Steamer Aground
Shortly before 7 a.m. yesterday the steamer Karaweera, running in the inter-State trade, under charter to the Adelaide S.S. Co., went aground while proceeding…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902
181 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 10
New Lumber Schooner
At Vancouver, according to a report by the R.M.S. Miowera, work will soon be commenced on six schooners, to be used in the lumber-carrying trade. A standard model for the ships is now being…
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On Tuesday night a collision occurred in Newcastle Harbour between the steamer Balmain, under charter to Messrs. Earp Bros. and Co., and the barque…
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The Norwegian barque Gustav Adolph, a vessel of 757 tons gross, bound from Fremantle to Capetown has been wrecked off the coast of the Caledon district, southern Cape Colony. The captain and…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The barque Gustav Adolph, from Fremantle for Capetown, has been wrecked off the coast of the Caledon district, southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Arctic. the Missing Steamer
LONDON, Friday.—The cutter Thetis, which was sent to the rescue of the steamer Portland, which was caught in an ice pack while off Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Karaweera Ashore. Brisbane
The steamer Karaweera, which went aground in Newcastle Harbour last week, is ashore at the Fitzroy River. It is feared that her back is broken. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Coastal Steamer. Arrival of the Sydney
The steamer Sydney, which was recently built by the Caledon Shipbuilding Company of Dundee for the Western Australian service of the Melbourne Steamship…
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A telegram received from Auckland states that the Danish barquentine Verdande has been wrecked at Tahiti. The vessel, which loaded coal at Westport Tahiti, struck a roof at the entrance to…
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A telegram from Rockhampton states that the steamer Karaweera, which went ashore in the Fitzroy River is a total wreck her back having broken last night…
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While the steamer Kincumber was entering the port to-day a wire rope became entangled round her propellor, and the steamer, being disabled, went ashore on…
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Temporary repairs having been effected during Wednesday night to the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's steamer Namoi, which, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What Wrecked the Maine
The blowing up of the warship Maine led to the Spanish-American war. The controversy as to the cause of the disaster has boon revived. A telegram from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Wrecks
News has just been received by the mail from South Africa of the loss of three vessels at East London during a gale on the 12th ultimo. The vessels were: Aurora, Swedish barque; Elise…
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A Marine Board Inquiry was held to-day into the loss of the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s steamer Karaweera, which was stranded in the Fitzroy River on Tuesday…
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To-day the steamer Quiraing is 22 days out, or about 14 days overdue, on her voyage from Newcastle to Dunedin with a cargo of coal. Nothing has as yet been…
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Mr. William Cuthbert Foy, a Victorian architect, and for many years a resident of Queenscliff, has invented an improved lifeboat which has been favourably…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Advance. Master Held Blameless. Sydney
A Court of Inquiry, with Judge Back-house presiding, and Captains. M'Kenzie and Hay assessors, was hold to-day into the wreck of the schooner Advance in…
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In the Legislative Assembly this after-noon the Premier (Sir John See) in reply to a question asked by Mr. Morton, stated that on Friday last he placed himself in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sydney Letter. Lord Hopetoun's Letter.—the Criminality of Hyde Park.—a Clock with the Punctuality of "Edward Vii."—typhoid Is No Respecter of Persons.—the Single Screw Steamer Again.—the Advent of Sandow.—the Harebrained Major. Sydney
Lord Hopetoun's letter was unexpected Everyone knew his reasons for going away; everyone sympathised with him; and his various send-offs at the places…
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