The Drummond Castle Wreck. Public Relief Fund. the Queen Heads the List
LONDON, Wednesday.—The fund which has been set on foot for the relief of the families of those who perished in the wreck of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896
305 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 16
Wreckage
Advices to hand by the American mail state that Captain Macauley, of the sealing schooner Penclope, has just returned to Portland (O) from the north, and reports the finding of the pinnacle of the May…
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On Friday an attempt was made to raise the sunken steamer Brightside, which sunk at her moorings in Neutral Bay some time ago. The effort, however, proved unsuccessful, owing to some difficulty which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Drummond Castle. Its Position Located
LONDON, Sunday.—The search for the wreck of the steamer Drummond Castle, which sank off the French coast after striking a rock, has been…
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As the steamer Merksworth was coming down from Darling Harbour on Monday at noon she collided with P[?]mont Bridge. A hole was knocked in her bows, and she was…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Egyptian steamer Rahmani[?]h has been lost in the Red Sea. Sixty Greek passengers are missing…
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LONDON, Thursday.—News has been received of a fearful shipping disaster off the Japanese coast. Two Japanese steamers collided, and one of them,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brutal Outrages in Russia. Jews Murdered.—their Homes Wrecked. Women Outraged by Soldiers. Wholesale Arrests
LONDON, Friday.—A Jewish innkeeper at Mizabisch, having interfered to protect a peasant from a Russian officer's brutalities, the officer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Catterthun Wreck. The Specie Near at Hand. Sydney
THE diver at the Catterthun wreak hopes to recover the specie very shortly. A boat from the salvage steamer Sophia Ann came ashore at Seal Rocks yesterday afternoon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Huddart, Parker, & Co.'s New Steamer
By the R.M.S. Cuzco on Monday next Captain P. W. Bull, the commodore of Messrs Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s line, proceeds to England to bring out the now steamer now building at Newcastle-on-Tyne for…
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NEWS is to hand of the loss of the Greystoke Castle off the South African coast. From information to hand it appears that the vessel was bound from Rangoon to Buenos…
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A telegram from Apollo Bay reports that during the heavy south-west gale on Tuesday night the cutter Cambria, eight tons, belonging to Cooper and Co. sank at her moorings in Mount's Bay. The…
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A wire received from Croki yesterday states that the ketch Alfred Fenning, laden with 37,000ft of hardwood, whilst being toned across the Manning bar, was struck by a heavy sea, and before she…
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The China Navigation Co's steamer Whampoa, bound from Hongkong to Sydney, broke down when 10 miles off Sydney Heads yesterday, and was towed to port by one of Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tugs…
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The largest steamer of the turret-deck type yet built has been launched from the yard of Messrs. Wm. Doxford and Sons, Limited, of Pallion, Sunderland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. Wreck of the Scottish Dales
The Marine Court of Inquiry, which sat at Suva recently to inquire into the wreck of the Scottish Dales while on a voyage from Tacoma to Port Pirie, acquitted Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. New Steamer
The steamer Indraghun, the latest addition to the Tyser line, arrived to-day. Captain Firth is in command, and reported that the vessel's first run was very successful,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Barque Nornan. Lost in Torres Straits. Six Survivors Reach Thursday Island
A TELEGRAM from Thursday Island states that the mate and five of the crow of the Swedish barque Nornan had arrived there, and reported the loss of the vessel on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Woolloomooloo. Frozen Meat Cargo Damaged
LONDON, Tuesday.—The produce shipped on board the Lund Line steamer Woolloomooloo, which was beached at Cherbourg after having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Nornan—the Mate's Statement
News has been received from Thursday Island giving further particulars of the wreck of the Swedish barque Norman. Mr. John Peterson the chief officer, states that the barque left Sydney on the 15th ultimo,…
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