China Steamer
The China Navigation Company's steamer Changsha arrived at Port Darwin yesterday from Hongkong, and sailed again for Sydney…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 18
Loss of a Schooner
The inter-island trading schooner Gyini, sailing under the French flag, has been totally wrecked. The vessel trades between Lifou and New Caledonia, and when in the opening in the main reef struck…
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The E. and A. Company's steamer Menmuir arrived at Port Darwan yesterday from Sydney, and sailed again for Hongkong…
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Mr. Seddon, the Premier, proposes to subside the San Francisco and Vancouver [?]all services, alternating fortnightly, the [?]mer not to exceed 19 the latter 21 days…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The ship Cuthona, from Sundswall, Sweden, for Australia, with timber, has been wrecked off Limpnas Klubb, in the…
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Labers of the Sydney Marine Board, under Sydney of Captain Hixson, met yesterday [?]and gave their decision in the case of [?]Laughlin, second mate of the steamer…
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Eastern mail advices state that the steamer Sessbumaru, owned by the Nada Kogyo Kaisha, left Hyoge on October 28 for Shinagawa, via Yokohama, and has not been seen since passing Oshima, and it is…
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Quebec advices state that the tug Ethel, which floated the Dundee steamer Kildona, which went ashore in the 8t. Lawrence collided with the latter vessel after she got off. The tug, which had her…
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Advices have been received of the loss of the steamer Blyth, formerly the Port Phillip, a vessel well known in the Australian trade. The vessel, whilst bound from Lulea to Rotterdam with a cargo…
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LONDON, Thursday.—While engaged in rescue work during the recent fearful gale on the coast of England, the Margate lifeboat was…
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LONDON, Thursday.—An explosion occurred in the coal bunkers of the North German Lloyd liner Darmstadt at Bremerhaven, Germany…
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SOUTH AFRICAN advices state that there is no hope of floating the wrecked steamer Clan Gordon, which went ashore during the latter end of October on Tenedos Reef on the coast…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Later particulars of the disaster, to the Margate lifeboat, which was wrecked while proceeding to a vessel in distress during…
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A wire has been received at Hobart from the head keeper of the Seven Islands Lighthouse, stating that the ketch Esther, which had arrived, reports that the master, Driscoll, and the mate fell overboard…
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The schooner Elnora, bound to Eureka, Humboldt Ray, from Sants Barbara, was wrecked on October 26 in collision, the vessel foundering soon after the accident. The vessel with which she collided was…
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Captain Green, of the ship William Tell, which recently arrived at Ran Fraecisco, report that on October 8, in 130 30 W. lat., and 82'30 N. long., he passed a large piece of wreckege, apparently a…
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SOME anxiety has been felt owing to the non-arrival at Thursday Island of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Maranoa. The vessel left Cooktown early on Saturday morning with a…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The P. and O. steamer COlyde is three days overdue at Malta. A tug has gone in search. A heavy sea is running in the…
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THERE has just been launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs John Priestman and Co., Southwick, a steel self-trimming cargo vessel, which has been built to the…
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THE wreck of the steamer Fitzroy during the early hours of Saturday morning adds another to the already long list of casualties on Stockton Beach. How the vessel got into…
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