Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. a Large Steamer
The new steamer Otarama has arrived from London, for the frozen meat trade. She has a carrying capacity for 65,000 carcases…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 22
Schooner Ashore
When the R.M.S. Dorunda was at Cooktown, on route to Brisbane, Captain Keating, the pilot in charge, reported having sighted a topsail schooner, painted white, ashore on N. Reef, Claremont…
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The schooner Rio, Captain Dunn, arrived in the harbour yesterday morning from Napier, New Zealand, in ballast, after a long and tedious passage. She left Napier on the 16th ultimo, and met…
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Last evening. Captain Haggs and the crow of the ill-fated schooner Amphitrite, which was totally wrecked at Port Stephens on Monday night, arrived in Newcastle by the steamer Kingsley. They…
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The ship Comliebank went ashore in the outer-passage of Morton Bay on Saturday. The vessel sailed to float off at high water. The Comliebank is a one ship of 2179 tons register…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Ship Ashore
The Comliebank, ship, 2209 tons, bound to Greenock, went ashore in the outer passage yesterday. She failed to float off at high water to-day…
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The barque Excelsior returned to the harbour yesterday morning, after a good round trip to Pam, New Caledonia, and back. Captain Brady reports:—"The Excelsior sailed from Newcastle…
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The five-masted schooner Louis, bound from Melbourne to this port, was signalled from Gabo at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, beating north…
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The steamer Lady Loch arrived from the wreck of the barquentine W. B. Godfrey at 6 o'clock this morning. The vessel lies halfway between Start Point and Wye Creek…
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The three-masted schooner Vagabond, owned by Captain J. Voss, of Sydney, has had a lengthy cruise since she was last in Sydney. The last heard of the vessel was in November last, when she…
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Owing to the squally weather oil the port last night, the Newcastle Lifeboat Crew and Rocket Brigade were on duty all night, to render assistance to vessels, if required…
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LONDON, March 9.—The s.s. Port Jackson, of the Anglo-Australian line, 1728 tons, of London, which left Newcastle for London on January 2, ran ashore at Perim, in the Red Sea. She…
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THE Government steamer has returned with the passengers and crew of the W. B. Godfrey. The captain has remained behind. An attempt to float the vessel will, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Terrible Storm in England. Lifeboat Men Drowned. Forty Collieries Thrown Idle
LONDON, Tuesday.—A blizzard of unparalleled severity passed over the southern portion of England, and lasted all night. Many trains in the south-eastern counties…
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An account received from the New Hebrides by the Rockton states that about 70ft of the bottom of the wrecked steamer Truganim has been forced up fully 18in. In connection with the occurrence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Australia. Wreck of the Raven
News has been received of the wreck of the barque Raven, bound from Fremantle to Banbury to load piles for South Africa. She left Fremantle on Wednesday, and on…
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The loss of the Sydney schooner Annie Cochrane is reported by[?] from Brisbane. The vessel went ashore on the "M" Reef, whilst on a voyage from Maryborough to Thursday Island, with…
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An additional novelty in the school of American fore-and-aft schooners put in an appearance in the harbour yesterdays, when the five-masted fore-and-aft schooner Louis arrived from Melbourne. The…
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The American four masted fore-and-aft schooner Carrier Dove arrived in port yesterday, from Port Pirie, after a long passage of nineteen days, which is accounted for by the prevalence of head-winds…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A Portuguese gunboat has captured and taken to Delagoa Bay the steamer Countess of Carnarvon, while ascending the Limpopo with 1000 rifles and…
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