Mishap to a Steamer
The German steamer Oceana, while on a cruise through the Marshall Islands from Hongkong to Sydney struck a reef. She was fleated off without much difficulty, and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 19
Steamer Founders
In September last the steamer Finsbury left Hongkong for Japan, and was never heard of again until the 22nd of last month, when a Chinaman arrived at Hongkong from…
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The new steamer June, built for the Coast Steamship Company, of Port Adelaide, ran her official trip on December 16. She is 130ft by 24ft, by 9ft moulded, and is intended for…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Chefoo correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that a Japanese warship that was cruising in the vicinity of…
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It has been decided by the China Navigation Company to put on an extra steamer for a special trip from China to Australia. The vessel is the April, of 3000 tons, and is due at…
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The steamer Manapouri, which has arrived at Auckland from the Islands, reports that there is no news of the New Zealand Government schooner Countess of Ranfurly, which…
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A great storm broke over Melbourne on Saturday evening, between six and eight o'clock. Rain fell in blinding sheets, and the wind blew with hurricane force, while…
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The directorate of the Sydney Ferries, Limited, have accepted tenders for engines, boilers, pumps, and electric lighting installation for a new double-ended screw steamer…
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The steamer Ferret arrived at Port Lincoin on Saturday morning, twenty hours behind time. The passengers on the vessel state that the steamer struck a rock, and got…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The German steamer, Augsburg, Captain Koch, from Adelaide, November 16, via Java ports for Hamburg, has arrived at…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Russian mail steamer Mongolia has been captured by the Japanese off Shan-Tang…
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The following message has been received from Melbourne:—"Cape Patton (Vic.) reports round some wreckage rouad the Patton, apparently figurehead scrolling of small craft,…
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The schooner Countess of Ranfurly, which is overdue at the islands, is in charge of Captain Worsley, who was at one time in the service of the New Zealand Shipping…
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The steamer Amiral Gaeyden, which was beached on the Arabian coast about five months ago, has been re[?]ted. The vessel was bound from Havre for Colombo and…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Nippon Yusin Company's mail steamers Kanagawa Maru, of 6000 tons, which is now at Malta, is being prevented from…
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The steamer Ayrshire, the latest addition to the Shire Line, which recently arrived at Adelaide from London, is described as a splendid specimen of the modern occan…
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The schooner Elliston, which went aground on the south spit while crossing out at the Bellinger on Friday, is still aground. A report received yesterday stated the schooner…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The London "Daily Mail" reports that the explosion by which the Russian transport Yenesei was blown up through drifting…
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All hope of floating the stranded schooner Elliston at Bellinger Heads has been abandoned. The vessel is full of water, and broken in two. During Monday's heavy weather the…
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The well-known coasting steamer, South Australian, has recently undergone extensive alterations and improvement at Mort's Dock, Sydney. The alterations in the…
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