Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Steamer From China
The Menmuir arrived at Thursday Island yesterday from Hongkong. She experienced a severe typhoon when two days out. Several seas swept the vessel, and at one time there…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 17
National Shipwreck Relief Society
IN the last annual report of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales, it stated that there were no less than 787 ships and steamers belonging to New…
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IN response to representations made as to the necessity of building a new lifeboat for Newcastle Mr. D. Scott, M.P., has received a communication from the Treasury stating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner St. Kilda
On Saturday evening the well-known and smart little New Zealand schooner St. Kilda reached the harbour from Wanganui with a cargo of potatoes. Captain Robertson, her popular commander, is still in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Australia. Perth, Wednesday. a Foundered Schooner
The schooner Comet, bound from Bunbury to Fremantle, is supposed to have foundered. CONSTABLE SPEARED. Constable Collins was speared dead in a…
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News to hand from the New Hebrides states that the schooner Paul Jones has been wrecked. The vessel, which was owned by Captain M'Leod and employed in inter-island trade, drove ashore in August…
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The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tongariro, which arrived at Hobert on Friday last from London, left again same evening for Wellington, N.Z. A report of the voyage to hand says:—"She…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supposed Loss of the Barque Evelyn. Wreckage Picked Up. Search Parties at Work
News was received here yesterday from Auckland which tends to the belief that the barque Evelyn, which left this port on the 19th ultimo for Lyttelton, coal laden, has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Total Wreck of the Sedwell Jane
The well-known schooner Sedwell Jane has become come a total wreck at Algoa Bay. Captain Tulloch, who was in command, has cabled to the owners at Adelaide stating that whilst the vessel was riding in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The French Cable Steamer News Received in Sydney. Sydney
THE steamer Mangana, which arrived this morning from Noumea, brings intelligence regarding the cable steamer Francois Arago. It appears from a note received from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Total Wreck of the Florence Treat. Loss of Twenty Lives. Three Survivors Washed Ashore
NEWS of the total wreck of the Sydney-owned barque Florence Treat, with the loss of 20 souls, has come to hand by the steamer Airlie, which arrived at Sydney on Saturday…
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The wreck of the schooner Result has been reported. The pilot at Crookthaven Heads sent the following particulars of the accident from Greenwall Point:—"The schooner Result went ashore last Saturday…
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NEWS reached Liverpool of a terrible disaster which has befallen the Liverpool steamer Justin, and which has resulted in six of the crew losing their…
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The owner of the ill-fated barque Florence Treat, which was wrecked with the loss of 20 souls in the China Seas last month, is in receipt of a letter from the Rev. A. G. Goldsmith, of which the following is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. the French Cable Steamer
The Electric Telegraph Department has received a message from the French cable steamer between Bundaberg and New Caledonia to-day reporting all well…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. the French Cable Steamer
THE Deputy Postmaster-General has received a telegram stating that the French cable steamer Francois Arago, spoke the test house, Bundaberg, to-day at 2 p.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mary Warner Wrecked
The well-known schooner Mary Warner sank at her moorings at Gabo yesterday afternoon. The crew and stores were saved, but it is feared the vessel will become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Sydney Vessel Gone. Wreck of the Mary Warner. All Hands Saved
DURING the past few days news of the total wreck of several Sydney-owned vessels has been received, and yesterday another was added to the number, when the well-known…
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The Sydney-owned schooner Mary Warner, which sunk at her moorings off Gabo Island on Tuesday, floated again on flood tide during that night. A wire from Gabo yesterday stated that she floated off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The S.s. Rega Ashore
Yesterday morning as the steamer Bega was crossing out from Bateman's Bay, she struck on the bar, and remained fast. It is expected she will float off in high tide…
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