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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891

429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 22

A New Steamer. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1891 · page 5

THIS morning the Colonial Treasurer accepted the tender of Mort's Dock Company for the construction of a new pilot steamer to replace the Captain Cook, the price being…

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A Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The ship Enterker, bound from Hull to Brisbane, was wrecked on the Galloper Sands. Thirty-one were drowned, only one being saved…

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Schooner Zephyr—smart Trip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 December 1891 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon the locally-owned schooner Zephyr completed a smart round trip to Townsville and back of 29 days. After leaving here several of the crew were attacked by influcnza…

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The Wreck of the Enterkin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 December 1891 · page 4

The Enterkin, ship, 1548 tons, of Glasgow, bound from Hull to. Brisbane, has been totally wrecked on the Galloper Shoal, close to the entrance to the Thames, and all on board but one…

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Steamer Burned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 December 1891 · page 2

THE Minister of the Interior at Athens received a telegram from the Mayor of Cumate, in Euboea, reporting that an English steamer, name unknown,…

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The Wreck of the Fiji

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 4

With reference to the wreck of the Fiji, a telegram gram from Port Campbell (Vic.), says:—"Efforts to raise the wreck of the Fiji have so far proved a failure, The diver has come to Port Campbell, on…

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Wreckage Along the Coast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 4

The Santon recently strack some floating wreckage off Jervis Bay and damaged her propeller. The portion of a must was subsequently passed off the Promontory, and last week a quantity wreckage…

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Wreck of the Sea Bird

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1891 · page 4

The brigantine Sea Bird, which went ashore recently at Strahan (Cas.) has become a total wreck, and the crow has left her. The mate of the Bea Bird states:—" The vessel was chartered at…

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The Melanesian Mission Schooner Southern Cross

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1891 · page 4

Respecting the new Melanesian Mission auxiliary screw schooner Southern Cross, recently built in England, and her subsequent misfortune in the English Channel, Captain William Ashby, whose…

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The Late Wreck at Sandgate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 December 1891 · page 5

THE survivors of the Banvenue and also the whole of the men who shared in their rescue were entertained at a complimentary dinner at Sandgate. In the course of the…

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