Launch of a Ferry Steamer
Yesterday morning at Mr. J. Allen's shipbuilding yards, Balmain East, a now ferry steamer for the Annandale Company was launched. As the vessel moved off the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 14
A Steamer Disabled. Supposed to Be the Buninyong
A steamer, supposed to be the Buninyong, was reported off Gabo Island in tow of the steamer Kalgoorlie, from sundown yesterday until 7.20 p.m., but apparently making…
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The British India Steamer Umta is due hero from Melbourne on October 5 to load horses for India. The Ujina, of the same line, is expected here from Mauritius about October 5 to local coal and horses…
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LONDON, Friday.—The damage to the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tekoa, which went ashore off Staten Island, Cape Horn, was greater than was at first…
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A cable from Wellington states that the brigantine Stanley missed stays while beating off Red Mercury Island on Sunday, and went ashore. The crew got [?] from the vessel, but as they…
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The steamer Laura, while going up Sydney harbour on Friday night from Brisbane, ran foul of the sunken ketch Lansdowne. No serious damage was occasioned, as the steamer proceeded on her voyage…
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Sir,—In reference to the visit of the Medic to this port I would like to suggest that instead of a charge of 6d being enforced it be a silver coin, as where persons have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Scotsman. the Crew Arrested
LONDON, Monday.—Twenty-three of the crew of the Dominion Line steamer Scotsman, which went ashore in the Strait of Bello Isle, eleven of the passengers being…
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Advices received to-day state that the disabled steamer Walkato, which was reported as having been towed into Port Elizabeth (South Africa), is still missing, the cable…
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News was received from Bowen yesterday, to the effect that the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s passenger steamer Innamincka had gone ashore on a rock near Cape Edgecombe. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrecked Thermopylæ. Later Particulars
Cape files to hand give later particulars concerning the wreck of the Aberdeen, liner Thermopylae, which went ashore near Mollo Point Lighthouse, Table Bay on September…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Besides the twenty-three of the crew of the Dominion line steamer Scotsman arrested at Montreal on a charge of casting passengers adrift when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Innamincka. Still Ashore. Brisbane
The latest news from Bowen states that the steamer Innamincka is not making much water. The crew have jettisoned 50 tons of bananas, and shifted the sugar from…
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What is believed to be the most powerful and most perfectly-equipped salvage steamer afloat is new lying at the London Docks, where she has been visited lately by large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Waikato. Safe at Last. Picked Up by a Steamer. Towing to Fremantle
Very welcome news was received yesterday by Messrs. Dalgety and Co., both at Sydney and Newcastle, from the captain of the British-India steamer Ujina, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Arrival of the Medic. a 12,000 Ton Steamer. Visited by Thousands. a Record for Newcastle
The above block shows the Medic in comparison with a vessel such as the wrecked steamer Thermo [?]pylae. The Medic is so far the largest vessel which has yet visited Australia, prior [?] to her arrival the largest ship that had visited Australian ports was the German [?] Barbarossa, of 10,769 tons, and of the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Steamer Thermopylæ. Captain Philip's Statement
Newcastle people will be interested to hear Captain Philip's story of the wreck of the well-known Aberdeen liner he commanded. Speaking to a Capetown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Thermopylæ. Letter From Dr. Clarke
Among the passengers on board the wrecked steamer were Dr. and Mrs. Clarke of Hamilton. Private advices from Dr. Clarke received yesterday state that the passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Mermaid
News was received in town yesterday of the wreck of the steamer Mermaid, which has for some time past been engaged in the fish trade between Newcastle and Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mermaid Wreck
A wire received from Seal Rocks yesterday states that the steamer Mermaid, which was beached at Seal Rocks on Thursday, has become a total wreck, and is now breaking up…
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