Wreck of the Winefred
The schooner Winefred has been totally wrecked at Rotumah. The crew were saved, and have been taken on to Suva. A cable to the above effect has been received from Auckland…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 17
New Zealand. Wreck of the Winefred
News has been received at Auckland of the loss of the island trading schooner Winefred, under the command of Captain Jones. The vessel…
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Yesterday afternoon the locally-owned schooner Coquette reached the harbour after a lengthy trip of nine days from Melbourne. She is still in command of Captain Brown, who has the little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mission Schooner Pitcairn
A message from Auckland, dated April 24, says:— "The American mission schooner Pitcairn, belonging to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, which is now in readiness for her return voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Schooner Queen
The Sydney Marine Board conducted an inquiry on Monday into the supposed loss of the schooner Queen, last seen on February 26 off Hacking Point. The president, Captain Hixson, occupied the chair…
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Particulars are to hand by the steamer Waihora of the wreck of the schooner Winifred. It appears that owing to the anxiety felt in Levuka at the Winifred being so long overdue the schooner…
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News of the total wreck of a native owned cutter, the Vakasama, from Koro to Vanua Levu, has been received at Fiji. This is the second native-owned vessel which has been lost under similar…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A report is to hand that the Russian steamer Wolkou has foundered in the Caspian Sea, and that the whole of her passengers and crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Winifred
Captain Kaad, owner of the wrecked schooner Winifred, supplied the following account of the disaster:—The vessel was in charge of Captain P. Jones, and was at Onlap, Rotumah, discharging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Ormuz. Smart Delivery of Mails
LONDON, Sunday.—The mails by the Orient Co.'s steamer Ormuz to date Melbourne April 19th, have been delivered here, via Naples…
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The Sydney Marine Board gave their reserved decision on Monday with respect to the supposed loss of the schooner Queen. The board found that the vessel left Sydney on February 24 in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of an Ironclad
LONDON, Monday.—The Brazilian ironclad Solimoes has been wrecked off Cape Polanion, on the coast of Brazil, 120 of those on board being drowned. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Wrecks in March
The number and tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of March, 1892, and the number of lives lost, are as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Elizabeth. Rescue of the Crew—15 Days Adrift
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The steamer Victoria arrived at Cooktown yesterday and picked up Captain Henricksen and the crew of the barque Elizabeth, bound from Sydney…
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A telegram to the president of the Marine Board, Sydney received yesterday, stated that the steamer Oakland, in crossing the bar outwards at the Richmond River this morning, stranded on the beach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soudan Wrecked
An iron ship, the Soudan, had been totally wrecked off Ascension. The whole of her crew were saved without injury except an A.B., who had his left arm broken in landing. A sailing ship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Yacht Sunbeam. Report of Captain Read. a Brave and Perilous Voyage. MELBOURNE
CAPTAIN READ, who arrived at Roebuck Bay on the 20th inst., has supplied the particulars of the wreck of the celebrated yacht Sunbeam. On the 27th of March the yacht…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Port Douglas. Wrecked at Cape Verde
LONDON, Friday.—Intelligence has been received that the steamship Port Douglas, bound for Australia, was wrecked off of Cape Verde, on the west coast of Africa, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Aikshaw
The barque Aikshaw, which loaded coal at this port last year for the west coast of South America, was wrecked soon after leaving Antofagasta for Tocopilla, and flea of the crew, named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch of a Ketch
A smart-looking ketch, built to the order of Mr. George Morgan, of Sydney, under the personal supervision of Captain Sustenance, marine surveyor, was successfully launched at Blackwall on…
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