A Barque Ashore. Adelaide
THE barque Osman Pasha, bound from Port Augusta to Melbourne, went ashore at Hummock Point, near Port Augusta, but it is believed she will be towed off…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1890
519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 26
Sunken Steamer Centennial
An attempt was made last week to float the sunken steamer Centennial, lying at Taylor Bay. The vessel had been fitted with air bags and these were filled with air by means of a pump from the…
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A late New York report states that news reached that city of the loss of the San Francisco ship Oneida, which was wrecked while on a voyage to Alaska. The circumstances of the disaster are not…
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The Donald Currie liner Norham Castle, arriving at Plymouth, had news of the wreck of the Danish Barque Marie. She was on her way from Mozambique to Adelaide, when she was wrecked on the…
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The harbour master at Launceston, Captain J. J. Bradley, has examined the wreck of the steamer Nelson. He is of opinion that she is aground for three parts of her length, with the rest projecting…
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The New Zealand Shipping Company have received advices from London that their second now steamer will be ready to follow the Tekoa in about three months' time. She will be a large steamer…
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Operations are proceeding off the New Zealand coast for the recovery of the silver lost in the wrecked steamer Tararun some years ago. The diver reports having found the stem of the ship…
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Mr. B. B. Nicoll, of Sydney, having sold the steamer Bellinger, has temporarily replaced her with the steamer Alice. The steamer is now receiving an extensive overhaul, and on completion…
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Along the coast strong southerly winds prevailed yesterday. At 8p.m. South Hand reported fresh south-south-west winds, cloudy weather, and heavy Sea; at Kiama at strong gale was blowing, with…
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The new steamer time, of Messrs. Howard Smith and Son's fleet, reached the harbour yesterday from Melbourne, via Sydney. She has just commenced running in the intercolonial trade. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Schooner Coquette. Put into Port. Sails and Bulwarks Carried Away
MR. JOHN HENDERSON'S schooner Coquette, 12 days out, from the Clarence River, bound for Melbourne with cargo of piles and sawn timber for the Melbourne Harbour Trust, put…
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The collier schooner Mana, which left the harbour coal laden for Sydney on Monday night, returned to port yesterday with the loss of several sails. Captain Christanson states that after…
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A BOARD of Trade inquiry was opened at Westminster on June 2 respecting the missing Atlantic steamer Erin, which left New York in December last, and has not since…
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The dyke ferry steamer Etna as just completed an overhaul. She was painted and grained throughout, the machinery was thoroughly repaired and cleaned, new patent airtight bulkheads have been…
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The barque Zodiac which was wrecked off the Manning hands on Wednesday, was insured for £400, and the cargo, consisting of 282,300ft of sawn timber, was insured for £1400. The barque was…
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THE Konoowarra arrived at 7.30, bringing Captain Anderson, wife, and children, and Miss Brown, passengers on the Zodiac. The captain reports as follows:—The Zodiac left…
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The new American schooner, John S. Emery, reached the harbour yesterday afternoon in tow of the tug Emu, from Sydney, and berthed at the cargo wharf. She has part of original cargo from…
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The smart little schooner Jessie has again returned to the harbour, arriving here yesterday at noon from Brisbane. During the run down she met with some of the dirty weather reported by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Cyclone in Minnesota. a Steamer Capsized.—eighty Lives Lost
WASINGTON, July 15.—A terrific cyolone occurred in the State of Minnesota. Many houses were levelled to the ground, and many persons perished, including 80 deaths through…
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The barque Zodiac, which was abandoned by the crew in a sinkig condition on the northern coast on Wednesday and afterwards went ashora near Camden Haven, has broken up. The South British…
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