Loss of a Steamer and Fifteen Lives
INTELLIGENCE was brought to Queenstown by the Cunard mail steamer Umbria that the steamer Fearless was lost with all hands on the 20th November on the Oregon coast in a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1890
519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 26
Schooner Edith May
The three-masted schooner Edith May returned to Port Jackson on Saturday from the islands rather sooner than anticipated, in consequence of an outbreak of fever on board. Captain Stewart…
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The Anglo-Australian Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Port Caroline comes on here to-day from Sydney. She will take in 3000 bales of wool for the London March sales. It is expected…
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The river steamer Centennial, which sunk in the Paterson River on Tuesday, was successfully floated on Wednesday. Captain Williams, with a number of men, proceeded to the scene of the…
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The schooner Pendle Hill, which left here on the 11th of last month with a cargo of coal for Napier, New Zealand, returned to Newcastle yesterday in ballast, She left Napier on the 8th instant. South…
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THE barque Tenby Castle, bound from St. Nazaire for Barrow, in ballast, struck the other day on a reef off Penraose, three miles from Holyhead, Wales. The coast guards on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. the Wreck of the Glen Rosa
The Glen Rosa has drifted further inshore near M'Donald Bay. Heavy seas are breaking over her and she is now a total wreck. All the crew are safe…
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A narrow escape from total wreck occurred at South Reef, near the head of the Sydney harbour, on Saturday. The coasting schooner Jessie, outward bound, was beating out between the heads…
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The French barque Delphine Melanie, which has visited Sydney and Newcastle on several occasions went ashore at Tacumshane, on the Irish coast, near Wexford. The barque had been abandoned, being…
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The barque Thorn, bound from Liverpool to Adelaide, was totally wrecked in Douglas Bay. Isle of Man, on the 25th instant. Sixteen of the crew and two passengers were saved in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Monday. Wreck of the Glenrosa
The barque Glenrosa has been driven further inshore at M'Donnell Bay, and has now 18ft of water in her hold. The sea to-day was calmer, and some cargo was lightered from…
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The s.s. Riverina is a vessel of 2801 tons, belonging to Lund's Line, and has been about two years in the Australian trade, and her last voyage was made from London to…
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The British steamer Daventry, which arrived at New York July 21 from Hamburg, is the second of the now kind of freight steamers, having great stowage capacity. She is built of Siemens-Martin…
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LONDON, Monday.—The ship Loch Moidart, 2000 tons, bound from Pisagua to Glasgow, has been wrecked on the coast of Holland. Thirty persons wore drowned…
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GREAT consternation was occasioned in Sydney on Monday night, when news was received from Gabo Island that the steamer Riverina from London, for Sydney, and…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer Paris, which left Dieppe for Newhaven, but did not arrive at the usual time, in consequence of which fears were entertained that she had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Steamer Aberdeen
Cable advices to hand announce the arrival at London of the fine steamer Aberdeen on the 27th instant from Newcastle via Sydney and Melbourne. She left here on the 3rd of December, taking with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Grounded Steamer Riverina. Arrival of Second Officer and Passengers at Sydney. The Captain of the Wendonree's Report
THE following accounts suppliment the meagre news to hand when we went to press yesterday concerning the wreck of the s.s. Riverina, which grounded at Ram…
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In consequence of the strong S.S.W. wind blowing and the heavy sea on the bar yesterday, the crew of the Newcastle lifeboat were on duty all day and last night, standing by their boat is readiness…
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The tug Adelaide returned from the stranded barque Glenrosa to Port Adelaide on Wednesday. The opinion seems to be pretty unanimous that the ship will be completely thrown away, owing to…
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