The Wreck of the Lubra
The Marine Court sat at Fremantle on Monday to hear the charges against Captain Donger. The court consisted of the Collector of Customs, Mr. Clayton Mason; the harbour master. Captain Russell; and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 19
The Ranelagh Wreck. Another Hole Discovered. Bundaberg
ANOTHER hole has been discovered in the forehold of the Ranelagh, making the fourth hole discovered. The hole found yesterday had a couple of feet of rock projecting…
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ABOUT 10 o'clock last night the ketch Active, laden with hardwood timber, and bound from Cape Hawke to Morpeth, was suddenly caught by a southerly wind just inside the…
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Captain Jones, of the barque Ednyfed, which has arrived at Sydney from Savannah, mentions having sighted a large quantity of wreckage in latitude 34'45 north and 58 55 west, in the Gulf of Florida. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →History of Newcastle and the Northern District. (All Rights Reserved.) Number Xlvii. Loss of the Colonial Schooner Francis
The loss of his Majesty's colonial schooner Francis at Newcastle on the 21st March, 1805, was a great blow to the coal and timber industry of the…
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LATER particulars concerning the wreck of the ketch Active, which foundered near the entrance to the harbour on Wednesday night, show that Nobbys light was sighted…
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The big ocean greyhound will soon it is thought, be equipped with life beats haraessed to balloons, so as to be practically unsinkable. Cylinders filled with compressed gas will be placed in compartments…
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Pumping so far has failed to empty the water out of the hold or the Ranelagh, partly through the vessel lying on her port edge, and portly through the insufficiency of steam supply. It is now proposed to…
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The Fremantle Marine Court has delivered its decision on the charges brought against Captain Denyer, the master of the Lubra, and has ordered the master's certificate to be suspended for nine…
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THE steamer Ranelagh was pulled over upon her starboard side to-day, but the water began to rise in the engineroom shortly afterwards. As the tide made, the vessel…
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On the last trip of the Japan mail steamer Yamashire Maru, hence to Hongkong and Japan, she fell in with a steamer in the China Sea flying signals of distress. The Yamashiro Maru bore down on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Wreck. All Hands Saved. Sydney
THE Moruya Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Koonya, bound [?]om Moruya to Sydney, went ashore on Council beach, south of Botany Heads, this morning. Particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Disaffection in Persia. a British Steamer Seized. Russian Military Stores. Supposed for Insurgents
LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Baluchistan, which was seized some time ago in the Thames and afterwards released, upon which she sailed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The R.M.S. Victoria Delayed. Steamer Ashore
LONDON, Friday.—The mail steamer Victoria has been delayed 17 hours at Port Said owing to the steamer Cowrie having gone ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Mataura. Lost in Magellan Straits. One Boat's Crew Safe. London, January 27
THE New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Mataura has been totally lost in Magellan Straits. One boat containing the captain, doctor, three passengers, and ten of…
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The steamer Argyle, from Melbourne to Bairnsdale, which should have reached her destination on Friday morning, has not pot arrived. She passed Wilson's Promontory at 6 p.m. on Thursday, and…
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LONDON, Friday.—Latest advices to hand concerning the loss of the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Matuara in Sealors' Cove, Magellan…
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It is reported from Perth (W.A.) that the Norwegian barque August Tellefsen, 697 tons register, has been totally wrecked. She was loading timber at Rockingham, and during the height of the recent…
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LATER particulars concerning the loss of the Waitemata state the vessel sank in about 40 minutes, and now lies with only her royals above water. The master of the Stella was…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Channel Queen was wrecked off the coast of Guernsey during a dense fog last night…
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