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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1890

519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 26

The Steamer Wastwater

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 5

The work of loading the steamer Wast-water was continued early yesterday morning, and by 2 o'clock the remaining portion of the coal standing on the wharf was placed on…

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Another New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 4

The latest addition to the Adelaide Steamship Company's line is the Inn[?]cka, launched on August from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Napier, Shanks and Belt. She is a steel screw…

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The New Steamer Hygeia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 4

Messrs. Haddart, Parker and Co.'s new steamer Hygeia has the distiaction of being one of the fastest if not the fastest vessel owned in the colouries. On her trial trip on the Clyde, between…

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Austrian Warship Foundered. All Hands Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 5

VIENNA, Tuesday.—Intelligence has been received that the Austrian man of-war Taurus has foundered in the Black Sea with all hands aboard, numbering 72, who went…

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Wreck of a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 8

THE fourteen survivors of the crew of the West Hartlepool steamer Minerva, Captain Bridston, which was wrecked off the Port of Messida, on the Algerian coast, on July 13,…

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New Steamer Kweiyang

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 4

The steamer Kweiyang, from Hongkong and Foochow, belonging to the China Navigation Company's line, has arrived at Sydney. She is a new vessel on her maiden voyage, having been built and…

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Fire on Board the Steamer Namoi. Estimated Damage £3000. The Saloon Gutted. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 5

CONSIDERABLE consternation was caused in the city this morning about 9 o'clock when it was stated that a fire had broken out on board the well-known steamer…

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Scene on a B.I. Steamer. Unionists Maltreat Non-unionists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.—The B.I.S.N. Company's steamer Almora sailed for Queensland yesterday some hours late, in consequence of the refusal of the crow, who are members of the…

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Steamer Gulf of Venice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1890 · page 4

The second wool steamer of this season, the Gulf of Venice, got away from Newcastle on Saturday with fair consignments of wool, basils, skins, and copper. She proceeds from hero to…

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The New Steamer Duckenfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1890 · page 4

Messrs. J. and A. Brown's now steamer Duckenfield (a description of which appeared in our issue of the 13th instant) reached the harbour yesterday from Glasgow via ports. She is under command…

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Wreck of a Turkish Warship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A Lloyd's telegram from Hiogo, Japan, has been published, stating that the Turkish war vessel Erlogroul has foundered at sea, and that 500 men have…

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A Vessel Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The barque Beecroft, bound from Sweden to Melbourne, has gone ashore at the Orkney Islands…

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The Wreck of the Volga

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1890 · page 4

There seems a probability of the ship Volga, which was recently wrecked in Torres Straits, being floated and taken into Thursday Island. Diver Andersen, at Thursday Island, recently…

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Schooner Zephyr

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1890 · page 4

The locally-owned schooner Zephyr returned to the harbour yesterday after a fast and successful round trip to and from Melbourne. At the outset of the present strike, this vessel got an excellent…

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New Steamer Saladin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1890 · page 4

On Tuesday last the new steamer Saladia, belonging to Holt's line, arrived at Fremantle from London via northern ports with a large complement of passengers. The vessel was built to…

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Disabled Steamer Tavinui

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1890 · page 4

The Union Company's new steamer Tavinui, which had her propeller broken on Wednesday when en route from Melbourne to this port, arrived at Melbourne yesterday in tow of the R.M.S…

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Sunken Steamer Centennial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 4

The steamer Centennial, which was sunk in Taylor's Bay. Sydney, on the 23rd of August last year, by colliding with the Kanahooka, has so far ballied the attempts to raise her. The Sydney…

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A Danish Ice-breaking Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 11

THE ice-breaking steamer Nijoluir, built at the Elsinore Iron Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Elsinore, Denmark, for account of the…

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Schooner Pendle Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1890 · page 4

The three masted schooner Pendle Hill, Captain Wilderstrom, arrived in the harbour on Saturday night from Sydney to load cargo of coal for Napier, New Zealand…

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River Steamer Favourite

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1890 · page 4

The river steamer Favorite, which trades between Newcastle and Clarencetowo, is alongside the dyke undergoing an overhaul, and having now and more powerful boilers placed on board…

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