Seizure of a British Steamer by Portuguese
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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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 22
Wrecks Reported.—insurance Notes
There were 29 wrecks reported during the week ending February 6 at Lloyd's. Of these 15 were saile [?]s and 11 steamers. Amongst the losses was that of the steamers. Red Jacket, bound from…
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A new schooner for the New Zealand and Sydney trade is in course of construction at the ship building yard of Mr. George Niccol, of Auckland. She is of about 100 to 169 tons register, rigged as…
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Respecting the loss of the old intercolonial trading barque Eavan, at West Australia last week, an exchange mentions that the Ravan was built of wood at Sutherland in 1854, and was owned by…
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The brigantine Amelia, which arrived recently at Queenstown, Ireland reports passing, 500 miles east of Chesapeake Bay, an immense amount of wreckage, supposed to belong to the missing…
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Another American four-masted schooner arrived yesterday in port—the American four-masted fore-and-aft schooner King Cyrus, from Port Pirie. She made the passage in 13 days—not at all bad for…
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The schooner Ocean Ranger put an appearance in port on Saturday, after a smart passage of seven days from Noumea, New Caledonia. Captain Worbling is in command, and reports leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the W. B. Godfrey
The barque W. B. Godfrey, which went ashore recently on the Victorian coast, is breaking up rapidly. A telegram from Lorne, dated March 18, says:—"Hopes were entertained of floating her off,…
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The schooner Camille, from Kaipara, New Zealand, with a cargo of sawn kauri timber, consigned to Messrs. Bibby and Tighe, made the harbour yesterday, after a passage of fourteen days…
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KEMPSEY, Monday.—A large quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Crescent Head, twenty-five miles below the Macleay Heads. The beech is strewn for fully a mile. Amongst the…
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A schooner named the Eudora is reported to have been lost on a voyage from Sydney to Ralune, New Britain. The vessel arrived at Sydney from New Britain on October 19 last year. She left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. the Wreck in the Harbour
The question of the obstruction caused by the Cape Verde was again before the court, notwithstanding the notice served. The ship is still in the same position. A warrant…
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Captain James Bremmer has received further particulars regarding the wrecked schooner Eudora. He sent a message to Captain Stalio asking him regarding the cargo he took from…
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News has reached Auckland of the wreck at Hawland Island of the Norwegian barque Pusness, Captain Naloselsen. The vessel was driven ashore during a gale, and afterwards became a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Schooner Coquette
The schooner Coquette arrived at Brisbane on March 17th with a cargo of grain, from Melbourne, all well, and was to sail from Brisbane, for the Clarence River, on March 25. The statement…
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A wire from Melbourne states that a barque name unknown, went aground yesterday morning on the south bank, near No. 2 buoy, South Channel, near Sorrento, Victoria. The vessel is in no…
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THE river steamer Sherlock, from Cincinnati for New Orleans, with thirty passengers and a crew of between fifty and sixty men, struck on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian News. Victoria. the Wreck of the Cheviot
THE bleached bones of two persons have been found on the back of the beach, near the Blowhole, Point Nepean, where the Cheviot was…
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The Electric Trelegraphic Department received the following message from Foster, Victoria:—"Steamer Rose of Sharon went aground at 6.40 o'clock on Sunday night; sank on Monday…
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IT is rumoured here to-night that the Union Steamship Company's steamer Wanaka has been wrecked off New Plymouth, Taranaki, N.Z. The passengers and mails were saved…
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