The Ketch Envy
At Wellington recently an inquiry was held with regard to allegations made as to the condition of the Ketch Envy. Captain Campion described the seven days' [?]e gale experienced by the vessel before he…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 14
Fire on the Steamer Era
A deal of commotion and uneasiness was caused on the harbour and in the city yesterday afternoon at about 3 o'clock, when from Fort Scratchley was fired the…
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When a Naval Brigade gets an opportunity of showing its pace on land it never fails to make the most of it, and the force of bluejackets under the command of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Missing Schooner
All hope has now been given up of the missing New Zealand schooner Wolverene turning up at the Bluff. The vessel was a new one, having just been built by Messrs. Lane and Brows, of Whangaroa,…
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LONDON, Friday.—A lifeboat disaster is reported from Aldeburgh, on the coast of Suffolk. The boat, while proceeding to a ship in distress, was…
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LONDON, Friday.—The North German Lloyd's steamer Konigin Luise, which runs on the Southampton-New York service, is ashore in a critical…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Free State Boers have wrecked the Indwe Coalfields Railway, near Dordrecht, in the disaffected district of Cape Colony,…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The transport Denton Grange, on route to the Cape, has gone ashore at Las Palmas. Among the steamer's cargo are 13…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of a Steamer
The sale is reported of the Australian United Steam Navigation Co's steamer Victoria to owners who intend using the vessel in connection with the intercolonial trade. The probability is that this one time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrecks at the Harbour Entrance. Departmental Report
We have been furnished by the Minister for Works with the following report, dated 6th December, of Mr. H. D. Walsh, District Engineer, Newcastle, regarding the…
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Sir,—I notice in to-day's paper a report are the removing of wrecks on the Oyster Bank and I am of the same opinion as Mr. Darley—that it would be a waste of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Schooner Abandoned
The F.M.S. Australian brings news of the abandonment at Santo of the French labour schooner Jeanette. The schooner, which left Noumea in October last on a recruiting voyage to the New…
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The R.M.S. Areadia, which has arrived at Albany from London, brings news of a startling character, to the effect that a large steamer has been…
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LONDON, Friday.—The steamer Duke of Westminister, of the Queensland mail line, which left London on November 29th for Brisbane arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Ismore
LONDON, Friday.—An official inquiry, into the wreck of the British transport Ismore which went ashore at St. Helena Bay, Cape Colony, while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nautical Notes. Russian Transports.—long Passages.—wrecks on the Bar
Transporting troops from South Russia to the far East is progressing steadily, and quite a respectable army has been taken round to strengthen Russian interests in…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer Ariosto, bound from Galveston, United States, to Hamburg, has been stranded at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina…
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