New Steamer
A new steamer 37ft long, with Sit beam by a depth of 5ft built by Mr. John Gibson, managing engineer of the Fitzroy Dock, was launched on Thursday a Longnose Point. She was christened "The Leisure…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 18
Condition of the Wreck
Mr. Flaherty (landing waiter and customs' officer in charge of the wreck of the Fitzroy) returned to town last night and reports that the vessel is beginning to break…
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The officers and men on the Morsyshire had an unpleasant experience. Just after leaving Las Palmas on November 15, where she had coaled, it an discovered that the coal in the fore well was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Steamer for the Lund Line
The Sunderland Ship-building Company have received on order to build for Mr. W. Lund for his Australian line, a steamer 400ft long, and similar to the Narrung, lately built by the same firm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamers in Collision. Excitement in the Harbour. & Steamer Sunk. All on Board Saved. Sydney
THIS afternoon the steamer Princess, whilst leaving Circular Quay for Athol Gardens with some hundreds of passengers, mostly women and children, on board, was cut down by the…
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THE loss of the steamer Fitzroy was very similar to the fate which has overtaken a large number of steamers trading on the Australian coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer in Trouble
A wire received from the Tweed Heads at 9.10 last night stated that the coasting steamer Friendship was dragging her anchors in the bay, making signals for assistance. The steamer, which had lost one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch of a Steamer
From Messrs. Dunn Brothers' shipbuilding yard, Berry's Bay, we launched on Thursday a schooner-rigged steamer of 50 tons, built to the order of Mr. Fraser, of the Gippsland Lakes. The vessel was…
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