Lake Steamer
Mr. W. W. Johnson's pretty little steamer Maggie Johnson was well patronised yesterday. On arrival of the morning trains at Cockle Creek with a large number of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894
313 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 16
[From Metropolitan Papers.] The Wreck of the Dorunda
LONDON, Thursday.—The certificate of the captain of the British-India Company's steamer Dorunda, which was wrecked during a fog on a rook…
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THE inquiry into the circumstances of the wreck of the Wairarapa was continued at Auckland on Thursday. There are still many witnesses to be examined, and the…
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Mr. W. S. Preddey, of Sydney, received word yesterday afternoon to the effect that his schooner Heroine was ashore near Hokitika. The Heroine was a new wooden schooner of 122 tons, built on the…
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Our Brisbane correspondent wired last night:—"The small river steamer Tivoli was swamped in Moreton Bay early this morning. The crew were rescued by the steamer Tarshaw. They were…
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A report was received here yesterday from Bowen, Queensland, stating that the schooner Escort, Captain Liljeblad, from Newcastle to Cairns with 200 tone of coal, went ashore on Double Cone Island, 25…
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A RESIDENT of Newcastle has received the following letter, dated from Auckland, November 2, from Mr. G. F. Walker, a former resident of the city, who escaped from the…
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LONDON, Friday.—A wreck attended by serious loss of life is reported from Hull, The ship Culmore foundered during a heavy gale, and 22 of those…
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CAPTAIN MACKAY, who proceeded in the steamer Victory on behalf of the underwriters to the stranded schooner Escort, which came to grief when bound from…
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ANOTHER wreak to the already long list of casualties off this coast was added on Saturday, when the schooner Ruby, bound from Port Macquarie to Sydney, foundered 16…
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At the magisterial inquiry at Auckland on Friday, concerning the wreak of the Wairarapa, the engineers of the ill-fated vessel gave evidence…
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Alexander Wilson, port officer, gained judgment to-day for £3050 against Howard Smith and Sons, being the cost of blowing up the steamer Gambier. The defence was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. The Corean War. Chinese Warship Ashore. Desperate Naval Engagement. China's Desire for Peace
LONDON, Thursday.—The finest of the Chinese ironclads, the Chen-yuen, is ashore. She was entering the harbour of Wei-hai-wei, and in…
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On Friday afternoon the Adelaide Marine Board was informed by the harbourmaster at Wallaroo that a three-mastser schooner was apparently aground at Shoal water Point. It was not known what the name…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Series of Shipping Accidents. Collision Off Broken Bay. The Schooner Dauntless Sunk. All Hands Saved
THE coasting schooner Jones Brothers arrived yesterday morning from Sydney with the crow of the schooner Dauntless, whose vessel had during the previous night been in…
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CAPTAIN PRIDEAUX, of the steamer Glaucus, which arrived yesterday from Melbourne, states that when passing the wreck of the steamer Gwydir, heavy seas were breaking…
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The light from a fire which had been left burning by some workmen on board the wreck of the steamer Colonist created quite a stir amongst the lifeboat people and the harbour department on Saturday…
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SINCE the return of Captain Banks to Sydney from the some of the week of the steamer Gwydir near Norah Head, it has been decided to sell the vessel and the cargo by…
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The official inquiry into the wreck of the Wairrapa has closed. The Court will give judgment on an early date. In connection with the wreck of the steamer little…
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THE masters of coasting vessels who have passed the wreck of the Gwydir at Norah Head state that that vessel appears to have settled down on the reef slightly. The…
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