Wreck of the Enterprise
The Enterprise, schooner, foundered off Althorpe March 6. At the inquiry, held by the Adelaide Marine Board on Tuesday, the captain and crew were exonerated from any blame. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 17
The Missing Schooner the Queen
There has been no advice of the schooner The Queen. She left Sydney for Port Macquarie on the 20th February, and was seen attempting to enter Port Macquarie on the 26th, but before a tug…
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The inquiry into the cause of the stranding of the steamer Elginshire has been concluded. The decision of the Court is that Captain Millar committed an error of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecks and Overdues
A London shipping exchange of the 12th ultimo, reporting latest marine losses, says:—Amongst the losses of the week are the Embiricos, s, from Cardiff to Malta. She was insured, principally at…
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The New Zealand steamer Arawa, on her last homeward passage, while passing through the, Straits of Le Maire, searched for a stranded ship reported there, and, on December 27, she sighted…
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Advices from Tonga by the Birksgate state that there is but little doubt that the long-missing schooner Uvea, with Father Didier and others on board, has suffered shipwreck, as it is stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Gilde—murder at New Britain
The Glide, a schooner for years engaged in the collier trade between here and Sydney, was last year purchased in Sydney to replace the schooner Endora, which was lost at the Islands. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Condong's Letters
The schooner Condon:, 91 tons, built at this port by Mr. Richard Lynn, of Stockton, has had the following letters assigned to her in the Intercolonial Code Signal Lists, viz.:—RLDN…
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The gallant crew of the Newcastle lifeboat were on duty all night in readiness to launch their little craft at any moment if required to proceed to vessels that might be in trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship Horsa.—narrow Escape. Tow Rope Parted.—Pat to Sea Again. Lifeboat in Readiness
The Swedish ship Horea, from Port Pirie, was signalled off the port yesterday morning, when a heavy south-west gale was blowing, accompanied by an angry sea. Messrs. J…
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Yesterday the following telegrams were received at the local telegraph office:— "Mackay Heads: The schooner Victoria crossed in and grounded on south spit inside bar, where…
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Maclean reports:—"During heavy easterly squall on Sunday, 2 a.m., ketch Mary Laurie, from Sydney to Camden Haven, was washed ashore at the Red Rocks, 16 miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of a Russian Steamer
LONDON, Monday.—A Russian steamer is reported to have been lost in the Captain Sea, 200 of those on board being drowned…
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Cape exchanges says:—Sensational evidence was given just before the inquiry on the Onaway wreck closed at Durban on February 27. The sailors stated that they saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Schooner Zephyr
The locally-owned schooner Zephyr, arrived in port yesterday from Townsville after a run down of 13 days, which considering the heavy southerly weather prevailing along the coast latterly is an…
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The colonial-owned schooner Frank Guy reached the harbour yesterday, from Melbourne, where she left on the 2nd instant. Captain M'Donald is still with the smart little vessel A start was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(From Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) Capsize of a Spanish Steamer
LONDON, Thursday.—News has been received of a terrible disaster involving the death of a large number of persons. A pleasure steamer, crowded with passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Neptune
The German schooner Neptune, which arrived on Monday night from Noumea, was passed by the doctor yesterday morning. She is in to the agency of Mr. R. B. Wallace, but is as yet not fixed. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Champion Foundered. All Hands Saved
YESTERDAY morning the schooner Annie arrived in port from Sydney, bringing with her the crew of the ketch Champion, who abandoned the ketch at midnight of Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Jasper
Yesterday morning the schooner Jasper arrived in port from Adelaide. On this occasion oho is under the command of Captain Burton, who has the vessel in first-class trim. He reports sailing from…
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