Wreck of the Schooner Mariner. All Hands Saved
A WIRE received from Stanley, Circular Head, states that the schooner Mariner was lost on three Hummock Island on February 10 during a dense fog. The crew were saved,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 19
The English Battleship Ashore
LONDON, Wednesday.—The battleship Revenge and the second-class cruiser Venus have sailed from Malta to assist in towing the Victorious off…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Reports from Teneriffe state that the French steamer Faachat, bound for Colon, has been wrecked at Aunga Port during a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New E and A. Steamer
Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., managing agents for the E. and A. line here, advice us that the Eastern ant Australian S.S. Co., Ltd., are new building a new steamer on the same lines as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Woolloomooloo. Wreckage Sighted
WHEN the Lund liner Woolloomooloo, which arrived last night from Fremantle, was passing Wollongong about 9 a.m. yesterday the second officer sighted what appeared to be…
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Captain H. Noste of the tug Fearless, reports that whilst towing a vessel past the Bellambi Reef on Wednesday he sighted a portion of a wooden vessel floating at about 2½ miles east of the reef. It was…
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Captain Butcher, of the steamer Cintra, on arrival at Rockhampton on Thursday, reports that on entering Whitsunday Passage on Monday morning the steamer was boarded by the captain of the schooner…
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THERE is nothing fresh to report in connection with the Atacama wreck beyond the fast that the pilot steamer Ajax passed South Head at 2 p.m. yesterday, proceeding south…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Missing Schooner Malcolm
No further news is available as to the fate of the schooner Malcolm, and most soafaring men acquainted with the southern coast, the chief trade in which the vessel was engaged,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Co.'s Steamer Ella
It is intended that the streamer Ella, the now cargo steamer surch[?]sed by the Union Company, is to be planed in the Westport coal trade. In accordance with the custom of the company the steamer will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Shipping Disasters. No Trace of the Missing Boats. the Wrecks at Wollongong
THE wreck of the Atacama continues to be the leading topic of conversation in nautical circles, and inquiries are frequent as to the probability of the two missing boats being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Amy Wreck
A message from Bulli states that part of a human body in a very decomposed condition has been washed up on Thirroul beach, but could not be identified. The body was found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Koonya Wreck
THE inquiry into the loss of the steamer Koonya, to the southward of Port Hacking, was continued before the Sydney Marine Board yesterday afternoon, when the evidence…
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A new three-masted fore-and-a8ft schooner, recently launched at Myall (Port Stephens), and intended for the coastal trade, arrived at Sydney on Monday with a cargo of hardwood, and went alongside the Union…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrestler Ashore
A cable has been received stating that the American barquentine Wrestler, bound from Puget Sound to Sydney, has gone ashore, and had to be docked before proceeding on her voyage…
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News has been received of the wreck of the barque Candidt, which loaded here about 12 months ago for the west coast of South America. The Candida left Port Augusta on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minora Wreck. Marine Board Inquiry. Captain Gallant's Evidence
AN inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the loss of the brig Minors was hold before the local Marine Board yesterday, the president (Captain Cross) presiding. There…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A New Steamer
The A.U.S.N. Company's new steamer Paroo, from London via ports, and now at Brisbane, is a sister boat to the Cape Otway, it description of which has already appeared, and was, prior to her being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huddart, Parker Company's New Steamer
Particulars of the new steamers which will shortly he under way for the Huddart, Parker Proprietary Company Limited, are to hand. The steamer which is to run in conjunction with the Westralia in the…
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The second officer and 12 of the crew of the Candida have arrived at Port Adelaide. The officer states that while tacking the vessel got sternway on through the main yards not being rounded quickly…
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