A Ten-masted Steamer
The steamship Skandia, now fitting on the Wear, and, which was built by Win. Doxford and Sons. Ltd. sunderland, has no fewer than ten masts. The steamer has powerful engines; and these masts,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900
191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 10
A Pilot Steamer Damaged
Late on Friday evening while the pilot steamer Captain Cook was going out to sea to put a pilot on board the steamer Ferndene, inward bound from New York, the latter vessel come along faster than…
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A telegram from Perth states that the steamer Cambria 75 tons register, trading between Fremantle and Bunbury, was wrecked at Rockingham on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Kugelmann-norton Case.—about the Contingent.—various Plague Items.—the Difficulties of the Intercolonial Steamer Traffic.—cardinal Moran and St. Patrick's Day.—our Balmain Colliery.—regarding Sedition and Ms.L.A. SYDNEY
After many days of trial, the Kugelmann-Norton libel case resulted as any man acquainted with the jury system in this country knew it would—in a disagreement…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Threats to Wreck the Mines. Kruger to Be Held Responsible
LONDON, Friday.—Speaking in the House of Commons last night, referring to Kruger's threats to wreck the miners, Mr. Chamberlain said that the…
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There is now almost ready for launching in Camden, Me., the largest schooner the world has ever seen. Show will have six masts, will be 2659 tons net register, 325ft overall, 46ft beam 26ft deep' and will…
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There was launched on Tuesday from the yard of Messrs a Fisher and son, at Blue's Point, Sydney, a new schooner for the New Guinea Company's trade The vessel, which was named the Otti, has very fine…
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A message from the Richmond River states that steamer Sarah Fenwick, while attempting to cross the bar on Tuesday night struck on the north breakwater, and remains in that position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of a Steamer. Ballina
The steamer Sarah Fenwick, belonging to the Fenwick line, while crossing the bar at midnight last night, struck the spit just inside the northern breakwater, and bent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Glenelg. Founders at Sea. Only Three Survivors. Melbourne
Some details of the Wreck of the steamer Glenelg have come to hand this evening. It appears the first intimation of the wreek was received from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Glenelg Wreck. Later Details. Melbourne
Further particulars are received regarding the wreek of the steamer Glenelg of Ninety Mile Beach on Sunday last. The three survivors state that when, in spite of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kittawa Ashore
A telegram from Melbourne reports that the steamer Kittawa, one of the Union S.S. Co's cargo boats, employed in the late colonial trade, is aground in the harbour at strahan The vessel was inward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Glenelg Wreck. Melbourne
No further discoverios have occurred in connection with the wreck of the Glenelg A steamer has searched the coast without results. Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Cowell, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Glenelg Wreck
The southerly gale that prevailed on Saturday night washed up several bodies of the victims of the Glenelg disaster. Wreckage is distributed all along the coast, but the greater part of it has been found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gulf of Taranto. Still Ashore. Melbourne
The steamer Gulf of Taranto, which grounded in Hobson's Bay, remains in the same position. Last night the tugs Eagle and Racer made fast to the vessel at high…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Gossip. the Glenelg Wreck
The wreck of the steamer Glenelg has created a very painful sensation. In the first elate there is no official record of the number or names of the persons who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lifeboat Disaster. Eleven Lives Lost
LONDON, Friday.—Two lifeboats at Padstow, on the Cornish coast, capzied and were smashed. Eight of the lifeboatmen and three shipwrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wonderful Salvage Steamer
Shipping companies aboard are now devoting considerable attention to the salvage steamer' "Herakles." This is a vessel with a mission, and it will be interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dead Man's Rock. Book Ii. Chapter Ix. Tells How Two Voices Led Me to Board a Schooner; and What Befell There
She died without speech. Only, as I knelt beside her and strove to staunch that cruel stream of blood, her beautiful eyes sought mine in utter love, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckage at the Crozets
The barque Pomona, which arrived from New York recently, report that when crossing the Southern Ocean en route to Australia they passed the Crozet Islands on March 23, and two days later…
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