British Wrecks in July
The number and teenage of British vessels respecting whose loss report were received at the Board of Trade during the month of July, 1892, and the number of lives lost, are as follows:—…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 17
The Schooner Rio
The little schooner Rio arrived in port last evening from Napier. Captain Dunn is still in command. She loft Napier on the 16th ultimo, Captain D. Williams is the local agents…
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The French transport steamer Caledonie passed Goode Island, Torres Straits, September 1, at noon, all well, the commander requesting to be reported…
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YESTERDAY wires were received in the city reporting the wreak of the four masted borque Drumblair, at Waratah Bay, on the Victorian coast. The vessel was bound from…
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LONDON, Thursday,âNews has been received of the total wreck of the ship Golden Horn, bound from Newcastle. New South Wales, to San Pedro, California. The officers and crew were saved. The…
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Advices from Unalaska state that the British sealing schooner Winifred was captured by the United States revenue cutter Rush on July 20. When she was overhauled the schooner had five…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Port Melbourne a few steamer for the Milburn Line, was successfully launched on the Tyne to day…
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CAPTAIN GOULDING, of the stranded berque Drumblair, has made a statement relative to the cause of the accident. He says that when they went ashore they were steering…
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The schooner Yolande was loading guano at Raine Island, Torres Straits, on the 21st ultimo, for Auckland. The mate, Mr. A. Campbell, in writing to a friend [?] Newcastle, says that there are…
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The s.s. W[?], of [?] arrive at Melbourne on Sunday from London, via West Australian ports. The W[?] made the [?] Dores to [?] without a break, and the…
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The steamship New Guinea, of Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co.'s line, arrived at Melbourne on saturday, from the Tyne, in [?]. The fact of such an excellent cargo…
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A CURIOUS story was told by Mrs. Mildred Reed at the Central Court on Monday. She said she left Newcastle (having come in by train from…
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A launch of a schooner from the yard of Mr. Beattie, of Balmain, took place yesterday morning, and was in every way a success the vessel in question has been on the stocks for a number of…
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Captain Farrell, of the barque Verulam, which has just arrived from Wallaroo, slates that he was in company with the ship Drumblair, on the evening prior to that vessel getting ashore. The…
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THE large steamer Thracian, which was being towed to Liverpool, was lost off the Isle of Man, August 15. The crew—22 in number—went down with…
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A wire from Auckland on Saturday states that portions of the wreckage of a large vessel have been found on the beach at the Bay of Islands. A plank and part of the cabin combings are of kauri marked…
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Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's cargo steamer Wastwater, which reached the harbour on Friday evening, from java, was granted pratique on Saturday morning. Since her last visit here the…
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The following information has been received by wire at London dated August 14:—"Port Douglas (s): Hope forward large refrigerating machinery complete undamaged by kirtle (s) which only…
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A further quantity of wreckage has been washed up on the shores of the Bay of Islands, including a vessel's companion of American pine, painted…
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The Marine Board held an inquiry at Sydney on Monday into the less of this schooner, which was wrecked near Poot Island (N. Cal.) on August 26 last. After taking the evidence of Captain Oliver, George…
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