Wreckage at Fiji
News comes to hand from Fiji that large quantities of timber and round spars have been washed within the last couple of months on the various islands of the Yasawas Group, to the westward of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1889
310 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 16
Messrs. Huddart-parker's New Steamer Westwater
The new steamer Wastwater, which lately arrived at Melbourne from Frederick, was built by Messrs. E. Withy and Co, of West Hartlepool to the order of Mr. James Huddart, of the firm of…
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ABOUT a quarter to 11 o'clock last night a report was current in town that the steam-ship Afghan, 1439 tons, of the Gibb—line, Captain Golding, had sunk at No. 7…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Schooner Anne Moore. The Captain's Statement
THE captain and crew—seven all told—of the schooner Anne Moore, which was wrecked on the northern coast on Wednesday, reached Sydney on Friday evening by…
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WHEN our reporter visited the dyke on Saturday afternoon the Afghan was lying in the same position as she was in on Friday. To prevent her taking a further list to port,…
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THE position of affairs at the steamer Afghan remains unaltered. One pump was set to work on Sunday night at 10 o'clock, and reduced the water in the vessel by about five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday Night. Wreck of the Annie Moore
THE Marine Board commenced an inquiry this afternoon into the wreck of the schooner Annie Moore, which was wrecked half a mile south of the Clarence Heads on the 3rd inst…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The s.s. Airlie, which arrived yesterday' reports that the steamer Port Victor, from Newcastle to Hongkong, with coal, is on a reef off Cape Direction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Wreck of a Lugger
The lugger Cupid was wrecked last Thursday off Mobiag. After the diver commenced work the wind increased very much. The Vessel dragged her anchors, and commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tasmanian S.n. Co's New Steamer
The new steamer for the Tasmanian and Sydney trade is expected to be ready to take the place of the Nemesis, when the latter's charter expires. The new boat will be named in the aboriginal tongue—…
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THE John Rider has arrived at Plymouth, bringing Captain Hayes and the officers and crew of the Pacific Company's steamship Cotopaxi, which was wrecked in Smyth's…
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SYDNEY, Thursday Night.—Mr. Alexander Burns has received a cablegram from San Francisco this morning, announcing the wreck of the four-masted schooner Collaroy…
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AFTER the recent serious accident the steamer Afghan is being got into proper order again. It has not yet been decided whether the coal in the vessel will be discharged here or in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Barque Kenil Worth. Part of the Crew Saved. The Remainder still Missing
BRISBANE, Monday Night.—The German barque Kenilworth, bound from Newcastle Sourabaya (Java), went ashore twenty miles west of Bramble Bay on the 5th instant, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelaide S.s. Co.'s New Steamer
The Barrier is the name of the Adelaide Steamship Company's new bone. She has been secured expressly for the trade between Port Pirie and Sydney, and will run in conjunction with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Supposed Foundering of a Schooner
The Telegraph Department has received the following from Double Island Point:— "The Florence Peat, schooner, has been anchored here since Saturday. Owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Wastwater
The new steamer Wastwater, of Messrs. Huddars, Parker and Co.'s line, appears to have acquitted herself remarkably well on her first round trip in the intercolonial trade. She made the run…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. a Dredge Ashore
The Dredge Bremner, which is engaged in dredging the mouth of Cabbage Tree Creek, near Sandgate, broke from her moorings on Wednesday, and drifted on to the bank…
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IN yesterday's issue was published, the evidence given at the local Marine Board inquiry into the circumstances attending the sinking of the steamship Afghan at her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Gettysburg. Remarkable Adventures of a Shipwrecked Crew
IN the mail steamer Para there arrived at Plymouth on May 25 some shipwrecked mariners whose adventures present features of no ordinary interest. They are Captain…
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