The Wendouree Wreck. Marine Board Inquiry
Captain J. W. Roberts appeared before the local Marine Board yesterday to show cause why his pilotage certificate should not be cancelled, or suspended, as a result…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 19
Wreck of a Ketch
A wire from Port Macquarie during yesterday stated that the ketch Jessie Sinclair was on the bar waterlogged. Later in the evening a wire was…
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Latest telegrams from Albany state that the tug has returned from Wilson's Inlet, and reports that the Gertie was carried over the reef by the seas, and now lies embedded…
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Later particulars to hand from Port Macquarie concerning the wreck of the Jessie Sinclair show that the ketch was aground in the harbour this morning, and the tug…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Melbourne Explosion. One Man Killed. Wreckage of Works. Melbourne, Monday Afternoon
An explosion took place at the Australian Explosives and Chemical Company's works, Deer Park, Braybrook, seven miles from the city, this afternoon. One man was killed,…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A British torpedo boat destroyer of the first class has been wrecked at Simon's Town, Cape Colony…
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On Sunday morning the schooner Mariner was totally wrecked at Burnie. All hands were saved. She belonged to Mr. John Lyall, of Launceston, sharebroker, and was commanded by Captain W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Liffey Wreck. Marine Board Decision
The Sydney Marine Board continued its inquiry yesterday afternoon into the cause of the wreck of the brigantine Liffey at the Richmond River on…
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The launch Dunsky has returned to Albany from Wilson's Inlet, and reports that the steamer Gertie has been washed by the gale high and dry on a sandy beach. She is embedded 5ft in sand. The owners of…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Board of Trade has held an inquiry into the loss of the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Matura, which went ashore in…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The United States cruiser Columbia has gone ashore at Ponce, on the south coast of Puerto Rico…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the British Fleet at Wei-Hai-Wei. Arrival of the Steamer Isis
The steamer Isis, which has a carrying capacity of about 4000 tons, and under the command of Captain Mackay, arrived at Newcastle yesterday to load coal for Manila. In the…
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The captain of the Waihora reported at Auckland passing in the Tasman Sea several planks painted white and green, having the appearance of being part of the deckhouse or bulwarks of a vessel, and also a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the French Liner. Terrible Scenes. Wholesale Murder. Auckland (N.z.)
The following are from the latest American papers by the R.M.S. Alameda:— The French line steamship La…
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Notwithstanding the march of civiliasation and the multiplication of school boards, the spirit of the old barbarian still manifests its presence in cultured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Annie M'dougall Ashore. At Macquarie Heads
A telegram from Macquarie Heads was received at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon stating that the schooner Annie, M'Dougall had gone ashore in the forenoon on North…
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A telegram from Kiama last night conveyed the intelligence that a steamer was in distress, and in imminent danger of running ashore off Shellh harbour. The vessel fired…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Oakbranch
After a passage of 21 days from Singapore the tur[?]ret steamer Oakbranch arrived at Newcastle yesterday. Captain Scheels reports that he experienced good weather while coming through the island, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →That Steamer in Distress. The Problem Solved
With reference to the distress signals seen off Shelharbour on Tuesday night last, and which caused so much consternation, a telegram conveying facts has at last been received…
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The cutter Emily, under the command of Captain Mortimer, which left Eden on her usual trip to Malacoota on Saturday last, has not returned. It is feared she was swamped in Tuesday night's heavy…
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