Schooner Mary Wadley
Yesterday afternoon the schooner Mary Wadley reached the harbour, after a smart run round for four days from Melbourne. She has a consignment of flour on board, and is in to the agency of Messrs. H…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 17
Wreck of a New Zealand Liner
The steamer Horsa, for Liverpool from New Zealand, with a cargo of wool, tinned meat, etc., went ashore on Tuesday morning, April 4, in St. Martin's fly, off the Scilly Islands. The islanders were…
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A substantially-built little craft of the half-yacht-half-trading type was launched yesterday morning from the shed of Mr. Francis Hayes, at Balmain. The vessel, which is to be rigged as a fore-and-aft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ship Ulidia Ashore. Abandoned by the Crew. PERTH
THE ship Ulidia, Captain M'Adam, went ashore on Straggler's Reef, near Rottenest, in leaving Fremantle bound in ballast for Newcastle at 6 o'clock this morning. She…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grace Darling's Lifeboat
The steamer Missouri, which sonic years ago rescued the crew and passengers of the German vessel Denmark in mid-Atlantic, recently left Swansea for America, having on board the lifeboat…
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A wire from Auckland states that the topgallant forecastle of an American-built vessel has been washed ashore at Tutuila. It is feared that a wreck has occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eillan Donan Ashore
A wire from Auckland on Saturday says:—"The schooner Eillan Donan, while entering the Omapere, near Hokianga, missed stays and went ashore. She lies in a perilous position, but efforts will be made to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star and Gowanburn. Search for Wreckage
A party of horsemen have completed a search along a portion of the New Zealand coast for wreckage from the Gowanburn and Northern Star. On April 25, at 3p.m., the party started from the Huia, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Annie Wilson Wreck
A nautical inquiry into the wreck of the schooner Annie Wilson on the Taranaki coast, on April 22, has been held at Wellington. The board found Captain Murray guilty of an error of judgment in altering his…
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A wire from Perth on Monday says the ship Ulidia continues in the same position on Stragglers' Reef, near Rottnest, and the recovery of the vessel is hopeless. An inquiry was commenced this morning before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Royal National Lifeboat Institution
At the last meeting of this institution several silver medals were awarded for gallant rescues from shipwreck. Rewards amounting to £329 were also granted to the crews of lifeboats of the institution for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. the Steamer Time
Howard Smith's steamer Time left to-day for Newcastle, whence she takes coal to Batavia. RECEPTION…
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An inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the ship Ulidia was concluded at Perth on Tuesday. The evidence of the captain and officers, which agreed in the main points, went to show that there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Schooner for the Islands
The steamer Ivy arrived at Sydney on Thursday with a new schooner in tow. The new vessel was built by Mr. Davis, of Blackwall, to the order of Messrs. Rabone, Feez, and Co. She is of colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Gowanburn
Mr. Murdoch, who has made a thorough search of the beach between the Kaipara and Manukau Heads, reports that there is a large quantity of wreckage ashore at various places, which no doubt belongs to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extraordinary Affray on a Steamer
An extraordinary affair occurred last month on board the English tank petroleum ship Vindobala, which was unloading at Trieste. A number of Austrian workmen belonging to the well-known factory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Schooner Maile
The harbourmaster at Launceston (Mr. John Bradley), writing to the Marine Board of Hobart, says:—"In reference to the missing schooner Maile, on her arrival in Launceston Captain Lane stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Swordfish Ashore
A report from Hobart says:—"The Swordfish, schooner, went ashore near the entrance to the Forth on Tuesday evening. The vessel was from Melbourne, and had on board a cargo of bonedust,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Ferret Overdue
A wire from Adelaide on Wednesday says the Postmaster-General received the following telegram from Fowler's Bay this afternoon "The steamer Ferret, due here on Saturday evening, has not yet arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Earl of Shaftesbury
The wreck of the four-masted barque Earl of Shaftesbury, a vessel well known here, involving the loss of six lives, is reported by a passenger by the R.M.S. Cuzco. The vessel, which was in ballast and…
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