The Steamer Balmain
The steamer Balmain is expected to arrive to-day from Sydney. She is to be loaded by Messrs. Earp, Gillam, and Co. with coal for Timaru. From Now Zealand she proceeds to Melbourne with timber…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895
257 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 13
Shipwrecked Crew Beset by Land Crabs
THE steamship Medway, from Barbadoes, October 5, which arrived at Plymouth last month, brought 13 of the crew of the wrecked steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Steamer Alegonia
Thess. Alegonia has arrived at Adelaide. She is a fine steamer on her first voyage from the stocks, and did such good work as to show more than the customary average of 10 knots. She wont to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Bega Aground
The steamer Bega whilst endeavouring to cross the bar at Bateman's Bay outward bound to Sydney yesterday took the ground, where she remained hard and fast. All efforts to flat the vessel proved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Disabled Steamer Tambo
Messrs. Huddert, Parker and Co.'s steamer Tambo, which was towed into Jervis Bay on Saturday by the steamer Colac is coming back to Sydney for repairs. The steamer Burrumbeet. belonging to the same line,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Turret Steamer at Sydney
The Oak Branch, the first of the turret steamers to visit the colonics arrived at Sydney on Saturday from Sunderland. Captain Scheel states that she can lift 5100 tons deadweight on a draft of 21ft, and that few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The E. and A. Steamer Menmuir
The steamer Menmuir completed another round trip to China and Japan on Sunday, when she arrived a Sydney. Captain Hugh Craig reports having left Kobe at 6 a.m. on 20th, Moyi at 6 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Catterthun
IN consequence of the report that the wrecked steamer Catterthun had been found by the steamer Storm King, some of the underwriters concerned sent a marine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The E. and A. Steamer Airlie
Messrs. Gibbs, [?]right, and Company have been advised by cable that the E. and A. Company's steamship Airlie sailed from Hongkong on Saturday for Sydney, via Timor and ports. She is due at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Southerly Blow. Shipping in the Storm. Anxiety for the Schooner Nellie
THE strong South-easterly winds which set in on Tuesday evening continued to blow with increased force during that night and yesterday, and forced all the small craft that was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Auckland, Wednesday. the Wrecked Wool Ship
The warship Lizard returned after an unsuccessful search for traces of the survivors of the crew of the unknown wool ship, which was wrecked. It is now believed that all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a French Barque Rescue of the Crew. Sydney
By the ship Aristides, which arrived from London this morning, comes word of the wreck of the French barque Terra Neuvo. The lost vessel was on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Waitemata
The schooner Waitemata arrived in port yesterday from Launceston, after a passage of six days. The vessel brought round a quantity of Tasmanian produce, which she will commence discharging at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Brazilian Warship. the Commander Drowned
LONDON, Friday.—The Brazilian Government has sustained a severe loss by the wreck of the warship Uranus, the commander of which with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petroleum Tank Steamer
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., Limited, have launched a large petroleum tank steamer, which has been built to the order of Messrs. Samuel and Co., London, the owners of the Shell line of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Bucephalus
The steamer Bucephalus arrived at Adelaide from Calcutta via Penang. Singapore, and Cheribon on Thursday. The vessel had made a very good passage with the usual cargo of coal and stock, the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Ethiope
The steamship Ethiope, which was detained at Melbourne all last week on account of leakage in the water ballast tanks, had all the requisite repairs finished satisfactorily, and on Sunday morning made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Visit to Auckland Islands. Evidences of Many Wrecks
H.M.S. LIZARD returned to Wellington (N.Z ) last week from a visit to the Auckland Islands, whither, on the 13th ult, she had gone on a search for any traces of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Extraordinary Accident. a Steamer Sunk in the Harbour
AN extraordinary, accident occurred at 1 o'clock this morning near the Market Wharf. The steamer Tahlee, belonging to Mr. Waddingham, jun., only arrived a few days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. British Steamer Wrecked. Loss of 29 LIVES
LONDON, Tuesday.—The British s.s. Principia has been wrecked on Faroe Islands, to the north-west of the Shetlands. Twenty-nine of the passengers…
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