The Wastwater Ashore
LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer Wast-water, belonging to Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., of Melbourne, which left Melbourne on November 20, for Antwerp, via Adelaide…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 22
The Missing Schooner Rainbow
Nothing further has been heard of the missing schooner Rainbow, now considerably overdne at the Clarence River from Melbourne, and fears for the worst are being entertained. The Rainbow…
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DURING a recent gale in the British Channel, the Bristol steamer Calypso was run into off Dungeness by the Spanish steamer Pinzon. As the Calypso was proceeding up Channel,…
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MR. WILLIAM DAVIS, second officer of the steamship Uppingham, of London, which was wrecked on the north cost of Devon recently, has made a remarkable statement…
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News reached Suva of the total loss of the Bau cutter Ra Adilaite, on the main reef off the island of Yanuca Levu, It appears that while on her way up from Suva, and when abreast of Yanuca…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest District News. Stockton. Schooner Grace Lynn
This taut little vessel, after her recent return from Queensland, has just been up on Callen's slip for a thorough inspection, and general overhaul and repair. The schooner,…
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News from the Islands reports the wreck of the schooner Julia Price. Sixteen of her native crew were drowned…
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The Union Company's new steamship Rotokino, the latest addition but one to the company's fleet, arrived in Port Jackson at 8.15 yesterday morning. she is a useful vessel of the cargo-carrying type,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of a Shipmaster. The Schooner Buster. SYDNEY
MR. J. J. WILLIAMS, shipowner, received a cable from Mr. Shaw, chief officer of the three-masted schooner Buster, this morning, stating that the vessel had put into Gibraltar…
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The smart little schooner Three Cheers, timber laden, from Auckland, via Mercury Bay, reached the harbour yesterday. At Auckland she took in port cargo, and then proceeded to Mercury Bay…
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The Napier-owned schooner Rio arrived in pert yesterday after a lengthy voyage from Napier, N. Z. Captain Deon reports nailing from Rapier in ballast on the 16th ultimo, and owing to adverse…
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HONGKONG files to hand state that the Douglas Company's coasting steamer Hamoi was seized by pirates on the 5th December, 35 miles from Hongkong. The vessel was…
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The Victorian Marine Board is very desirous of having the obstruction in the bay caused by the sunken ship Cape Verde removed as speedily as possible, and have under consideration proposals…
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The schooner Jasper, from Lyttelton (N.Z.) with a cargo of cereals, arrived at Sydney on Saturday morning. Captain Rogers reports having smiled on the 20th ult., and had strong westerly winds, or…
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The little schooner Welcome, after a passage of eighteen days, reached the harbour yesterday afternoon from Auckland. She has on board a full cargo of flour, consigned to Mr. J. Ireland…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.—News is to hand from New Caledonia that the iron ship Ayrshire, laden with nickel ore, and bound for Glasgow, has gone ashore on a reef on the north-east coast of New…
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The captain of the steamer Kahu, which has arrived from the Chatham Islands, reports having found there some curiously carved bowls and…
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THE fore and-aft schooner Susie, as she was making her passage along the coast on Monday day night, struck on the rocks about 10 miles south of the Port Stephens light. The…
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The schooner Fern, which left hero on Monday night, bound for Sydney when off ferigal, met the full force of the southerly gale, which carried away her fore topsail yard. several sails were…
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A WIRE was posted outside the telegraph office yesterday from Cape S[?]hanck, stating that the steamer Despatch was off there from daylight, with her engines broken…
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