A Fearful Hurricane. Many Ships Wrecked
LONDON, Monday.—A hurricane has swept over the coasts of the States of Louisiana and Texas (U.S.), and many vessels were wrecked. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900
191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 10
The Futami Maru Wreck
Additional particulars to hand concerning the wreck of the steamer Futami Maru are furnished by Mr. Y. Ohtsubo, assistant purser of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Coastal Trade. Mail Steamer Competition
The question of the competition to which the steamers engaged in the Australian coastal trade are subjected by the mail steamers employing low-paid white or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Schooner Leaky
The schooner Lady Mabel, which sailed hence on September 8 with a cargo of coal for Napier, returned to Sydney yesterday leaking…
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The schooner Cynthia struck the North Head at 7 o'clock this morning, and became a total wreck. Captain Tange states that he left Sydney on Friday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Labour Schooner Dismasted a Steamer Sunk. Bundaberg
The schooner Lochiel was preparing to leave on a recruiting trip to the South Sea Islands to-day, the launch Bompey being alongside for the purpose of towing the…
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A cable Pram New Zealand states that the Danish barque Nordby was driven ashore on the Solitary Islands on August 21st. The French warship Protest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ketch Ashore
A wire received from Lake Macquarie states that the ketch Phil Forbes has been ashore or the spit inside the bar at the entrance to the Lake since Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Suffolk
LONDON, Wednesday.—All the crew of the steamer Suffolk, which struck on Klippen Point, near Port Elizabeth, were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Steamer
The steamer Friendship, trading between Sydney and Tweed River, under Captain Sidney, put into Byron Bay late on Wednesday night with a broken propeller shaft. She was en route for the Tweed…
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Dr. Goding, United States Consul, received, the following telegram yesterday from Mr. W. H. Rodgers, the United States Consular representative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Lord of the Isles
News has arrived from Auckland concerning the wreck of the barque Lord of the Isles, which was lost last week near Kaipara while on a voyage…
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Thunderbolt Rock is one of the dangers of Port Elizabeth, and on the evening of the 4th ult. the crew of the iron barque A[?]onu arrived at the jetty and reported that their ship had struck on this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Suffolk. Certificates Dealt With
LONDON, Tuesday Morning.—The certificate of the wrecked steamer Suffolk's captain has been suspended for a half-year, and the second officer's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Six-masted Schooner
At Camden, Maine (United Staten of America), there has recently been launched a six-masted schooner, said to be the only one ever built. The vessel has the reputation of being the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increase in Steamer Fares
LONDON, Friday.—All the steamship companies have decided to raise fares 10 per cent. from October 15. owing to the increase in the price of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle and H.r.s.s. Company's New Steamer
The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's latest addition to their fleet is the Waraneen, a steel screw steamer of 107 tons. The Waraneen, which was originally owned by the Swan River…
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In connection with be construction of a new cargo steamer for the company, Captain Sinclarir, of the U.S.S. Co., is now en route to England. The vessel is to be about the size of the Rakanoa, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wrecked Lord of the Isles
The Court of Inquiry, held at Wellington, into the wreck of the barquentine Lord of the Isles north of Kaipara Heads on the 2nd instant, while bound from Sydney to Kaipara, find that the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fast Steamer
For a considerable time the Saladin was accepted at the slowest steamer trading from Fremantle to Singapore, but since the extensive overhaul to which she was subjected recently she has…
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