River Hunter Wreck
Particulars concerning the wreck of the barquentine River Hunter show that when taking the bar at Hokianga the sea drove her towards the rocks, and she went on the ledge. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 13
Wrecks on American Coasts
The Board or Trade have received, through the Foreign Office, a copy of an Act, passed by the United States Senate and by the House of Representatives, which reads as…
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The steamer Ormley, which arrived at Fremantle from New York on Thursday night, had a rough passage of 68 days. Shortly after leaving the American coast the vessel ran into…
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The German steamer Silvia, chartered by the Government of Russia to convey troops from Vladivostock to Odessa, has put into Nagasaki in a damaged condition, as a result of…
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Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. propose to build a large twin-screw steamer for the interstate trade. The new vessel will be larger than any of the steamers of the…
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The steamer Kazan, one of the Russian volunteer fleet, has been lost off the coast of Ceylon. The Kazan was bound from Odessa to Vladivostock, with a general cargo. She…
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The North Coast S.N. Company has been advised that the new steamer Brundah was launched from the yard of Messrs. Dunlop end Company at Glasgow on the 14th instant. The…
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Captain R. Campbell, the master of the barquentine River Hunter, recently wrecked on the New Zealand coast, has arrived at Auckland, and reports that the vessel has been…
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The United States and Australian S.S. Company's steamer Oakbank, of 3865 tons, which left New York on April 18 for Sydney, has been totally…
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There was considerable excitement in shipping circles to-night, when it was learned that a vessel had gone ashore on the Manly ocean beach. It turned out to…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer City of York, lying at Tilbury, has been badly damaged l[?]y fire. Her cargo, consisting of 10,000 tons…
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News has been received that the Chinese river steamer Chu Kong, of 470 tons, the officers of which included several well-known natives of Sydney, founded off Breaker Point…
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The British battleship Montagu, of 12,400 tons, went ashore at Shutter Point, Lundy Island, during a fog, and is reported to be badly damaged…
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Lloyd's agent at Valparaiso, Chill, reports that the Lismore, from Melbourne for Coronel, has been totally lost at sea. The first officer and…
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Advice has been received that the steamer Beechley, which left Newcastle on March 31st for Singapore, and passed Goode Island on the 9th April, ran ashore at Libau Island on April…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Clasgow steamer Craig Hall is stranded on the Anghera (Morocco) coast. Moors fired upon the steamer, and…
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Intelligence was received on the arrival of the steamer Papuan to-day, of the wreck of the schooner Ivanhoe, in the Solomon Islands. All of the crew were…
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A cable message received in Sydney to-day from London by Messrs. W. and A. M'Arthur, states that the French barque Cassard, bound from Sydney to Falmouth…
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The schooner Joseph Sims, which recently arrived a Lyttleton, had a perilous experience. She left Havelock on May 20 with a full cargo. Two days later rain and hail squalls…
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The barque Pelotas, bound to Sydney, timber laden, went ashore at the mouth of Whangape River, while being towed to sea. The crew are safe, but the vessel is…
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