Wreck of the Barque Sarah!
News was recieved in Sydney yesterday morning of the total wreck of the barque Sarah near Vancouver Island. The barque left Sydney about six months ago with a cargo of coal for Manila,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 22
Schooner Pendle Hill
The smart little schooner Pendle Hill reached the harbour on Saturday from Napier with produce, after a protracted passage extending to 22 days. This was accounted for by the prevalence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Intercolonial Steamer Melbourne
For the intercolonial trade a new steel screw steamer, to be named the Melbourne, is now being built by Sir William Gray and Co., the eminent shipbuilders, West Hartlepool, England, to the…
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The schooner Stanley, a Nova Scotia-built vessel, but owned in Auckland, arrived yesterday from Melbourne. She is in command of Captain M'Keuzie, and comes consigned to Mr. R. B…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Tanais
The M.M.S. Tanais returned to Sydney yesterday, from her usual monthly trip to Noumea. She brought several officers and sixteen soldiers of the French Army, whose terms at Noumea have…
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The Nelson Colonist, New Zealand, reports that when the crew of the ketch Elizabeth, recently wrecked at West Wanganui, were clambering over the hills, after getting ashore, they found in the…
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The Peregrine, a new screw steel steamer intended for Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' intercolonial service, has arrived at Melbourne. The Peregrine is from the yards of Messrs. W. B…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer Ruahine
On the 29th ultimo the Ruahine, the latest addition to the N.Z.S. Company's fleet, was launched from Denny Brothers' yards, at Dumbarton. The new vessel is classed "100 A1 three-decked" at…
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The West Australian, barque, 572 tons, of London, bound from Fremantle to Geraldton (W.A.) while beating into the harbour struck on a reef. She is now lying with stern fast in 8ft 6d of water,…
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Some floating wreckage is reported in Melbourne to have been seen to the westward of Wilson's Promontory, in the form of a mast, about five feet of which can be seen standing upright in the water,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. the Wreck of the Gambier
The bench of Port Melbourne has ordered the owners of the Gambier to remove the wreck of that vessel within two months. THE DIVORCE COURT…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Perilous Voyage. Nearly Wrecked. MELBOURNE
BY the s.s. Time, 4000 tons of coal arrived from Newcastle early this morning, after a terrible passage. When off Wilson's Promontory the gale increased to a hurricane,…
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The British ship Strathblane, 16 days from Honolulu, went ashore in Shoal water Bay, Washington, on the 3rd ult., and became a total wreck: all on board except six were rescued. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Discarded Daughter. Chapter Xv. Night and Storm on the Isle—child of the Wreck
The strife of fiends is on the battling clouds, The glare of hell is on the sulphurous lightnings. This is no earthly storm!…
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The Japanese-owned steamship Miike Maru, which visited this port several months ago, with a view to opening up a trade between Japan and Australia, has successfully completed her second…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Lifeboat Scandal
LONDON, Friday.—A lifeboat crew at Liverpool put to sea in a drunken state during the gale last night in search of a wreck. They were unable to find the vessel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Mail Boat
Advices by the English mail state that the royal mail steamer Moselle has been lost in the West Indies. she was totally wrecked about 20 miles from Colon, on her homeward voyage from Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brigantine Seabird Ashore
A wire from Launceston on Sunday stated that the brigantine seabird, from New Zealand, had gone ashore a Macquarie. She will probably be refloated. No lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Dominion
The Dominion, reported as having gone ashore at Blyth, and would probably become a total loss, was a new ship of 2550 tons, launched at Sunderland on the 17th October last, and owned by Messrs. W…
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On the 5th instant the Anchor line (New Zealand) steamer Kennedy ran ashore in the Manawatu River. An effort was made to kedge her off, but this was unsuccessful. As the water was becoming…
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