Launch of a New Steamer
A new steamer built to the order of Mr. G. W. Nicoll for the northern river trade was launched at Jervis Bay on Tuesday. The steamer was named Orara by Mrs. Nicoll. The steamer's capacity in 200…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 19
Collision Off Lowestoft. Loss of a Steamer with All Hands
EARLY on Wednesday morning, March 16th. a collision took place, about thirty miles off Lowestoft, between an unknown steamer and the Liverpool barque British Princess. The…
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Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Son's steamer Buninyong, from Sydney bound to Melbourne, broke down 15 miles off Cape Wallomai on the Victorian coast, her propeller shaft having been snapped…
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LONDON, Monday.—The American cruiser Detroit has captured the Spanish merchant steamer Catalina…
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A serious collision took place late in the evening in the bay off Willlamstown between Messrs. Howard Smith's steamer Edina, bound from Geelong to Melbourne, and the…
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LONDON, Friday.—General Blanco, the Spanish Commander-in-Chief in Cuba, has reported that an ironclad of the American blockading squadron…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Capture of a Spanish Steamer. a General and Many Officers Made Prisoners
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Spanish steamer Arganauta, a vessel of 1000 tons, has been captured by an American warship off Cienfuegos, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mysterious Steamer Sighted
The mail steamer Gothic reports that the on the voyage from Robert to Wellington she sighted a mysterious steamer near Farewell Spit. The Gothic war travelling at the rate of 14½ knots an hour. The…
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The New Zealand Shipping Company has contracted with Messrs. William Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton, for the construction of a new steamer of the following dimensions:—430ft by 54ft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. Gallant Lifeboat Service
The Aldeburgh (England) lifeboat was launched through a terrific sea recently, in answer to telephone message, and saved the crew of the ketch…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The United States Government have purchased the steamer City of Pekin, a vessel of 5000 tons, belonging to the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Wrecked
The three-masted schooner Orion drove ashore recently on the Hendon Beach, near Sunderland. She was bound for Bremerhaven with coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Isabelle Ashore
A wire from Harrington states that the schooner Isabelle, which was lying at anchor in Crowdy Head Bay, was driven ashore in a big gale…
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The schooners Hally Bayley and Albatross went ashore off Botany pier this morning, but they are in no immediate danger. The Albatross is a wooden schooner, 77…
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Sydney advices state that the steamer Maitland is ashore at Barranjoey, but no definite particulars are available. SYDNEY, 3.30 A.M…
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A message from Lake Macquarie states that Mr. F. Witherspoon's yacht Waratah broke adrift from her moorings during the night and Is now high and dry on the rocks…
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Ling the gale the Rocket Brigade and the boat crow wore standing by in readiness a call, but fortunately their services were in demand. The steamer Galatea,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Ashore. Supposed to Be the Maitland. Sydney, Saturday 1 a M.
Barrenjoey reports that an object looking like a steamer is ashore about 4½ miles from Barrenjoey and 1¼ miles from Cape Three Points, with the sea apparently breaking over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vessels Ashore at Hartlepool
A German schooner drove ashore behind the breakwater at West Hartlepool. The coastguard fired four rockets. The last one was caught, and the line fastened to the ship…
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The full-rigged ship Hereward (Potter Brothers, of London, owners) went ashore at M[?]bra Bay, about 12 miles south of Co[?]gee, at 1 o'clock this morning. The…
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