Steamer Stopped by a Fish
CAPTAIN W. L. WHRRER, the commandant of the P. and O. steamship Assam, reports that of the voyage from Bombay to Aden on November 5. while in latitude 13.56 and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 22
Wreck of the Ayrshire
Captain John Hall, of the Sydney Underwriters' Association, who left Sydney several weeks ago by the steamer Aldinga for Now Caledonia with a gang of mea and the necessary appliances to endeavour…
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The numerous colonial friends of Captain Brady, the popular, commander of the unfortunate P. and O. Company's steamer Nepaul, will regret to hear that the result of the Board of Trade inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Hyderabad
Some thirteen years have elapsed since the fine old ship Hyderabad went ashore on the Otaki beach, near Wellington, during a voyage from Dunedin to Adelaide, with a cargo of discarded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Ketch. Near Sydney Heads. SYDNEY
THE ketch Formos[?] foundered off Sydney Heads yesterday. The vessel left Camden Haven on Wednesday with a cargo of sawn hardwood for Sydney. She beat her way…
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Captain Jorgensen's now famous lifeboat Storm King was on view at Breckenridge's paddock on Saturday. Mr. Neilsen, the captain's fellow-voyager, was present, and…
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The locally-owned schooner Zephyr, which arrived on Saturday from Tairua, New Zealand, had a rough experience on the trip across. On the second day out, it was found that as much as 3ft…
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The Age, steamer, from Newcastle, arrived at Queenscliff, 7.30 p.m. on Sunday, and whilst apparently endeavouring to proceed up the south channel, got aground on Pope's Eye bank. She…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Steamer at the New Hebrides. Sydney
MESSRS. BURNS, PHILP, AND CO. have received intelligence that their steamer Truganini is a total wreck, having been caught in a hurricane at Aneitium, New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wool Steamer on Fire
LONDON, Saturday.—The s.s. Echuca, which left Sydney for London on January 13 last, arrived at Suez on fire. The fire was extinguished, but it was found on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner C. W. James
The American three-masted schooner C. W. James, after all absence of about two years, arrived in port yesterday from Melbourne. Captain A. W. Lane is again with the vessel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck at Providence Island
Another wreck at Providence Island, near the Marshall Group, is reported by Captain Henry, of the Archer, the vessel which landed the ship-wrecked crew of the George Noble in Sydney. The…
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THE secretary of the Marine Board received a telegram from the harbourmaster of Port Pirie this morning, stating that the barquette Bootle, 248 tons register, commanded by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundering of the Schooner Pearl. a Plucky Malay Boy. PERTH
NEWS has been received from Roebuck Bay of the foundering of the schooner Pearl. 129 tons, belonging to Mr. Streeter, of London, off Point Gantheaume on Sunday last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cable Steamer Recorder
The steamer Recorder arrived at Sydney on Saturday, from Singapore, via Brisbane, under the command of Captain Brereton. She belongs to the Eastern Extension Australasian and China…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Measles on Board a P. & O. Steamer. Albany
THE P. and O. Company's steamer Ballaarat arrived here this morning from Colombo, and has been quarantined, owing to five cases of measles being aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Total Wreck of the Alice Platt
The total loss of a very well-known barque, the Alice Platt, is reported, and has been attended with loss of life. A Lloyd's message says:—"An unsigned cablegram from Iquique, presumed from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck at Port Stephens. Schooner Amphitrite Ashore
THE old coasting sailing vessels of New South Wales are fast dwindling away by catastrophes, such as foundering at sea and being driven ashore. On Monday night…
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Captain W. H. Laycock, of the steamer Burrabool, reports:—On March 2, at 10 a.m., and ten miles south of Cape St. George, and about four miles off shore, saw a piece of wreckage and some…
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The Sydney Marine Board gave its decision yesterday afternoon in the matter of the schooner George Noble, which was wrecked among the Islands of the Gilbert Group last October. After…
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