Wreck of the Annie C. Lynn
Yesterday the Sydney Marine Board gave its decision in the case of the loss of the schooner Annie C. Lynn, which became a total wreck at the Brunswick Heads on May 1 last. The board found…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 22
S.s. Fernmount Ashore
The steamer Fernmount, belonging to Mr. John See's northern river fleet, has been rather unfortunate at the rivers latterly, through taking the ground. A wire was received yesterday from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Dispatch. Critical Position. MELBOURNE
NEWS has just been received, which shows that Huddart, Parker's steamer Dispatch is in a critical condition off the Heads. Later information is lacking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On a Reef. Hopeless Wreck of the Moltke. BRISBANE
THE marine surveyors report that it is hopeless to get the Moltke off the reef on which the vessel lies, and which is not marked on the chart…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queenscliff Life-boat Inquiry. Melbourne
THE life-boat inquiry was continued to-day. One of the witnesses stated that a member of the life-boat crow, when called upon, refused to go out to the ship Craigburn, that…
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The crew of the Newcastle lifeboat, and the members of the Rocket Brigade, were on duty last night, ready to render assistance if required, in case of vessels in distress. A steamer was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Avon Ashore
The steamer Avon, another of Messrs. John Sea and Co.'s line, has gone ashore at the Bellinger River. She struck on the north beach at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and the lies hard and fast close…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Mission Steamer
A new vessel, intended for service in connection with the Wesleyan Mission in New Guinea and New Britain, will be launched front the yard of Mr. Ford, at Berry's Bay in the course of a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Melbourne Letter. Shipwrecks
THE principal feature of news, if such it can be called, daily before the Melbourne public is that attached to the recent shipwrecks of the American…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →American Schooner Ensenada
The American four-masted, schooner Eusouada made the port on Saturday, from Melbourne, after a passage of eight days. Captain Toye is in command. She left Melbourne on the 29th ultimo, and…
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The steam-tug Carbine picked up two lifebuoys and some pieces of dock planking off the Five Islands, Wollongong, on Friday. The buoys were not marked, and the whole had the appearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing S.S. Taramung. No Hopes Entertained. Wreckage Washed Ashore
ALL hopes for the safety of the missing steam collier Taramung, now seven days overdue at Melbourne from this port, were dispelled on receipt of the following wire,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Culgoa
The Brisbane Shipping Inspector has held a preliminary inquiry concerning the wreck of the steamer Caulgoa, which was lost on the Noosa Bar Queensland, last month. The facts cheited…
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TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.—Great anxiety is felt for the steamer Dairymaid, which left on Thursday with a salvage party for the wrecked barque Meltke, at Paluma Reef, near Cape Bowling-green…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Weather on the Coast. Wrecks and Casualties
YESTERDAY morning broke with heavy easterly weather, and, as the day wore on, the wind increased to furious gales along the coast, accompanied by high seas. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Venus. Gallant Rescue of the Crew. SYDNEY
A telegram from Fernmount states that a strong easterly gale commenced yesterday, and continued last night. There was a fearful sea on, and a tremendous gale blowing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Time of Wrecks
Now that wrecks are on the boom, it will be interesting to learn that a public-spirited inventor, Wigham, in England, has devised a burner by which gas made from ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lifeboat Service. Melbourne
THE Lifeboat Service Board has submitted a report to the Commissioner for Customs. It is a very long document, and the chief points mentioned are as follows:—It was no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck at Fiji
Advices from Fijistate that the Eastern group trading cutter Black Prince, 38 tons, went ashore owing to failure in the wind while beating through the Nai Soni Soni Passage, oil Vanua Levu, on the…
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A wire received on Saturday from Moruya stated that the ketch Echo, which had been off the bar on the previous day, had grounded on the north spit. It was thought unlikely that she would get off…
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