Launch of a Ferry Steamer
At the shipbuilding yards of Messrs. Young, Son. and Fletcher, Rozelle Bay, Balmain, on Saturday morning the Currabella a new steamer built for the North Shore Ferry Company, was launced. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 18
Sinking of a Steamer. a Turkish Fort Bombarded
LONDON, Sunday.—A Turkish fort at Prevess, at the entrance to the Gulf of, Arta, has sunk a trading steamer. The Greek fleet in the Gulf…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The steamer Ibex, owned by the Great Western Railway Company, and running between Weymouth and Jersey, touched…
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The steamer Gulf of Mexico, now en route to Sydney from London, comes on to Newcastle with general cargo to the agency of Messrs Dalgety and Co. Among her cargo is the new lifeboat for this port…
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NEWS of the total loss of the well-known schooner Pirate off Portland Island was received by cable yesterday by Messrs. Earp, Gillam, and Co. So far the particulars to…
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A CABLE received from New Zealand states that the ship Zuliaka went ashore about four miles west of Cape Palliser on Friday night, and became a total wreck The bodies of the…
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Throughout yesterday the lifeboat crew were standing by in readiness to proceed to a wreck. When the signal gun was fired, the men were all in readiness, but up to an…
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When the lifeboat returned on Saturday morning it was seen that something was wrong. On making inquiries it was found that while proceeding to the wreck in tow of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Adderley Disaster. Ashore near Morna Point. Visit to the Wreck. the Crew Saved. Living Ashore in Tents. Interview with the Captain
WHEN darkness fell on Friday night the Adderley was last seen standing to the north-east, and making a gallant struggle to make a safe offing. Although a sharp lookout was…
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The information contained in Saturday's issue of this journal regarding the disastrous breakage of the hawser-hooking apparatus of the barque Adderley when the vessel was…
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The tug Hero will arrive this morning from Sydney for the purpose of proceeding to the wreak, Mr. J. Reid, the local agent, having been advised to this effect yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Hampden's Official Visit. the Sea Pit to Be Let by Electricity. the Government Steamer Galatea Granted
THE executive officers of the citizens' committee are working hard completing the general arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the Governor, based upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Adderley Disaster. The Wreck Surveyed
THE barque Adderley, which went ashore on Stockton beach on Friday night, is still in an upright position, and is firmly embedded in the sand. The crow are still standing by the…
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The steamer Devon, en route from London to Sydney, has arrived at Fremantle. She is a newsteamer, built by Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie, and Company, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, launched in…
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Advices by the mail per Oceana state that the Rotterdam-Lloyd steamer Utrecht is supposed to be totally lost. The crew consisted of 36 persons. There were no passengers on board. It is thought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. The Greco-Turkish War Schooner Captured by the Greeks. an English M.P. a Prisoner
LONDON, Thursday.—A Greek ironclad captured a schooner at the entrance to the Gulf of Salonica. Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, member of…
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The Marine Board have decided to open an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the barque Adderley, which went ashore on Stockton beach on the night of April 23. The inquiry will…
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FURTHER particulars to hand concerning the loss of the French steamer Ville de St. Nazaire, which foundered at sea while bound from NewYork to the West Indies, state that…
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AN inquiry was opened before the local Marine Board yesterday touching the stranding of the barque Adderley, which went ashore on Stockton beach on the night of the…
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News has been received from New York of a terrible fire on the steamer Leona, when making the trip from New York to Galveston. The heat from the fire was so intense that 18 persons were…
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