A Schooner Dismasted
The following telegram was received by the Brisbane Marine Board on Wednesday night from the harbour-master at Maryborough:—"Boats crow from labour brigantine Hooter landed at…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 22
Wreck of the Moltke
The steamer Dairymaid returned to Townsville the other day from the wreck of the German barque Moltke. The vessel was found to be perched on two pinnacles of rocks, having 7ft of…
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THE full-rigged American ship Anahuac, bound from Newcastle to Padang with coal, Captain Walker and 18 of a crew, was wrecked at 4 a.m. on Sunday, last, 13 miles south of…
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Steps are being to float the German barque Moltke, which recently went ashore on a reef off the Queensland coast. A recent report from the wreck states that work is progressing there…
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ALL hope of getting the Anahuac off the reefs have been abandoned. The ship's cargo wil be sold by auction to-morrow…
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The hull and equipment of the steamer Culgoa, which was wrecked at Noosa Head a short time back, was sold at auction the other day for £28, the hull, with the engines and boilers, as it now lies on…
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The crow of the Newcastle lifeboat and the members of the Rocket Brigade have been on duty since Saturday evening, with everything in readiness to render assistance to vessels that…
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Mr. H. E. Campbell, who has boon conducting the operations at the wreck of the Moltke, reports that a large contrifugal pump was got to bear on the after hold, and in 25 minutes the water in tile…
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SHORTLY after 8 o'clock yesterday morning, a man named Duggan reported at the police station that the body of a newly-born female infant was lying on the beach at the ladies'…
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AT the meeting of the Newcastle Marine Board yesterday, an inquiry was held into the circumstances of the loss of the steamer Taramung, which left this port for…
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MILTON, Wednesday.—A terrific hurricane raged yesterday, and the steamer Trident ran in the harbour for shelter, from Bermagui. One of her masts was blown out, and her bulwarks stove in…
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IT was with great satisfaction that news was received to-night of the safety of the steamer Wendouree, which was two days overdue here from Hobart. Her non-arrival had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Sea Islands Cruise. THE S.S. Archer's Trading. Severe Storm. Mission Houses and Crops Destroyed. Wreckage Washed Ashore
AFTER a successful trading cruise, extending to three months, amongst the numerous islands in the South Seas, the steamer Archer arrived in port yesterday morning. She is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Stormy Night. Wreck of the Ranger at Newcastle Breakwater. Tewed off and Capsized
ABOUT a quarter-past 8 last night, the report of two guns fired from the signal hill, was heard throughout the city, which denoted that is vessel was…
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THE schooner Ranger, which was wrecked on Wednesday night, on the southern end of the northern breakwater, and subsequently towed off and capsized, was yesterday driven on to…
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MESSRS. HUDDART, PARKER, AND Co., to-day received a telegram from Captain Le Neveu, of the Wendouree, advising his arrival at Eden. The vessel's non-arrival at Sydney is…
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The following wire was received yesterday:—"Bateman's Bay.—Ketches Bessie, Maud, and Saga Beattie went ashore in Cullen-Dulla Creek during late gale; no damage done; will float off…
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YESTERDAY afternoon an inquiry was hold by the local Marino Board concerning the wreck of the schooner Ranger. There were present: Captain Cross (chairman). Captain…
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THE Liverpool iron screw steamer Adirondack ii now given up as lost, with all her crew, numbering twenty-seven hands. The Adirondack, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Schooner in a Gale. The Hector Dismasted. BRISBANE
THE schooner Hector arrived at Brisbane to-day, a dismasted hulk. After a long cruise, she was caught, on returning to Queensland, in one of the heavy gales which blew along…
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