Wreck of Two Ships
A number of sailors belonging to the British barque Selene have reached San Francisco from [?]anta Rosalia. With them were some seamen belonging to the French barque A. Thiers. Both…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 22
Schooner Jasper Aground
The schooner Jasper arrived yesterday afternoon from Sydney. When opposite the Market wharf she took the ground on the sandbank. She is expected to float off at high water. The Japer…
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The steamer Feramount, 269 tons, owned by Messrs. John See and Co., and in command of Captain T. Tyrell, has had a rough experience on her trip north. She was in Trial Bay on Saturday…
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From the Singapore papers to hand, we learn that the P. and O. steamer HongKong went ashore on the Azalia Hock, near Perim, in the Red Sea. It is presumed that the accident occurred during…
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New Caledonia is rapidly becoming of importance as a place of lading for vessels; in fact, several are there at present loading nickel ore. Among the vessels from Sydney was the iron barque…
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The arrival at London of the Anglo-Australasian Company's steamer Haverton, from this port via ports, is announced by cable under date 19th inst. The Haverton left Newcastle on November 3rd,…
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THE number and tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of November, and the number of lives lost, are…
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The schooner Aratapu, under the command of Captain H. D. Bower, arrived at Sydney on Wednesday with a freight of timber from Kaipara, after a passage of nine days. The vessel left Kaipara on…
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The Mayor of Port Adelaide entertained the officers of the British-India steamer Mombassa, she being the largest vessel—4662 tons—which has ever come up the port…
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With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 580 of 1890, that from the report of a Court of Inquiry, held at Thursday Island, into the loss of the British ship Volga, drawing 2[?] feet, on 6th August, 1890,…
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The wreck of the Nepaul, lying on the rooks near Plymouth, has been given up as a bad job by the P. and O. Company. The P. and O. Company are to some extent fortunate in their misfortunes, as…
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THE wreck of the Nepaul, lying on Barnes Reef, near Plymouth, has says the European Mail, been given up as a bad job by the P. and O. Company…
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The schooner Camille, from Long Island and Port Chalmers, fell in with some bad weather. On the 3rd instant the wind came from the westward, accompanied by a very heavy head sea, the gale…
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THE now famous life-boat Storm King arrived in Newcastle yesterday morning by the s.s. Balmain, and was during the day conveyed on lorries to a vacant piece of…
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During the year 1890 sixteen vessels, representing 5303 tons, were wrecked on, or in the vicinity of, the coast of New South Wales. The value of the vessels and cargoes is given as £145,350. The…
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By the Oroya's mail to hand, under date London, December 26, the following sales are noted:—The wreck of the P. and O. steamer Nepaul has been sold for £1000. Her cargo has been sold also…
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A telegram from Glasgow, dated December 24, says:—"Glasgow Salvage Association report their officer telegraphs from Kircudbright this morning as follows: 'Clynder went to pieces during…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A report to hand from the East states that a French transport ship has foundered in the China Sea, and that 700 lives have been lost in…
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IN all stages of the world's history inventors of appliances for the destruction of human life have received far higher honours and rewards than those who have exercised their…
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The colonial-owned schooner Sedwell Jane made the port last evening, after a smart passage of six days from Brisbane, where she left on the 27th ultimo, in balast, and had a fine weather passage…
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