Launch of a Meat Steamer
LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Fifeshire, specially built for Messrs. Turnbull, Martin, and Company, of London, Glasgow, and Dunedin, for…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 19
The Wreck of the Mohegan
LONDON, Wednesday.—The loss of the Atlantic Transport Shipping Company's steamer Mohegan, on the Manacle Rocks, near Falmouth, has now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Gales. Wrecks and Loss of Life
LONDON, Wednesday.—Severe gales are blowing on the coasts of Great Britain and the steamer services between Dover and Calais and Ostend have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of the Wrecked Mary Adkins
Messrs. Fraser, Uther, and Company yesterday, at City Mart, sold, by order of the underwriters, the wreck of the ketch Mary Adkins, about 100 tons register, as she lies on the beach at Crowdy Bay, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck Statistics for 1897
The annual summary of vessels totally lost, condemned, &c., now published by Lloyd's Register, shows that, during 1897, the gross reduction…
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The steamer Francesco Crispi, lying stranded on the Ship Was[?], off Aldeburgh, having been abandoned by her crew, has become the prey of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A New Steamer
On Saturday next a new passenger steamer, designed by Mr. Walter Reeks, and built by Mr. T. F. Morrison, to the order of the Northern Union Steamboat Co., will be launched from the builder's yard at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mammoth Schooner
A fore-and-aft schooner, to carry 4000 tons of coal on 23ft draught, and spread 10,000yds of canvas, is in course of construction at Camden, Me., and will be launched in November. She is 282ft keel, 44ft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Ketch Wrecked
A wire from Adelaide state that the ketch Larline went ashore at 1 a.m. on Saturday about two miles north of Beachport. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch of a Steamer
A new steamer called the Aotea, built by Mr. Morrison, of Pyrmont, to the order of the Northern Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand, was launched yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pioneer American Tramp Steamer
The first American steel tramp steamer ever built in the United States for United States owners, the Winefred, has been launched. She is a comely-looking, straight-stemmed craft of the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floating a Steamer
Messrs. C. F. Stokes and Co. forward the following clipping from the Newcastle (England) papers, of September 12th last:—The large four-masted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wreck Bessie Maud. Sydney, Thursday Night
Mr. Reid has asked the opinion of the Crown Solicitor whether he is empowered to blow up the wreck of the Bessie Maud. He has also wired to Captain Newton, harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ketch and a Tug in Collision
On Saturday night, about 35 miles north of Sydney Heads, the tug Champion ran into the ketch Aurora. The steamer was considerably damaged and the ketch sank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Port Jackson Ashore. Stranded Near Bird Island Point. Narrow Escape of Two Schooners
Considerable excitement was caused in shipping circles yesterday morning by the posting of a notice at the telegraph office, stating that the tug Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Port Jackson Wreck. Capsize of a Boat
The tug Stormcock, which left early yesterday morning for Bird Island Point with salvage plant for floating the tug Port Jackson, returned about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer for the Intercolonial Trade
The passenger steamer now being built by Messrs. Gourlay Brothers, of Dundee to the order of Messrs. Huddart Parker, and Company Proprietary, Limited, is to be named the Zealandia. She will be 342ft long,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gallant Rescue by a British Steamer
According to information received in Liverpool the Hull steamer Marengo has arrived at Boston, having on board the crew of the Norwegian ship America, which was abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Glenhuntly. Crew Rescued from Tristan D'Acunha
The barque Strathgriffe, which has arrived at Melbourne from New York, brings news of the wreckage of the barque Glenhuntly, which was recently posted "missing" at Lloyd's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ketch Ashore
The ketch Forster, a vessel of 69 tons, owned by Messrs. Settree and Taylor, is reported ashore at Tomakin, north of Moraya. The Forster was built at Kincumber in 1896,…
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