The New Steamer Waimate
The New Zealand Shipping Company's new steamer Waimate arrived at Port Chalmers on Monday from London with 8508 tons of cargo—a record cargo by steamer to New Zealand…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 18
Wreck of a Troopship. 1200 Persons on Board
LONDON, Monday.—The Indian troopship Warren Hastings, which has been wrecked off the Isle of Reunion, was conveying troops from the Cape…
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A wire from Melbourne states that the barque County Antrim, ashore near entrance to Gippsland Lakes, has listed considerably to part, and now lies nearly broadside on to the ocean…
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The steamer Kia-Ora, a vessel of 304 tons, arrived at Auckland on Thursday from Glasgow. She was seven months making the trip. The Kia-Ora is intended for the New Zealand coastal trade…
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Messrs. Harland and Wolff launched on December 5 the large twin-screw steamer Oravia from the south end of Queen's Island, Belfast, The Oravia has been built for the Pacific Steam Navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecks Reported in 1896
During the year 1896 the Marine Board of New South Wales has received notification of the loss of 10 vessels, all of which were engaged in the coasting trade. The total value of the vessels and their cargoes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Steamer Salier
In connection with the wreck of the North German Lloyd liner Salier off the coast of Spain, advices to hand state that the number of passengers on board the lost liner was 214, of whom one only was a…
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The Sydney Marino Board on Monday inquired into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the ketch Sunbeam, which sailed from Sydney on October 30, 1896, and has not since been heard of…
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LONDON, Monday.—Later particulars received of the wreck of the Indian troopship, Warren Hastings, on the Island of Reunion while on the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A lifeboat capsized off the coast of Jutland (Denmark) to-day, 12 persons being drowned…
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An attempt was made on Monday to lift the sunken steamer Merksworth at Cremorne Point. The divers had placed several heavy slings under the vessel, and these were carried to punts alongside. At low water…
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Messrs. Scott and Co., Kinghorn, have contracted to build a steel screw steamer of about 2000 tons gross, for the West Australian Steam Navigation Company. She will be 300ft in length, and will be…
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Information was received in Melbourne on Friday that the small trading schooner Wunthulong had sprung a leak 16 miles down the bay, and capsized, all hands being saved. The schooner had left…
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The steamer Hawea, one of the new vessels which have been built for the Union Steamship Company. Limited, has left Glasgow for New Zealand…
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THE Sydney Marine Board have given their finding in the case of the missing ketch Sunbeam, which left Sydney bound to Rockhampton on October 30, 1896, via Brisbane,…
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A telegram from Melbourne states that new has been received there that the barque Oronsay, which left Melbourne for London in September last, and should have reached there about the middle of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Oronsay
Further particulars concerning the loss of the ship Oronsay show that the vessel encountered a violent gale, losing her rudderhead, and as a consequence drifted about for six days. The drew were unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Merksworth Floated
At an early hour yesterday morning Messrs. Sheehy and Sons were successful in raising the sunsken steamer Merksworth at Shell Cove. She was towed to Sutherland Dock for repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Explosion on a Mail Steamer
On January 16, when the R.M.S. Oruba was approaching Colombo, Robert Deans, an engineer, contrary to previous warnings, went into one of the coal bunkers with a naked light, and a slight…
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The Adelaide Steamship Company's new steamer Allinga was launched on December 1 from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Scott and Co., of Greenock. She is intended for the intercolonial…
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