Japanese Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Tuesday.—Yesterday the Japanese colony at Geusan, which is unprotected was alarmed by the arrival of three Russian cruisers and two…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 19
New Steamer Zaria
The new steamer Zaria, built by the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., for the trade between Liverpool and the West and South-West Coast of Africa, is the largest vessel in…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Chinese warship Hai-tien struck a rock off the Elliott Islands, to the south of the Liao-tong Peninsula, to the east of…
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A report from Colombo states that the British steamer Hurstdale has been chartered by the Hobart Steamer Company, for whom Messrs. Fraser, Ramsay and Co. are the agents,…
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The British-India steamer Umta put into Moreton Bay on Saturday night for shelter, having experienced heavy weather after leaving Sydney. She is bound to…
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Further particulars of the stranding of the steamer Torgauten have come by the steamer Manuka from New Zealand. The Vessel, it will be remembered, went ashore, on the beach…
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The German steamer Tiberius arrived from Yokohama at about seven o'clock last night. She was taken to the quarantine buoy, and will probably be granted pratique this morning…
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A new departure in the repairing of ships has been inaugurated by the deepening of the American paddle steamer Ulster. The boat, as originally built, was not…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Russian armoured gunboat Khrabry, of 1500 tons, stopped the P. and O. Company's steamer Osiris in the…
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The ketch Monantha (late Forster), recently purchased by Mr. O. Moutonn for the traded of the Bismarck Archipelago, and now fitting out at Sydney, is expected to get away for the…
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The steamer, Age, of the Howard Smith line, arrived here in ballast from Wallaroo via Sydney yesterday, Captain Firth reports that no left Wallaroo at 1 p.m. on the 4th instant,…
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Advices have been received by the English mall that the steamer Germanic, formerly of the White Star fleet and lately fixed to take a place under the new name of Labrador in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sydney Letter. the Naval Recruiting for Sea and Ashore.—a Council That Wants Help Over the Horseroller Question.—the Great Beform. Imperial Penny Postage, and the Attitude Thereto of Australia—a Carriage and Four Goes Through the Juvenile Smokers' Act.—what Is the Meaning of "Supply" in Tobacco, and How Would It Work with "Rum?"—wonderful Photos That Require Wonderful Pluck to Take Sydney
A great deal of confusion exists in the minds of those desirous of availing themselves of the opportunity to join the Navy under the new agreement, as to what are…
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The steamer Illawarra steamed up the Shoalhaven River as far as Nowra on Sunday. She anchored opposite the old ferry site at the mouth of Broughton Creek, below the rocks,…
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The Annandale ferry steamer Katie was found this morning sunk at her moorings near the Johnstone-street wharf, in about 14 feet of water. The Katie was…
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The Canadian Government has purchased the steamer Gauss which was specially built for the use of the German Antarctic Expedition. Captain Borneir, a French-Canadian…
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The steamer Perthshire, which arrived here on Thursday, was yesterday taken under No. 3 crane at the basin to take in bunker coal. This is the largest vessel that has gone to the…
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LONDON, Saturday.—No fewer than 651 men are estimated to have been drowned by the sinking of the Hatzuse and the Yoshino. Rear-Admiral…
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It is reported that Captain W. Waller, of the steamer Victoria, is to be given the command of Huddart Parker Co's new steamer Wimmera, which is now nearing completion…
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The Court of Inquiry into the circumstances attending the accident to the barque Lord Elgin was concluded at Port Elizabeth on April 14. The evidence showed that the…
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