Trouble in Central America an American Steamer Fired Upon
NEW YORK, Tuesday.—News has been received from Honduras that an American mail steamer has been fired upon by the fortress at Apapata,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 17
Dreadful Steamer Collision at Detroit. Twenty-five Lives Lost
NEW YORK, Wednesday.—A dreadful collision has occurred at Detroit, in the State of Michigan, between two coasting steamers running on the…
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OTTAWA, Wednesday.—A terrible disaster has occurred on Lake Nipising. A passenger steamer caught fire, and despite every effort to save…
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Master Poulsen, son of the late Captain Poulsen, one of the three survivors of the ill-fated Sydney-owned barque Florence Treat, arrived at Sydney yesterday by the steamer Guthrie from Hongkong…
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MADRID, Wednesday.—It is stated that the 500 cases of dynamite on board the vessel, upon which a terrible explosion which wrecked the…
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News is to hand to the foundering of the schooner Victory off Cape Everard on Monday last. The vessel was bound to this port in ballast from Warrnambool to load coal for New Zealand. The Victory but…
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THE Dutch Steamer Prins Willem, which has arrived at New York, brings news of the mysterious wreck of the Haytian warship Alexander…
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A new steamer to replace the steamer Tweed, which was wrecked in the early port of the year, was launched last week at Jervis Bay. The vessel was named Wollumbin, and is the property of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Schooner Louisa Messell. An Official Report. Sydney
WITH reference to the charges made by the crew of the schooner Louisa Messell to the Marine Board, that attempts were made to scuttle the vessel, which left Newcastle for…
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Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Company's teamer Tenterden on Tuesday evening ran into the ketch Stormbird in the Port River (S.A.). The ketch was lying between two other ketches at the upper end…
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AT the invitation of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., the agents far the new line of steamships put on by Mr. James Huddard between Canada and Australia, Sir…
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In addition to the particulars previously given of the steamer Cevic, which bears the distinction of being the largest cargo steamer in the world, the following is to hand:—A new twin-screw steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on the Steamer India. Suspected Incendiarism. Sydney
A SERIOUS fire broke out in the forehold of the British-India Company's fine steamer India, which is lying at Parbury, Lamb, and Co.'s wharf, South Brisbane, shortly before…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The fearful weather experienced in Great Britain is now almost abated. Fresh evidence of the violence of the storm and the…
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A quantity of wreckage supposed to be that of a vessel of about 300 tons register, was discovered recently by the harbour master at Port Caroline. The harbour master hearing that some wreckage…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—During the recent fearful storm along the British coasts the lifeboat crew at Dover gallantly rescued the crew of a Dungeness…
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The steamship City of New York went ashore during a thick fog at San Francisco, and at latest advices Sit was feared that she would became a total wreck. It will be [?] that the City of New York was…
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The steamer Maori King has arrived at Melbourne. At the outset of the passage the steamer was delayed by the scarcity of coal, the supplies having become almost exhausted through the strike among the…
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A report to hand front Thursday Island says:—The survivor of the lugger Curlew states that when the lugger founded the anchor was put out, but the sea rose with the tide, breaking her up. Prior to this…
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A wire from Auckland says:—Captain Fairchild, of the government steamer Hinemoa, who has returned from a cruise in the Southern Island, has arrived at Dunedin. He reports that the barque…
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