A New Steamer
A new steamer for the Queensland coastal trade has just been built at Dunn's yard, Berry's Bay, to the order of Messrs. Woods Brothers and Boys, of Herbert River (Q). She is named the Ripple. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900
191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
The Wrecks at the Entrance
Sir,—I notice in one of the locals of your paper a day or so ago that the Chamber of Commerce and City Councillors have agreed to meet the Government to see if…
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A Full Court inquiry into the wreck of the Queen Christina opened to-day. The taking of evidence was concluded, and the decision is expected early to-morrow…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer Persic will be delayed at Capetown till the end of January owing to a damaged rudder-head…
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The Townsville Marine Court concluded its inquiry yesterday as to the wreck of the Queen Christina, and found that the stranding was due to a strong south-west…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A China Trader Ashore. the Airlie on a Reef. a Total Wreck Feared
The American troopship Culgoa arrived at Cooktown yesterday, bringing mails and passengers from E. and A. Co.'s steamer Airlie, and reported that…
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Later news from the wreck of the Airlie shows that the vessel is on the reef from forward to amidships. There is one and a half fathom of water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contraband for the Boers. Detention of a Steamer
LONDON, Wednesday.—An injunction has been granted at Philadelphia, at the instance of a British resident detaining the steamer Mermuda…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Airlie Wreck. Total Wreck Feared. Thursday. Island
The steamer Duke of Argyle passed the steamer Airlie yesterday, but did not speak the vessel, which remains on an even keel, with her bows high up out of the water,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Story of the Lifeboat. How the Inventor Was Rewarded
There is a favourite Jape which still survives on board ship from remote days, to the effect that when a Tyneside laddie was asked by his teacher if he could name…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Ismore Wreck
The loss of the transport Ismore formed the subject of an inquiry in the Marino Court at Capetown recently. The witnesses included Major Paget, R. A., who testified to the excellent seamanship displayed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Barque Ashore
News is to hand that the ship Benlarig went ashore at [?]orato Point, South Australia, early on Sunday morning. The sea was moderate, and the vessel apparently in no immediate danger. The tug…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Easby
The steamers Easby owned by Messrs. J. Paterson and Co., of Melbourne, has just undergone an extensive overhaul at Melbourne. As a collier, it is of interest to observe that the Easby has made no less…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Disabled Steamer Age
Messrs. Howard Smith and ons' steamer Ago arrived at Sydney yesterday in tow of the tug Champion. In addition to losing her tail shaft off Green Cape on Tuesday, the Age damaged her stern tube,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The [?]More Wreck
The Court of Inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the transport is more in St. Helea's Bay has suspended for six months the certificate of the master. Captain Crosby, and censored…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer for the Islands
Advice has been received by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, that the Mambare, a new steamer built especially for the island trade, left London on the 5th instant, and will call at Fremantle en route…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrecks on the Oyster Bank
We have received the following communication from Mr. R. P. Hickson, Under-Secretary and Commissioner for Roads:— Public Works Department, Sydney, 6th Feb.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Schooner Disabled
The secretary of the Marine Board (Captain Veitch) received a telegram yesterday from Sydney stating that the schooner Shannon had reported passing the schooner…
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Among the arrivals at Sydney on Sunday was the Toroa, a fine looking three-masted fore-and-aft auxiliary schooner, recently built at Auckland. She is from Kalpara with a cargo of timber, consigned to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on the Steamer Aotea
According to a cable from Auckland the Shaw Savill and Albion Company's steamer Aotea, which left for London at 6 o'clock on Sunday morning returned to Wellington on Monday morning, an…
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