Steamer Imprisoned by Ice
THE British steamship Mareca, which has arrived in Philadelphia from Hamburg, was imprisoned by ice for four days and nights. The craw suffered intensely from cold, the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1890
519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 26
Wreck of the Ketch Saturn
An inquiry will be held by the local Marine Board to-day concerning the wreck of the ketch Saturn, which is stated to have sprung a leak on Wednesday week when on a trip from Newcastle to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire on the Schooner Victory
The particulars of the fire on the schooner Victory now to hand, show that the crew could neither tell how the fire originated or to whom the schooner belonged. Now and then cargoes of lime…
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AN inquiry was held by the local Marine Board yesterday into the cause of the beaching and abandonment of the ketch Saturn, of Newcastle. Present: Captain H. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Australian Steamer
A new steamer built for Mr. John M'Ilwraith, of Melbourne, was lunched at Sunderland on Tuesday. The new steamer is named the Federal, and is intended to run in the coal trade between…
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Messrs. James and Alexander brown in have been advised by cable of the launch of their now steamer at Paisley on Tuesday last. In the shipbuilding yard a platform was erected astern of the steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Saturn Inquiry
At the adjourned meeting of the local Marine Board, held yesteray, the decision of the board was given in the case of the abandonment and stranding of the ketch Saturn in the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Quetta. Report from the Divers
THE Quetta inquiry was continued in Brisbane on Wednesday, and further adjourned. The whole sitting was occupied with the examination of Captain Heath, portmaster of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Schooner Tacora. the Latest Novelty
About the latest novelty in British naval architecture is to be seen in the rig of the four-masted schooner Tacora, which arrived here on Saturday from Adelaide. She has been built for her owners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Terranora
The pretty little steamer Terranora, which belonged to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, has recently changed owners, having been purchased by two New Zealand Roman Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck and Loss of Life
THE Ville do Calais, petroleum ship, was wrecked near Margate jetty recently. Six of the crew, including Mr. Frank Stanfield, were saved by the surf boat Friend to All…
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A letter has just been received from Mr. William Andrew, brother of Captain S. J. Andrew, of the illfated ship Loch Moidart, which, after giving particulars of the disaster, goes on to state that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Wreck in January, 1890
The number and tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of January, 1890, and the number of lives lost, are as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Weather on the Coast. a Schooner Ashore
NEWS was received yesterday that the schooner Julius Vogel went ashore at Tomakin about 7 p.m. on Tuesday. There was a very rough sea running at the time,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another New Steamer
A cable dated London, April 16th, states that Mr. Triuder's new steamer Saladin has been successfully launched. She is intended to trade between Perth (W.A.) and Singapore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian News. New South Wales. Alleged Larceny of a Steamer
A COLOURED man named Daniel Alexander was brought up at the Balranald Police Court on Wednesday charged wish larceny as a bailee of the hawking steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cable Steamer Scotia
The cable steamer Scotia arrived at Sydney yesterday from London. Captain Cato is in command She left London on the 20th February and is Consigned to the agency of the E. and A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Barque Ashore
A telegram dated Perth, April 9, says :—"The barque Augustus Kobbe, bound for Sharks' Bay to load pearlshell, ran aground of Cape Rose on the 26th ult. Sixty tons of ballast have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer Oakland
The English papers to hand report the launch at Dumbarton of a steel schooner-rigged steamer of 400 tons, built to the order of Mr. W. T. Flager, of Sydney. The vessel was named the Oakland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer Leaky
The steamer Tenterden, from the island, brings news that the French New Hebrides Company's steamer Noumea sprang a leak on her passage from New Caledouia to the New Hebrides and…
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