Extraordinary Accident. a Steamer Sunk
An alarming accident recently occurred at the Whitehill Point coal staithes, just westward of the Albert Edward Dock, North Shields,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 19
The Steamer Adelaide
A telegram from Cape Willoughby states that the Adelaide Company's steamer Adelaide, from West Australia under temporary repair, passed the Cape in tow of the company's steamer La Serena on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecks As a Hobby
It would rather surprise many people did they know that there are fellow human beings—persons of means and of no [?]occupation generally—with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Mataura Wreck. Wool Salvage
LONDON, Thursday.âTwo thousand bales of wool have been salved from the steamer Mataura, which went ashore in Sealer's Cove, Magellan's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mapourika Wrecked. Ashore at Greymouth. Crew and Passengers Safe
A cable from New Zealand states that the Union S.S. Company's now steamer Mapourika is ashore at Greymouth, having been wrecked on the bar while crossing. The crew…
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The present year has seen the 86th anniversary in the history of the day that the first regular passenger steamer in the British Isles began to ply between Greenock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Mapourika
Further detail, to hand concerning the wreck of the Union S.S. o.'s steamer Mapourika state that the vessel was crossing the Greymouth bar on Saturday when she was struck by an immense blind roller…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in the Harbour. a Schooner Sunk
A few minutes after 7 a.m. yesterday a collision occurred in the harbour between the steamer Virawa and the schooner Bessie Maud, in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in Sydney Harbour a Steamer Beached. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night
A collision occurred to-night off the entrance to Johnston's Bay between the Adelaide Co.'s steamer Colac and the Paramatta steamship ferry-boat Eagle. The Eagle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tug and Schooner Ashore
A wire received from Camden Haven yesterday states that in attempting to tow the schooner Amelia White to sea, the tug Unique picked up the tow-line with her propeller, and drifted ashore on a sandy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Coasting Steamer
A new coasting steamer was put in the water at the yard of Mr. George Frost, at Kincumber, Brisbane Water, recently. Her dimensions are:—Length overall, 105ft; length of keel, 95ft; breadth, 25ft; depth…
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Latest particulars to hand concerning the stranding of the tug Unique and the schooner Amelis White at Camden Haven on Wednesday show that the latter vessel is much damaged, and likely to become a total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Firth of Cromarty Wreck
Further particulars of the loss of the ship Firth of Cromarty on the coast of Scotland to hand show that the wreck occurred off the Corsewall lighthouse. A sum of £10,000 was insured on the hull at Glasgow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Na[?]ourika Wreck
Further information regarding the position of the weather Mapomika which was swept on the rocks at Greymouth on the 30th [?] comes to hand by the New Zealand mail. On the 3rd inst, the vessel's bow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Earl of Hopetoun Wrecked
The Dutch Government boat Zeeduif has arrived at Singapore with Captain Rowley, the master, and 19 of the crew of the British sailing ship Earl of Hopetoun, which was wrecked on the 8th September in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tugboat Fearless Ashore. Successfully Floated
A wire from Wollongong yesterday stated that the tugboat Fearless, owned by Mr. Callen, of Newcastle, and chartered by Mr. Warburton, of Sydney, went ashore on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Swift Tramp Steamer
The steamer Glaucus, which arrived at Port Pirie on Friday, is a splendid specimen of a cargo tramp, and the largest that has ever visited that port, being 5573 tons register, 430ft in length, and capable of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Disabled
A report received from Trial Bay yesterday stated that the steamer Friendship entered the bay and auchored. While in the vicinity of Tacking Point her machinery became disabled owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salvage by a Steamer
The steamer Iona, of Dundee, from Montreal with at general cargo and cattle for London, recently entered Falmouth Harbour with the North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Mohegan. 106 Lives Lost. Defective Compasses
LONDON, Monday (Later).—Particulars of the wreck of the Atlantic liner Mohegan on the Manacle Rocks, near Falmouth, state that 106 of the…
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