South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Ketch Ashore
The ketch Lotus went ashore last night in M'Donnell Bay, but all the crew were saved. THE CHINESE ON THE MOVE. Mr. Dashwood, Government Resident of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 17
Wreck of the Port Douglas
The steamer Port Douglas (of the Anglo-Australasian line), which was wrecked on an unknown reef off the Island of St. Vincent, of the Cape de Verde Group, whilst en route from London to…
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The three-masted schooner Grecian Bend went ashore at Woolgoolga on Thursday sight during the heavy westerly. The vessel was bound from Sydney to the Clarence for hardwood piles, and had…
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Late on Saturday evening the ketch Gertrude, from Western Port with granite, entered Port Phillip Heads. When thrashing up against a strong north-west wind she was struck by a squall…
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Some anxiety is being felt in shipping circles (says an Auckland exchange of the 21st instant) concerning the schooner Louie, Captain George Bell, now 23 days out from Lyttelton to this port,…
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The schooner Grecian Bend, which went ashore during a recent storm, is now high and dry on the beach Woolgoolga, and some of the metal has been torn off her bottom, portion of her bows are…
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The Dione, Norwegian barque, 764 tons, bound from Sundsvall to Adelaide, has gone ashore in the Baltic. She was afterwards floated with the assistance of a tug, and has probably sustained some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. the Schooner W. F. WITZEMANN
The uneasiness which was felt for the safety of the American schooner W. F. Witzemann was removed to-day, when she was sighted off Wilson's Promontory…
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The most serious wreck reported at Lloyd's during the week ending the 27th May—date of English mail to hand—is that of the French steamer Parana, which went ashore near Rio…
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A message from Manila, dated May 20, with reference to the wreck of the Congo, states:— "Sale of cargo recommended rather than reshipment. Expenses will be heavy. Position for…
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The largest schooner afloat is the Golden Age, 1763 tons, built at Abbott's Bridge (O) in 1883, and hailing from Sandalsky. The Governor Ames (now in South Australia) is second in the list, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City of Chicago Gone Ashore. Little Hope of Floating Her
LONDON, Saturday.—The Atlantic liner City of Chicago, of the Isman and International line, has gone ashore off Queenstown, and the chance of floating her is…
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"Very good progress is being made with the new screw steamer which is now in course of construction at the Melbourne Coal, Shipping, and Engineering Company's yard for Captain James Deane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Theft of a Steamer Ticket
DONALD BROWN, a soafaring man, was at the Water Police Court this morning sentenced to two months' hard labour for having stolen a purse containing 17s 6d and…
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A court of inquiry was held at Devonport into the grounding of the steamer Flinders on Forth Point on 25th June. The court suspended the…
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A report on the wreck of the ketch Lotus has just been furnished to the Adelaide Marine Board by the harbourmaster at Port Macdonnell. He states that the ketch parted her cables and thus…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—News has been received of the wreck of the iron ship Peter Stuart. The vessel was bound from St. John to Liverpool, when she went ashore on…
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The steamship Matatua, belonging to the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's fine fleet of vessels, arrived in port yesterday morning, from Wellington. The Matatua is the first of her line…
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The Marine Board has found that no blame was attachable to anyone for the loss of the ketch Lotus, which stranded off Cape Northumberland on June 22…
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News was received early on Saturday morning that the ketch Mystery, well known as a regular trader out of this port, had been abandoned at sea in a leaky condition. The information…
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