British Steamer Released
LONDON, Monday.—The Russian Admiralty Council at St. Petersburg has ordered the release of the British steamer Allanton, which was seized on…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 19
Steamer Coogee
The well-known steamer Coogee, which has been for the past fourteen years running in the trade between Melbourne and Launceston, made her last trip across Bass' Straits yesterday…
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Advice has been received of the launching of the new steamer Star of Scotland, which is to trade to Australia under the auspices of the Tyser line. The ceremony took place on…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A floating mine off Shantung, near Wei-hai-wei, struck the British steamer Ta-shing. The explosion tore away 10 feet, but the vessel was…
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The Union liner Walkare has brought further particulars from New Zealand regarding the wreck of the American barquentine Addenda. It seems that the vessel went ashore…
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The To Anau, which was stranded in Wellington Harbour during the recent gales, has been towed off the beach in good order. The La Bella, wrecked in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Memories of a Wreck
The ship Star of Greece was wrecked on a reef off Port Willunga, South Australia, on the night of July 13, 1888, and the master (Captain J. R. Harrower) and 15 other members of the…
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Messrs. W. Scott Fell and Co., Ltd., have been advised that their new steamer Wonga Fell, recently built at Sunderland for the Commonwealth Line, had completed her trial…
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The steamer Burwah, of Howard Smith's line had rather eventful voyages to and from Rockhampton. The vessel arrived at Brisbane on Wednesday night last. The Burwah had got…
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On September 27 William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, launched the turbine steamer Linga. This vessel is the second of four turbine vessels built for the British India Steam…
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On September 25th, Messrs. Russell and Co., launched at Port Glasgow a steel screw steamer, built for Messrs. R. Shankland and Co., Greenock (owners of the "Burn" line of…
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The largest schooner ever built on the Pacific Coast, which loaded at Portland for Australia, is named the Crescent. She was built at Eureka, California, and has made the trip to the…
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Particulars of the stranding of the steamer Swanley, bound from China to South Africa with 2260 Chinese coolies on board, were brought to Sydney by the E. and A. Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Rowed Lifeboat and the Motor Lifeboat
The relentless advance of science is like an ever-rising tide, and this has now reached, and threatens to sweep away the lifeboat. And why not, where the lifeboat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of a Steamer. the Maud Weston Beached. Sydney
News was received in the city to-day of the loss of the well-known coasting steamer Maud Weston a regular trader to this port, while on a voyage from…
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On September 25 Messrs. Russell and Co. Itunched, at Port Glasgow, a steel screw steamer, built for Messrs. R. Shankland and Co., Greenock, owners of the "Burn" line. The…
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The steamer Maud Weston, which sprung a leak on her passage from Newcastle, and was run ash ore under the Terrigal Highlands, has become a total wreck. Captain Spinks, of the…
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The steamer Queen Helena has been a much discussed vessel in shipping circles owing to the long voyage, which she was making from New York. She did not reach Hobson's Bay until…
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The barque Kinclune went ashore at midnight on Tuesday, 15 miles south of Kalpara Heads, in a very similar position to that of the Concordia, which went…
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The hull of a new steamer to be named the Cooloon, designed and built by Mr. G. Movatt for Messrs. Langley Brothers, at that firm's mills at Rockville, on the Manning River was…
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