A Steamer Wrecked
LONDON, Sunday.—The British steamer Greystroke has been wrecked in the Elbe River, in North Germany. Twenty of the passengers and crew were drowned, and a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 17
A Steamer Injured
LONDON Sunday.—The North German Lloyd's liner Spree, 6000 tons, outward bound, has been towed into Queenstown with her shaft broken. She has 13ft of water in the…
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A new departure in the outward adornment of vessels has been taken in regard to the pilot steamer Captain Cook, which is now being constructed for the Government by Mort's Dock and Engineering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Freights to Australia. the Wheat Market
LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer freights to Australia are quoted at 10s per ton. The wheat market is quiet, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch of a Government Steamer. Lord Jersey Officiates. SYDNEY
BALMAIN was on fete to-day, the occasion, being the launch of the new Government steamer Captain Cook from Mort's Dock. The invitations to the ceremony numbered…
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The American four-masted schooner Olgo was yesterday floated off the Stockton patent slip, where she was up for cleaning and painting. She berthed at No. 4 crane to load coal for Noumea…
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LONDON, Friday.—Steamer freights. to Australia are quoted at 34s 2d per ton…
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A lot of Wreckage was fallen in with by the ship Neotsfield on her passage from London to Sydney. The ship was in lat. 40deg 31min south, long. 54deg 20min east, when the wreckage woo sighted. It…
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LISBON, Wednesday.—The Union Company's steamship Nubian, bound for the Cape Colony, has been lost. The vessel grounded during a fog…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Further particulars regarding the foundering of the steamer Nubian, which struck on a reef at the entrance to Lisbon Harbour during a heavy…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The foundering of the "Union Steamship Co.'s steamer Nubian at the entrance to the port of Lisbon is attributed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Coastal Steamer
The steamer Banks Peninsula, now at Sydney, has been chartered by Messrs. Ghest and Jewett for the northern coastal trade. She is a twin-screw vessel of light drought, and should therefore prove well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Agnes Rose Missing
The ketch Agnes Rose, which left Sydney for Port Stephens on Friday last, has not yet arrived at her destination, and very grave fears are entertained for her safety. The journey to Port. Stephens from…
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The portmaster of Brisbane has received a letter from the hoarbourmaster at Bowen concerning the piece of wreckage found in Abbott flay. The port-master considers that the description of the frame…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap to an Excursion Steamer
The steamer Ozone left Port Melbourne pier on Wednesday for an excursion trip down the bay. On the previous day her steering gear broke down, and she ran from Queenscliff by a tiller rigged aft…
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VERNON BRANWHITE and Alexander Pratt appeared at the Water Police Court to-day charged with having 18 silk handkerchiefs in their possession supposed to have been stolen…
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The ship Orient, 1619 tons, from Barry Dock for Port Pine, grounded at Shoal water Point at 7 a.m. on Thursday. The weather wan very hazy, and a strong wind was blowing from the southward. The…
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