Narrow Escape of a Barque. the Lifeboat Called Out
During the forenoon yesterday a strong south-south-east breeze sprang up, freshening to a moderate gale towards mid-day, and bringing up a nasty sea. Several of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 19
Rumoured Loss of a Steamer. Perth
It is rumoured at Fremantle that the Bulimba has been wrecked on the coast while on her way from Albany to Fremantle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Coasting Steamer. The Macleay Strikes a Rock. Passengers and Mails Taken Off. Nelson's Bay
The North Coast S.S. Company's steamer Macleay, while on a passage from the Richmond River to Sydney yesterday, struck on Telegraph Rock, off Camden Haven…
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South African advices to hand state that the American barquentine Rao Smith, from Mauritius to New York, with a cargo of sugar has been wrecked about 30 miles from Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Grafton. Hobart
The Court of Inquiry which recently sat to inquire into the wreck of the Grafton, and which suspended, Captain Morrisby's certificate, is found to have proceeded irregularly,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supposed Wreckage From the Fiado
The French mail steamer Ville de la Ciotat, from Noumea, brought some particulars regarding wreckage found off the New Caledonian coast, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Glasgow Barque
News is to hand of the total loss of the barque Abernyte at Rid, a point westward of the Lizard. The ship, with a registered tonnage of 700, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War the Spanish Cruisers Ashore
LONDON, Sunday.—Rear-Admiral Sampson has reported to the authorities at Washington that the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, which was driven ashore during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Burned at Sea
LONDON, Monday.—The United States steamer Dalaware, laden with ammunition, has been burned at sea. The whole of the passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of an American Ship
The ship Sterling has gone to pieces on a reef in Bristol Boy, Bering Sea, having run aground on May 20, and in two days wan almost a total wreck. The Sterling was for a long time a fast coal carrier…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrecked China
According to the latest news available, the hull of the steamer China is still above the water-line, and hopes are entertained that she may yet be saved. The directors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Adelaide
The board then instituted an inquiry respecting the schooner Adelaide, which since leaving Newcastle on May 12 last, has not been heard…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Wendouree. Ashore on the Oyster Bank. Vessel a Total Loss. the Crew Saved
Another vessel has been added to the already long list of casualties in which the dreaded oyster bank at the entrance to the port has played such an important part…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some Previous Wrecks
Amongst the previous wrecks that have taken place on the oyster bank may be mentioned the barque Eleanor Lancester, which was lost in 1856. In July, 1866, the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wendouree Wreck. The Vessel Abandoned. To be Sold by Auction
There is very little fresh to report in connection with the wrecked steamer Wendouree. The vessel was examined yesterday by representatives of Messrs. Huddart,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Chinese Cruiser
One hundred and thirty lives were lost by the wreck of the Chinese cruiser Fuching at Port Arthur last month. News by the steamer Tsinan on Saturday states that the vessel anchored oil the port in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wendouree Wreck. Marine Board Inquiry
An inquiry was opened before the local Marine Board yesterday touching the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the steamer Wendouree,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Steamer Aground
Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons' steamer Buninyong, which grounded near the Market Wharf while proceeding to sea from the A.A. Co.'s shoots early yesterday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Steamer Elbing
Particulars of the Elburg, the latest addition to the German-Australian line, were received by the last English mail. She is a steel screw steamer, schooner-rigged, with [?] register of 3687 tons, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wendouree Wreck. Captain Roberts to Show Cause
The local Marino Board yesterday delivered their reserved decision arising out of the preliminary inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Wendource. The board found that…
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