New Mail Steamer
LONDON, Monday.—The steamship Australian, the first of the four new vessels being built by the Messageries Maritimes Company for the Australian trade, has been…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1889
310 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 16
Loss of a Schooner. Struck on a Rock
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—The schooner Cameron struck a rock at the entrance to Bluff Harbour and immediately filled with water and sank. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Services of the Life-boat Men. a Citizen Heads a Subscription. to the Editor
SIR,—I was more than pleased this morning when I read your leader "Man the Life Boat!" As an eye-witness of the great heroism displayed by Pilot Dagwell and his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Steamer Glanworth in Sydney. Sydney, Tuesday Night
The steamer Glanworth, which arrived here last night from Brisbane, has on board the Silbon troupe of specialists, who were to have commenced a short season in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the Schooner Stanley
The schooner Stanley arrived in port from Noumea shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday. Captain M'Kenzie reports having left Noumea on the 18th inst., and had a fine run of four days to the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fishing Boat Ashore. Supposed Drowning Fatality
Information was received from Captain Dalton, of the steamer Kingsley, which arrived from Port Stephens yesterday, afternoon, that a fishing boat belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Steamer Beeswing. Not Heard Of
The steamer Beeswing left the harbour at 2 a.m. on Sunday for Melbourne, and up till last evening no news had been received of her having passed Green Cape or Gabo, nor of…
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BARRANJOEY, Thursday.—The wreck of a small steamer is ashore in wash, Putty Beach, which is seawards from Hawk Head, on the east shore of Broken Bay. Last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Phœbe. Arrived in Sydney
The steam collier Phœbe, of Messrs. J. and A. Brown's line, which should have been in Sydney on Monday, arrived there on Wednesday morning from Newcastle, having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Beeswing. a Long Passage. Fears for her Safety
THE steamer Beeswing, which left Newcastle on Sunday morning at 2 o'clock for Melbourne, has not yet arrived there, and grave fears are entertained for her safety. She…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Schooner Amphitrite Disabled
The coasting schooner Amphitrite arrived in port yesterday morning in tow of the Emma Pyers, steamer. The Amphitrite left the Richmond river on the 25th ultimo, and encountered the full force…
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The Melbourne owned steamer Easby arrived in the harbour on Saturday morning. Captain R. W. Prideaux reports having left the Melbourne wharf at 8 a.m. on the 28th, passed Wilson's Promontory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmania. a Mail Steamer Overdue
The steamer Tainu, due from London, was not signalled at dusk on Friday at Hobart. She has probably encountered the recent gale. She has 42 passengers for Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian News. New South Wales. Wreck of the Duckenfield
SALVAGE operations will be commenced this week at the wreck of Messrs. J. and A. Brown's steam collier Duckenfield, which, it will be remembered, recently came to grief…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Fijian Wrecked. Shipwrecked Among Savages. The Vessel Beached
BY the A.U.S.N. Company's steampship Tentenden, which arrived, in Port Jackson on Sunday, intelligence was received of the wreck of the steamship Fijian, of the Union…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Ionic
Some further particulars are to hand of the accident to the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Ionic:—"The R.M.S. Ionic left Lyttelton on May 2, and put back on May 13 with a broken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Affray on a Schooner. a Captain Killed
NEWS has been received from the New Hebrides of a shooting affray on board the Sydney-owned schooner Colonist, resulting in the death of Captain Greenless, the master of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion of Coal Gas on a Steamer
An explosion occurred on board the steamer Waratea, which arrived at Lyttelton recently, with Greymouth coal. When off Cape Farewell, Samuel Taylor, seaman, went down the hatch and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Altmore. Cargo Sold for 7s. Saved Passengers and Crew
THE two missing boats from the wreck of the four-masted ship Altmore, which, it will be remembered, was recently lost on Viwa Reef, off the Fiji Group, had arrived safely at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckage Off Tonga
On the return trip of the steamship Richmond to Ponga from Raratonga, while about 200 miles due east of Nukualoft, recently, she passed a quantity of wreckage, consisting of a ship's mast,…
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