Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. Wreck at Sandy Cape
The postmaster hero received a wire from the lighthouse-Keeper at Sandy Capo, stating that a topsail schooner, bound from New Zealand to Rockhampton, had stranded on…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895
257 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 13
The S.s. Breconshire Ashore
The steamer Breconshire of Glasgow, bound from Japan to Sydney, in ballast, has gone ashore at Sappedi Island, near Sourabaya. There is no danger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck on the Auckland Islands. All Hands Lost. Wellington
THE Marine Department has received a telegram from the captain of the Government steamer Hinemoa, which arrived from the Auckland Islands this morning, stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Sunday. Wreck of the Sarah Pile
The Government steamer Llewellyn arrived at Maryborough on Saturday morning with the shipwrecked crew of the Sarah Pile aboard. Captain Boult, the harbourmaster,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Auckland Islands Wreck. Melbourne
Captain Wymark, Marine Underwriters' surveyor, states that the wreck reported near the Auckland Islands is probably that of the Mario Alice, which sailed from Sydney for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mission Schooner Meda
The Wesleyan mission schooner Meda arrived at Sydney on Monday from a cruise among the islands. The voyage has been a trying one—nothing but hurricanes and gales being met with—but the little vessel…
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The barque Maiden City reached Lough Foyle on September 6, having on board Captain M'Lander and 16 of the crew of the Russian barque Felix, Rotterdam for Metis, which was abandoned in mid-Atlantic…
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The steamer Mogul took her departure on Saturday day for London via Sydney. The local portion of her cargo consisted of the following:—1764 bales of wool, 783 eases De-preserved meat, 1 case skins…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreckage at the Auckland Islands
There still remains the uncertainty as to what vessel the wreckage found at the Auckland Islands belonged to, and diversity of opinions exist amongst nautical men, as will be seen from the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Biggest Steamer in the World
The Hamburg-American Steamship Company has ordered from Messrs. Garland and Wolff, of Belfast, a twin-screw steamer of 20 000 tons burden, viz., only 3000 tons less than the Great Eastern. The vessel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Mombassa
The steamer Mombassa arrived at Adelaide from Calcutta, via Penang and Singapore, an Tuesday, having made a very good passage with a full cargo for all colonies of 3816 tons. She had a total of 23…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreckage at Auckland Islands
The wreckage found at the Auckland Islands is now firmly believed to belong to the missing barque Stoneleigh. Mr. F. H. Barnes, Lloyd's agent at Christchurch, writes stating that Captain Fairchild…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sinking of the Steamer Elbe. Owners of the Crathie Held Responsible
LONDON, Thursday.—At the sitting of the Full Court at Rotterdam to-day the question of the sinking of the German passenger steamer Elbe by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Passed
A report dated San Francisco, September 13, says: —The barque Stanmore, from Newcastle (N.S.W.), reports that on August 19, in 19 N., 125 W., she passed five spare deck spars, painted yellow, drifting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Omeo Ashore
The Albany papers report that the fear-masted barque Omeo is ashore at Hamelin, and although she was not much injured, strange to say the statement was made that there was not much hope of her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Sarah Pile
With regard to the stranding of the brigantine Sarah Pile on Break Sea Spit, Queensland, Captain Short writes :—"It was a narrow escape for all hands. It was about 11 a.m. on October 17th when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer for New Zealand Government
Under date October 5, a London correspondent writes:—A tender has been accepted by the Agent-General for the construction of a new cable steamer for the use of the New Zealand Government. Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Tug at Sydney
The little steamtug Saucy Jack had the misfortune on Friday last to strike a sunken rock in Sydney harbour and founder. The vessel was towing a meat punt to the Pastoralists' Association wharf, and by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Emigrant Ship Ashore. Twenty Lives Lost
LONDON, Monday.—The emigrant ship Solferino, bound for the Argentine Republic, has gone ashore at Centa, a port on the African coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Catterthun. The Fatal Rock. Located by a Local Man
SINCE the memorable Catterthun disaster at Beal Rooks, which took place on the night of August 8th last, a great deal of diversity of opinion has existed concerning the locality…
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