A Barque Ashore. Auckland
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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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 13
Steamer's Foreign Crew
With reference to the foreign crew of the steamer Eva, which was despatched from Sydney on January 25 fast for Queenstown, via Durban, "British Shipowners" write to the…
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LONDON, Friday.—A barrel of naphtha exploded on board the American line steamer Haverford, at Liverpool, yesterday…
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A telegram from Port Darwin states that shortly after the steamer Airlie arrived from the south yesterday afternoon, Sa shocking accident occurred in the…
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The steamer Tuncurry while crossing out at Cape Hawke took the ground on the North Spit inside the breakwater at 5 o'clock last evening. A message from Forster last night…
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The trial trip of the cargo and passenger steamer Chupra, built and engined at Whiteinch, on the Clyde, for the British India Steam Navigation Company, Limited, took place on…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Japanese Transport Toyotimi Maru struck a mine off the Korean coast. Of the crew of 62 only 12 were…
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The Brisbane Marine Board on Monday considered the report of the inquiry held at Cooktown on June 7, into the circumstances attending the wreck of the schooner Ivanhoe, in the…
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Particulars have been received of the launch of the North Coast S.N. Company's new steamer Brundah intended for the Richmond River trade. Mr. M'Allister, the superintending…
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The steamer Norfolk, of the Federal-Houlder line, was towed into Gage Roads last evening, having been picked up by two tugs off Rottnest. She was bound…
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On Saturday Mr. H. Berkeley, of Messrs. Creer and Berkeley, submitted to auction sale, on behalf of the State Government, the steam launch Beatrice. There was a fair…
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Captain F. W. Whitton and the crow of the barquentine Pelotas, which was wrecked at Whangape (N.Z.), arrived in Auckland last week. Captain Whitton stated that he had…
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The ketch Amy Moir, bound from Hobart to Melbourne with cargo or timber, lost most of her sails in a gale on Sunday night, and was driven on a rock near Mersey Bluff. Her…
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Advices from Antofagasta, Chili, state that the four-masted barque Nivelle, of 2262 tons, is ashore at Point Grande, and it is feared will be…
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News has been received that the new steamer Bulow, built for the Norddeutsoher Lloyd, was launched on April 20. She will leave Bremen on her maiden voyage to Australia on August…
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The Union Company's steamer Manuka, which arrived from New Zealand ports via Sydney yesterday afternoon, sighted some wreckage. At the time the vessel, which was…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Portuguese steamer Silva Americano has sunk in the River Quanza, Portuguese South Africa, nineteen of those on board…
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Severe weather, with heavy rain, has been experienced throughout New Zaland during the last three days. The schooner Aotea is a total wreck at Waipiro Bay…
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The new steamer Rewo which is the largest turbine-driven vessel yet built at Dumbarton, and which has been constructed to the order of the British India Steam Navigation…
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The schooner Sir Henry has been wrecked near the East Cape, and all hands have been lost. The Sir Henry was a wooden schooner…
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