The Wreck of the Byron. Marine Board Inquiry. Sydney
THE foundering of the steamer Byron, on Sunday morning, after being abandoned by the crew off Terrigal, was inquired into by the Marine Board to-day…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896
305 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 16
Newcastle Lifeboat. to the Editor
Sir,—I was greatly surprised by reading in this morning's Herald that the local Marino Board are not in favour of having a steam lifeboat for this port. Now the…
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Our readers will be glad to learn that at a special meeting of the Newcastle Lifeboat Committee held yesterday, to consider the class of lifeboat most suitable for Newcastle,…
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Mr Frank Gardner, the hen. secretary of this society, has received instructions from Sydney to pay the whole of the expenses incurred for boarding and clothing the crews of…
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THE Marine Board to-day gave its decision in the matter of the foundering of the a s s. Byron off Terrigal on May 24 while bound from Newcastle to Sydney. The board found that…
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The continued heavy weather has materially altered the chances of saving the Karoola and Condong, which were driven ashore at Morna Point on Sunday week. A…
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At the meeting of the Marine Board yesterday the only question of special public interest dealt with was that of the new lifeboat for Newcastle. It was decided to send a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer and the Whale
The steamer Louie, while cruising off the Tasmanian coast recently, had a narrow escape. A large black whale, with a calf, was sporting about close in shore off Cape…
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A Japan paper has entered into a calculation as to how much the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will receive under the provisions of the Navigation Encouragement Act recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap to Stanbury. the Champion Sculler Nearly Drowned. Swims Ashore
LONDON, Monday.—The report that James Stanbury, the champion sculler of the world, was drowned in the Thames proves to be untrue. The…
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A telegram received from the Clarence River Beads yesterday stated that the steamer Favourite foundered on the North Spit at 1.15 p.m. while making her way out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. New Steamer for the Adelaide S.s. Co
To order to cope with the increasing Australian coast trade the Adelaide Steamship Company have now building at the yards of Messrs. Scott and Co., of Greenock, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Talavera Ashore
By the English mail news was received that the four-masted barque Talavera was ashore on Santa Maria Island (Chili). At the time of the accident the Talavera was proceeding to Conception Bay from…
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A cable has been despatched to Mr. Forrester, of Limehouse (England), ordering the construction of a now lifeboat for Newcastle. Contrary to expectation the recommendation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch of a Ferry Steamer
The new ferry steamer built for the Manly Co-operative Ferry Company by Messrs. Young, Son, and Fletcher, at Roselle Bay, was launched on Saturday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Non-arrival of the Steamer Aberdeen
The non-arrival of the steamer Aberdeen, which was expected to reach Melbourne from London, via the Cape, last Wednesday, is causing uneasiness. The Messrs. Dalgety and Co. know nothing beyond…
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A report from Botany yesterday stated that a quantity of goods in the shape of chests of tea, ginger, and other China merchandise, had been washed up in the bay during the recent southerly…
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The Copenhagen barque Jupiter, bound from Jamaica for Liverpool and Manchester, is reported to have stranded on the 10th ult. on the Cuban coast. Her crew report a somewhat alarming experience…
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A few weeks ago the "Lifeboat Saturday" scheme was carried out in London for the first time. The movement was in aid of the National Lifeboat Institution, which since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Lifeboat. to the Editor
Sir,—I did not think I would have to again refer to the above matter, thinking it was decided we were to have what those who should know best said we ought to have,…
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