The Missing Perthshire. No News of the Steamer
The steamer Perthshire is 48 days out from Sydney to-day, and since she was spoken by the barque Northern Chief on May 25 no tidings have been received of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
The Steamer China
LONDON, Wednesday.—The P. and O. Coy have paid £57,000 to the salvors of the China…
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Sir,—The Marine Board having given its decision in this case, it cannot be considered contempt of court for outsiders to discuss the matter…
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A wire from Melbourne yesterday states: —"The steamer Derwent went ashore during a fog this morning at 7.40 at Alton Bay (Victoria). Vessel making water. Sea…
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LONDON, Monday.—The new steamer Pacifique, now being completed at the Messageries Maritimes Company's yard at La Ciotat, near Toulon, is…
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If the writer could not be the captain of the Perthshire he would like to be in command of the Talune. On second thoughts he would much prefer the latter, as apart…
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Two men, named Carpenter and Cain, who formed the crew of the fishing boat Schnapper, arrived here to-day from Broughton Island, and report that the…
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A telegram from Port Darwin states that the Eastern and Australian Company's steamer Airlie is ashore on the West Spit, off the East Vernon Reef. It is intended…
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Although the gale lad subsided yesterday and the weather was beautifully fine, the shipping which ventured across the bar had a rough time. The sea had increased during…
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A message from Adelaide states that the recent gale on the south coast of Kangaroo Island brought up two more bodies from the wreck of the Loch Sloy. One is that of a woman, wrapped inrugs. The body…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Schnapper Castaways on Long Island. Sufferings of Two Local Men. Ten Days Living on Shellfish
On Monday week last brief particulars were published in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of the loss of the fishing cutter Schnapper at Long Island, one of the…
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Towed by the Government steamer Thetis, the new steamer Powerful, built recently at the Fitzroy docks Sydney, was brought into Port Hunter yesterday afternoon. The Powerful is a strong, easily handled,…
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Wilcannia, a new steamer of 5000 tons, has been launched at Sunderland. The Wilcannia, a roomy vessel, with first and second-class accommodation for 100 passengers, is a fine addition to Land's Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →House Cleaning on a Big Steamer
When the big ship reaches the other hide of the ocean and the passengers have trantened away on business and pleasure a change takes place in the, housekeeping…
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At about 4 o'clock on Saturday morning the Leveret, while towing in the ship Europa, parted her hawser (a new 10in. Manila), which fouled come obstruction or wreckage on the bar. The Ajax passed…
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News has come from America of a contract entered into by H.M. Bean, of Canada (Me), to build for Captain Crowley, of Taunton (Mass.), a six-masted schooner. The vessel , which is to be completed in…
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The lifeboat crew , under Cox M"Kinnon, were on duty all day, ready to launch the Victoria should occasion arise. Fortunately, however, the alarm was not sounded and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Collision in Hobson's Bay. a Steamer Sunk. Several Passengers Injured. Melbourne
A collision occurred In the bay this morning between the steamer Edina, bound for Geelong, and the steamer Excelsior, returning from that port. There was a dense…
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News was received in Adelaide on Monday of the wreek of the ketch Maid of Australia, a vessel of 45 tons. The craft struck the coast of Wardong Island at 9 o'clock on Saturday night, and sank…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Paris has been re-floated. The rocks under the fore part of the vessel have been blasted away…
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