Our Melbourne Letter. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Another Wreck
IF a prize were offered to the colony that could show the best record during the year, Victoria would undoubtedly win in a canter. Since the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 22
Disabled Schooner Enterprise
The schooner Enterprise arrived at Corner Inlet, Port Albert, on Tuesday under jury masts. She was bound from Melbourne to Port Macquarie and Hobart with a cargo of dynamite and…
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On a beach near Port Waikato on the West Coast of New Zealand, wreckage, consisting of a spar 40ft long, with two blocks attached, marked with the initials P.F. out in them, also a wooden tank,…
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Captain Olsen, of the Norwegian barque Amo, which left Newcastle for Valparaiso on the 20th January last, with a cargo of 843 tons of coal, has arrived at Plymouth. He gives an extraordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. No Steamer
THE Hunter River N.S N. Co. notifies that owing to an accident there will be no steamer from Sydney for Newcastle to-night. A NAVAL ASSAULT…
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Concerning the wreck of the Alicia, which was wrecked at Apia. in February last, when on a voyage hence to Honolulu, a great deal of interest was, at latest advices from San Francisco, being…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The Orient Company's new steamer Ophhir is now loading. She is claimed to be the safest and most complete finish afloat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Fill. Charge Against the Master. MELBOURNE
An inquiry has commenced at the Marine Court into the wreck of the Fiji. Captain Vickers was charged with casting the ship away through carelessness. The second…
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The steamer Ophir, the latest addition to the fleet of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, was on the 19th instant loading in London for her first voyage to Australia. It is claimed by her…
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On Monday the Dordogne, a French steamship. arrived at Melbourne, from London. She is one of the Messageries Maritimes fleet, and comparatively a new vessel. Hitherto she has been in engaged in…
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THE Marine Court has found Captain Vickers, of the Fiji, guilty of gross misconduct on casting away that vessel, and suspended his certificate for 12 months. No costs were…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Howard Smith and Sons have purchased a splendid new steamer, for their Australian trade. Her speed is seventeen knots. The vessel is superbly…
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The inquiry into the loss of the barque Fiji was concluded at Melbourne on Friday by the court of Marine. The Court found that the wreck had been solely caused by the want of proper…
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LONDON, Tuesday Night —The steamer Indra (of the "Tyser" line), outward bound for Australia, which had to put back for repairs after colliding with the pierhead after leaving the…
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The master of the ketch Laura Belle, who has arrived at Townsville, reports that his vessel was wrecked on Blacksmith Island, Anchor Group, on the 21st. The vessel was not registered or insured…
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A FREIGHT boat drawing but 8in water! The craft was built for the Mexican trade, and will be used in the shallow waters of the Mexican…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sugar Steamer Touches a Reef
Captain Evan Evans, of the steamer Beagle, which left Dungeness with a cargo of sugar for this port direct on August 24, reported to the shipping inspector at Cooktown on September 18…
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ABOUT thirty-four years ago (says the Glasgow Herald) a vessel called the Sally, while coming up the Solway, was wrecked opposite Carsethorn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner Coquette
The locally-owned schooner Coquette made a good run round from Melbourne in a little under four days. She arrived yesterday, and is still in charge of Captain Brown. She left Melbourne on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Zolande.—smart Passage
The smart little schooner Zolande completed an exceedingly quick passage of 70 hours from Melbourne, when she arrived yesterday morning. Captain M'Donald reports leaving Melbourne on…
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