The Tekoa Disaster. Empty Lifeboat Seen
LONDON, Tuesday.—The lifeboat of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tekoa, which is supposed to have foundered, has been passed at sea empty…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14
A Costly Wreck
In the Admiralty Division recently application was made on behalf of the London and South-Western Railway Company for a decree limiting their liability under the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Rockton Aground. Beached in a Fog
Leaving Sydney on Friday night, at 10 o'clock the A.U.S.N. Company's screw steamer Rockton, a vessel of 1971 tons, built in 1882, and at present under charter…
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In answer to the question of "Sailor," Hamilton: The Berbice was wrecked on the Stockton beach during a strong southerly on the might of June 6, 1889. She was trying to enter without a pilot. No…
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Scawfell, s, which recently arrived in the Tyne from Sweden, reported having rescued the crew of the Norwegian schooner Elida, which was sighted waterlogged in the North Sea. Owing to the…
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A telegram received from Townsville on Saturday states that the Herbert, one of the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s steamers is arround on L[?] Frankland Island, about 20 miles north of [?] The vessel is on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Return of a Ketch with Her Dead Master
On Saturday the ketch Helena, which left Sydney on Tuesday last for Port Curtis, thence to Thursday Island, under the command of Captain Courts, returned to Port Jackson. Off Port Stephens the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Nambucca Aground
Nambucca, a steamier of 100 tons, went aground off the entrance to Nambucca River on Sunday night while attempting to cross in from Sydney. Her position is not considered a dangerous one, and she is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer South Australian Aground. Damaged on Big Ben
Shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday morning the firing of a distress signal from Fort Seratchley caused considerable alarm in the city. A large number of persons…
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The latest addition to Lund's line of Australian traders arrived at Sydney yesterday from London. The vessel referred to is the steamer Wilcannia. whose dimensions are 400ft by 48ft by 21½ft, classed…
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The Melbourne "Argus" of 11th inst states:—Just as the steamer Gabo was in readiness to leave the wharf with passengers and cargo for Western Australia on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Japan Mail Steamer Launched
Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., representing the Nippon Yusen Kaisha of Japan, are in receipt of particulars of the launching of another very fine steamer for the company. The account states that on July…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Thermopylæ Lost. A Total Wreck at the Cape. All Hands Saved
Cable messages received yesterday in Melbourne, Sydney, and Newcastle conveyed the appalling news of the wreck of the White Star liner Thermopylae, on Green Point, a…
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Green Cape, the point upon which the Thermopylae is reported to be wrecked, is a very rocky projection, about a mile and a half outside the breakwater at Table Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(Before Mr. Payten, S.m.) a Steamer's Crew
Edward Dempsey, John Donovan, John Judge, Walter Henrickson, John Meade, John M'Gowan, William Kirk. Samuel Stowe, George Wood, Daniel Quinian, Chas…
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A wire from Port Lincoln (S.A.) states that a vessel, the name of which is unknown, has been wrecked on Buffalo Reef, near Splisby Island. Owing to heavy surf,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Thermopylæ Wreck. Latest Details
Messrs. Dalgety and Co., agents of the Aberdeen White Star line, received a cable yesterday from their agents at Capetown with regard to the wrecked steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Gabo
The Melbourne "Argus" of September 13 says:—With reference to the injury to Messrs. Howard Smith and Co's steamer Gabo, which was detained by the Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rescue of a Shipwrecked Crew
The London steamer Seawfell arrived in the Tyne recently from Sweden and reported haring rescued the crow of the Norwegian steamer Elida, which was sighted…
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The Oadine, one of the first steam packets which succeeded the sailing craft in the conveyance of mails and despatches across the English Channel is to be broken up. This little craft, which was thought a…
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