The Steamer Franklin
In connection with the occident to the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Franklin on the Queensland coast, Captain Whitfield states:—"The steamer left Sydney on July 1 for Townsville, the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 17
Attempt to Destroy a Passenger Steamer
An exchange says: About six weeks ago an attempt was made to sot on fire the steamer Ugan-Kin, a splendid steel-built twin screw vessel of 2500 tons, employed on the China coast. The Ugan-Kin,…
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On Friday evening the steamer Cairo was crossing the bar at Brunswick Heads with the assistance of the Emma, when the tow-line parted, and the former vessel took to the ground on the racks. She was in…
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The steamer Catalina, built by Messrs. Charles Connell and Co., Whiteinch, and engined by Messrs. Dunsmuir and Jackson, Govan, has had her official trial trip. She has been built to the order of Messrs…
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The steamer Cairo, which went ashore at the Brunswick River when attempting to cross the bar on Friday night, has become a total wreck and the machinery is being removed. The Cairo went ashore…
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The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's, Limited, paddle-wheel steamer Namoi, having undergone a thorough overhaul at Mort's Dock and Engineering Works, Balmain, to prepare her for the…
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Captain Devoir, of the disabled Dutch Atlantic liner P. Calland, now lying in Queenstown harbour, reports that on the 17th July, at 2 a.m., while on the voyage from New York to Rotterdam, the ship came…
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C. W. JORDAN, one of the seamen of the barque Girvan, which was lost on the 11th June, has reached Newcastle in quest of a ship. He gives a very clear account of the…
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A cable, dated the 5th instant, states:—The R.M.S. Oroya, 3266 tons, of Liverpool, which left Sydney on July 31 for London, went ashore in the Suez Canal, but wan floated after part of her cargo…
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On 20th July at Greenock Messrs. Caird and Co. launched a steel screw steamer, named the Japan, for the P. and O. Company, her dimension being— Length 397ft, breadth 45ft, and depth 31ft. She is…
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A LADY of this city has received a letter from Mrs. Thompson (wife of Captain Thompson, late of the ill-fatted ship Templemore) who gives an account of her experiences on the…
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FOR some little time Mr. D. Scott, M.P., has been in communication with the Colonial Treasurer with a view of procuring a new lifeboat for use at Newcastle. Among the…
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THE steamship Hazel Branch, one of the monster cargo vessels which was on her way to Australian ports to load wool, has had a narrow escape from destruction by an…
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The steamer Archer, which reached Sydney from the islands on Monday, reports the loss of the American schooner Fleur de Lie off the island of Butaritari. She sprang a leak, and was abandoned…
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The steamer Sommerfeld, of the German-Australian line, which arrived at Adelaide on Sunday reports that in the longitude of Kerguelen's Land a furious gale was encountered, while the steamer was…
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THE Marino Board this afternoon delivered its reserved decision regarding the loss of the Girvan, which foundered shortly after being abandoned on June 12, whilst on a…
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Sir,—I was very pleased to read in your issue of this morning that our worthy senior member is endeavouring to procure a new lifeboat for the use…
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The schooner Lady Falkland, bound from the Richmond River to Sydney, was sighted yesterday 18 miles east off Newcastle with her jibboom and foretop top gallant mast missing…
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A wire from Townsville says: The ketch Comet, engaged in the beche-de-mer trade, was wrecked on Barrier Reef on Wednesday last. The captain and crew are safe and some of them arrived by the…
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The ship Genista, from Cardiff to Port Pirie, went ashore at Plank Point, South Australia, on Sunday night; and about the same time the ship Orontes, from Barry Dock for Port Pirie, also went ashore at…
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