recently purchased…
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