Foundering of a Steamer
LONDON, Thursday.—The coasting steamer Cambodge has foundered off Cochin China in a storm. Fifty persons were drowned, most of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 19
A Steamer Wrecked. Brisbane
The steamer Arawatta arrived at Cooktown to-day from the south, and reports that the steamer Lass o' Gowrie had been blown ashore on the rocks at Cape…
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The new Turret steamer Shield is expected at Sydney shortly. She is a vessel of 3565 tons gross, and her principal dimensions are:—Length 340ft, breadth 59ft 2in, and depth 22ft…
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The Adelaide S.S. Company's new steamer Grantola, a sister ship to the Yongala, has attracted considerable attention since her arrival in Australian waters. She is a steel…
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The steamer Maranoa arrived at Townsville from the North to-day, bringing the passengers from the steamer Lass o' Gowrie, which went ashore near Capo…
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A report was received to-night from Burnett Heads, that a boat had arrived there in charge of the second officer of the steamer Aramac, with twenty-eight of…
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Breaksea Spilt, the scene of the disaster, lies north ward from Sandy Cape, the most northerly point of the Great Sandy, or Fraser's Island. The spit extends several…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The French liner Pro Patria, of 780 tons, which left St. Pierro Miquelon for Halifax, Nova Scotia, a fortnight ago, has not…
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Tenders have been called by Messrs. Turnbull, Martin, and Co. for a new cargo steamer for the Australian trade. She is to be a first-class steamer of 450 feet in length, with a…
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A telegram has been received form Cooktown reporting chat a dinghy, side-light screens, and spars have been found on the beach between Indian Head and Capo Bedford…
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The R.M.S. Slerra, which arrived at Auckland land on Monday, brought from Samoa the crew of the Norwegian barque Sappho, which was abandoned in a sinking condition on…
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The coasting ketch Forster, belonging to Mr. A. W. R. Settree, has been sold to Messrs. O. Moulton and Co., of New Britain, to replace the schooner Muruna, which left Sydney…
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A new ketch, built for the pearl-shelling industry of Torres Straits, has been launched at Lavender Bay, Sydney, and christened the Gondoller. She has been built for Mr. James…
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The Clematis, a small paddle steamer, owned by a Paoroa firm, was recently lost off Saudapit Lighthouse, She was on her way from Auckland of the Thames, when she…
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The cause of three-fourths of the shipwrecks and loss of life at sea seems about to be removed, according to a writer in a recent issue of "Collier's Weekly." It is…
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A telegram was received here to-day from Ballina, stating that the steamer Lady Musgrave, while outward bound for Brisbane this morning, drifted on to the…
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During the heavy weather on the coast yesterday the ketch Betsy narrowly escaped meeting with disaster off Nobbys. She left Sydney on Saturday for Lake…
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The officers and crew of the wrecked steamer Lady Musgrave, with the exception of Captain Johnson and a couple of sailors, and Miss Kirby, the stewardess,…
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The fore-and-aft scheeper Lotus, recently built by Mr. A. Davis of Brisbane Water, to the order of Messrs. Buras, Philp, and Co., has arrived at Sydney. The frames and bottom…
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While the steamer Glenturrei was lying at Singapore recently with a general cargo from Barrow-in-Furness, for the Far East, a fire broke out on board. After calling at the…
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