Wreck of a Fishing Boat
HOBART, Monday.—The fishing boat Gleaner has been wrecked at Schouten Island. All bands were saved. The wreck occurred on Friday night during the bad weather…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 22
New Steamer for Lund's Line
On the afternoon of May 26, Messrs. Wigham Richardson and Co. launched from their Neptune Shipyard, Low Walker, a screw steamer which has been built to the order of Mr. W. Lund, of London,…
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The ketch William and Alexander, a well-known coaster, went ashore during the recent easterly gale at Tomakin, on the south coast, and at latest advices was still hard and fast, with her rudder…
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The ketch Berlinda, which was recently purchased by Captain D. Williams, of this port, is now undergoing extensive alterations. She was built at Forster (N.S.W.) in 1881, for Mr. J. E. Coman,…
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GEELONG, Monday, reports:—"S S. Bancoora ashore at Bream Creek. Vessel is not on the rocks, but is in a pre[?]rious condition, with propeller showing."…
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During the voyage of the steamer Port Caroline from London, when in lat. 41deg 44sec south, long. 45deg 38sec east a cask was sighted, properly headed up, floating buoyantly, and apparently…
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THE steamer Bancoora, which went ashore in nearly the same place as the J. H. Scammell, remains firmly fixed. All the crew and the passengers have been landed. The Lady…
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THE last news from the scene of the wreck of the Bancoora states there is no chance of the vessel being saved. The captain is still aboard. The crew camped on the beach…
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A TELEGRAM from Launceston, dated Thursday, states:—A collision occurred outside Trial Harbour this morning. The private coastal ketch Pioneer ran into the steamer…
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The magnificent Aberdeen White Star liner Damascus arrived here from Sydney yesterday forenoon, and steamed direct to the dyke, where she took up her berth at No. 11 crane. She takes…
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Concerning the wreck of the B.I.S.N. Co.'s steamer Bancoora, the second officer, Mr. Sharp who was on the bridge when the vessel struck, states that he saw no lights at all on the coast,…
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Captain Jones, who was wrecked on the Compadre, states that had it not been for the Government stores and domesticated animals on the Auckland Islands the crew would be in a most…
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THE residents of the city were thrown into a state of feverish excitement by the news that the locally-owned barque Ellen had been wrecked off Seal Rocks, and that the captain…
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Port Macquarie Pilot Station reported yesterday that a steamer like the Helen Nicoll was off Point Plummer all morning, apparently disabled. Port Macquarie, at 11 a.m., reported that the steamer…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A remarkable wheat steamer has arrived at Liverpool, from New York. She is shaped like a cigar, carries 88,000 bushels of wheat, and discharges in…
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The brigantine sarah Pile, which grounded on the Tairua bar on the 10th instant, and was afterwards swept on to the rocks, had on board 91,000 feet of sawn dressed Kauri timber for this port…
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A long discussion took place on Monday, at the meeting of the Marine Board, on the subject of the wreck of the British India Company's steamer Bancoora. Some…
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The R.M.S. Mariposa brings news of the loss of the British ship New York, Captain E. M. Thomas, on Staten Island, off Cape Horn, on April 20 last. The vessel quickly broke up, the crew barely…
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The Marine Board has decided not to take any action respecting the wrecks of the schooner Nowra and the ketch Unity at Port Phillip Heads…
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The steamship Tagliaferro arrived from Melbourne about half-past 1 o'clock yesterday, Captain Strom reports having left at 2 o'clock on Friday morning, from which time until the…
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