A Steamer Aground
Shortly before noon yesterday the steamer Burrumbeet, while proceeding to sea, took the ground off Stoney Point, where she remained until 12.15 p.m., when the tugs…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14
A Sydney Letter. the Wreck of the Tekapo.—cowhiding an Offender Against Decency.—the Preparations for Lord Beauchamp.—how the Anti-federal Newspapers Report Federal Speeches.—the Johnnies and the Barmaid.—a New Way to Insult the Court.—reproving Mr. Gillies.—dr. Tarrant, Ex-m.l.c.—high Jinks in the Sorting Room. Sydney
What's one man's meat is another man's poison. What's the Union Company's loss is the Railway Commissioners' and various 'bus drivers' profit. The unfortunate…
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The ketech Peternell had been missing for three weeks somewhere in the neighbourhood of the Lakos' entrance, and the two men and one boy on board were given up…
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A wire from Wellington states that the Union S.S. Company's steamer Ohau, bound from Greymouth to Dunedin, was last seen off Cape Campbell last Saturday in a storm…
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A message from Perth states that anxiety is felt as to the safety of a police party, under Constable Bradley, which left Onslow in a 15 ton boat on the evening of May 9 to go to the relief of the sulferers in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Schooner Dismasted
A. wire from Soal Rocks yesterday states that shortly after 11 a.m. what appeared to be a topsail schooner, painted lead color, was observed about eight miles cast with her…
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The steamer Brunner has returned to Wellington from her search for the Ohau. Nothing was seen of the missing vessel. The Ohau had 800 tons of coal and 18,000ft of timber on deck. She carried no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The R.M.S. Paris Ashore. on the Manacle Rocks
LONDON, Monday.—The R.M.S. Paris, bound from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg, struck the outer edge of the Manacle Rocks, off…
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A wire from Camden haven yesterday stated that the steamer Nambucca had picked up the disabled vessel, which was believed to be the Doepel, and had passed north bound for Port Macquaire, at…
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The Marine Board inquiry into the wreck of the Loch Sloy was continued at Adelaide, when Captain Clare, master of the Government steamer…
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Mr. Weston, superintendent of Fraser's Island aboriginal establishment reports that a considerable quantity of sawn thabor has been washed ashore on the outside beach, about 95 miles north of Hock…
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Mr. I. Hellbron, a Jew residing in London, was one of the survivors of the terrible wreck. In an interview with a representative of the "Jewish World" he stated that…
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Shortly after 11 o'clock to-night a schooner, supposed to be the Said Foin, went ashore inside North Head, Sydney Harbour. The pilot steamer Captain Cook went to her…
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In the summons division of the Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., Augustus Bertram, Marine Board's…
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The Marine Board this afternoon commenced an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the wrack of the Tekapo. Mr. Creagh (Messrs. Creagh and…
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The schooner which went asked at the Heads at a late hour last night proved to be the Failford, bound from Cape Hawke to Sydney will a cargo of hardwood timber…
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Where is the perthshire? The question is exciting the keenest interest throughout Australia. Thirty-five days out to-day she was bound for New Zealand, and save by a…
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The schooner Failford, which was wrecked at South Head on Monday last, has gone to pieces. The bow has been washed on to the rocks, and the pilot steamer Captain Cook has towed the heel of a mast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales on the Coast. a Schooner Dismasted. the Jones Brothers in Trouble. Rough Experiences
The well-known coasting schooner Jones Brothers, employed in the Newcastle and Sydney trade, returned to port yesterday morning in a partially dismasted condition,…
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A considerable amount of anxiety is felt owing to the non appearance of the Sydney collier Countess of Errol, which left Sydney for Newcastle at 10 a.m. on Wednesday…
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