Suppose Loss of a Steamer
A telegram was received from the look-out station at Gabo Island yesterday that a quantity at wreckage and the body of a man were picked up…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901
264 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 14
The Supposed Shipping Casualty. More Wreckage Discovered
The supposed loss of the steamer Federal was the principal topic of conversation in shipping circles yesterday. Many theories were advanced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Glen Park Wreck
The Melbourne Court of Marine Inquiry concluded their investigation on Wednesday into the cause of the wreck of the ship Glenpark, 1799 tons, on North-North-East…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Schooner Lost
There can be no doubt as to the fate of the schooner Louisa Lamont, which vessel was bound from Melbourne to Launceston. A constable from San Remo has wired to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Steamer Federal Searching the Coast. the Hawaiian Isles Safe
As the days go by the chances of the missing steamer Federal arriving at her destination grow more remote. Even allowing for a long passage, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washed Ashore. Melbourne
It was reported this morning from Waratah, near Cape Liptrap, that the body of a man had been washed ashore. It appears that the body was in a box,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Karratta Wrecked. Melbourne
A telegram received from Perth states that the steamer Karrakatta (Captain Tallboys) is a total wreck at Swan Point, at the entrance to Derby…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Karrakatta Wreck
Later particulars regarding the wreck of the steamer Karrakatta show that the steamer, having anchored on the evening of March 26 at 6 p.m. near Cape Levique…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Warship Foundered
LONDON, Thursday.—Prince Henry's flagship, the Kaiser Frederick, foundered at Ancona, in the Adriatic. She has been re-floated, but is seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Missing Schooner
The three-master schooner Lucy W. Snow, which sailed from S., Michael's November 18 for Boston with a cargo of whale oil, has been given up for lost. She is out 90 days on the voyage, which should have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked by a Name
A large steamer was once wrecked because one of the sailors was named West. The vessel was outward bound from Rotterdam, and the sailor, was on dock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Mail Steamer Disabled
A telegram from Wilson's Promentory received yesterday states that the G.M.S. Print Regent Luitpold, which left Sydney on Saturday for Bremen via ports with a full complement of passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Federal Wreck
The Associated Steamship Owners have given £500 to a fund for the relief of the relatives of those drowned in the Federal, and Messrs M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage Sighted
The steamer Andan[?], which arrived at Port Augusta on Saturday from Newcastle, reports a rough passage from Cape Nelson. For 12 hours the vessel was practically hove to. During the height…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Ship Ashore
The ship Stuart, outward bound from Liverpool for Wellington, is ashore on the Carnarvoushire (North Wales) coast. The prospects of salvage are good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Kincumber Ashore
A telegram was received from Camden Haven yesterday stating that the steamer Kincumber has gone ashore on the north side of the channel at that port while trying to put to sea at midnight on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New B I. Steamer
The trial of the steamer Itria took place on the Clyde on February 27 with satisfactory results. The Itria has been built for the British India Steam Navigation Company by Messrs. A. and J. Inglis,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Karrakatta Wreck. Trouble with the Native Crew
Further details to hand regarding the wreck of the steamer Karrakatta show that after the vessel struck the captain told the passengers there was no danger; but when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven-masted Schooner
A seven-masted schooner is to be built this season in the Gordon yards at Franklin, Me., and will be one of the largest merchant vessels afloat. The largest timbers over placed in a vessel will be used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Abandoned on Fire
The British steamer Linnet, was abandoned on fire on March 2 in latitude 48n., longitude 7 W. All on board were saved and landed a Gibraltar by the British steamer Gwentland, The Linnet was…
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