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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893

334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 17

The Wrecked Italia's Crew

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 4

Regarding the wreck of the barque Italia at Tristan d'Acunha, word has now been received that the shipwrecked people were picked by the schooner Wild Rose, and landed safely at Capetown…

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Schooner Just-in-time Foundered. Crew Landed at Trial Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1893 · page 4

A WIRE was received here yesterday from Trial Bay stating that the schooner Just-in-Time had foundered 13 miles north of Smoky Cape yesterday morning at 4 o'clock. The…

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Wreckage Sighted on the Coast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1893 · page 8

A WIRE received here yesterday from Camden Haven states that the ketch Amy Moir arrived there, and reports passing 8ft of a vessel's mast above water the previous…

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Ship Horsa Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1893 · page 4

A cable from London states that the iron ship Horsa, 1163 tons which left the Bluff (N.Z.) on December 19 last, for London, has become stranded on one of the Seilly Islands, in the English Channel…

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Schooner Sovereign in Safety

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 4

It was reported that the fine Auckland-built schooner Sovereign had been lost, with all hands, during the, recent hurricane at the New Hebrides. Happily, the report has…

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Launch of a Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 4

On Wednesday morning there was launched from the yard of Mr. Walter Reeks, Berry's Bay a vessel of 100 tons. As she left the ways she was christened Aladdin. Her dimensions are: Length overall, 99ft;…

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A Royal Pleasure Steamer Sunk. Fifty Persons Drowned. the Sultan and the Press

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 5

CONSTANTINOPLE, Wednesday.—A casualty involving a large loss of life, took place in the harbour to-day. A pleasure steamer attached to the Royal…

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The Gowanburn.—more Wreckage Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 4

Wreckage still comes ashore north of Mokau, at the mouth of the Marokapa River, about 10 miles south of Kawhai, on the New Zealand coast. According to a report brought across from Auckland by the…

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Total Wreck of the Reliance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 4

The ketch Reliance, Captain Rae, front Greymouth, went ashore at Young Mecks Heads, New zealand, on March 30 and became a total wreck. The crew were landed safely. The vessel had a cargo of coal for the…

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Abeona Ashore.—floated Off Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 4

The following telegram was received from Adelaide on Thursday :—"A barque went ashore off Point Victoria, on Wednesday afternoon; think she is quite safe A tug has been sent to her assistance…

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The Wrecked Horsa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 4

The insurance on ,he cargo of the ship Horsa, which has been wrecked off the Scilly Island, when homeward bound for New Zealand, amounts to £82,000…

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Wreck of the Just-in-time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 4

An inquiry was held at Sydney yesterday afternoon regarding the loss of the schooner Just-in-Time, which was abandoned off Smoky Cape last Tuesday. There was no evidence adduced on which to found a…

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Wreck of a Steamer.—two Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 4

By the steamer Poherua, which arrived here yesterday from Auckland, via Sydney, there comes to hand the following particulars of the wreck of a New Zealand coasting steamer named the Ruby. The…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Steamer Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 5

As the steamer Star of Hope was proceeding up the Herbert River yesternight she track a sunken punt. She had a hole knocked in her bottom. There are 5ft of…

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S.s. Meteor Foundered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1893 · page 4

A wire from Hobart on Friday says:—" The steamer Meteor, Captain Green, owned by Mr. T. C. Henry, of Strahan, and engaged in the coast trade, sank while going from Table Cape to Burnie to-day…

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Lady Lampson Wrecked.—a Boat Missing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1893 · page 4

The barque Lady Lampson, bound from Sydney to Honolulu with coal ran on a coral reef 40 miles from Palmyra Island on the morning of January 16. As she immediately began to fill the crew manned the…

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New Victorian Built Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 4

The new steamer Sterling, owned by Captain James Deane, which woo recently launched from the yard of the Melbourne Coal, Shipping and Engineering Company, Limited, at Williamstown, made a trial spin in…

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Struck by a Squall. Schooner Put in to Repair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 8

THE Tarawa, a pretty little fore-and-aft schooner, put an appearance in port yesterday morning. The vessel, which is bound from Sydney to Thursday Island, with general…

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The Missing Schooner Maile

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 4

The tug Wybia proceeds to the Straits Island from Launceston to search for survivors of the schooner Maile, supposed to have been wrecked on the voyage front Lunceston to New Zealand…

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The Ketch Robert Burns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the well-known ketch Robert Burns reached the harbour after a smart passage of six days from Devonport. Captain Holyman is in command, and the little vessel brings 600…

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