Schooner Refloated
The French steamer St. Louis, which arrived at Sydney on Monday from the New Hebrides, brought news that the French schooner La Gallia, which was driven ashore,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 15
A Steamer Aground
The Dutch packet, von spilbergen, has again struck trouble in the Brisbane River, and once again the immediate cause has been Kangaroo Point. When coming in…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The speed trials of the new Orient steamer Oraova are officially reported as satisfactory. The steamer averaged well…
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The Marshal of the Admiralty Court arrested the Spanish steamer Jupiter to-day. The plaintiffs are Messrs. J. and A. Brown, of Newcastle, and the claim…
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Sir,—Knowing the inworkings of the pilot steamer Ajax, stationed at Newcastle, I respectfully ask why the food money (or in other words, the allowance…
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The three-masted schooner Roofganah, of Tasmanian construction, paid her first visit to Hobson's Bay from Greeveston on Friday, with a cargo of timber. The vessel was…
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Advices received from Glasgow stated that the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., of Sydney, has placed an order with the Grecnock and Grangemouth Dockyard…
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Having left London on May 5th, the new steamer Mallina, of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s line, is now well on her way to Australia. It is understood that she is coming direct to…
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News has been received from Fiji that boisterous weather had been experienced at the windward islands of the group. The inter-island Steamer Amra had a rough…
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The North Coast Company's steamer Pyrmont arrived early this, morning from the Manning River. She was reported yesterday passing Seal Rocks, 109 miles…
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The passenger steamer Saga, which has been built at Wallsend by Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Limited, was launched on April 21st. The vessel is…
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The small coasting ketch Ladysmith nearly came to grief yesterday on Big Ben, the rocky formation to the southeast of Nobbys…
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The fleet of passenger steamers owned by the General Steam Navigation Company was augmented by the launching, at Clydebank, on April 17th, of the paddle-steamer Golden…
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An excursion steamer has been wrecked at Mandeville, in Louisiana, in the United States. The steamer crashed into a wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton's History. Fifty Years Ago Some Memorable Wrecks
Mr. Evan Rees, who is one of the oldest residents of Stockton, came to this port first in February, 1859, in the steamer Clarence. Chatting with a representative…
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In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court to-day, the Department of Navigation applied to Mr. Maciarlane S.M., for an order authorising the…
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The Cunard liner Slavonia, bound from New York to the Mediterranean, has gone ashore at Flores Island, one of the Azores, in the North Atlantic…
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The Adelaide Company's cargo steamer Winfield, outward bound from Newcastle to South Australian ports, with 5350 tons of coal, took the ground near the inner…
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Because her draught was too great to admit of her navigating the river, the large Blue Anchor liner Waratah was on Friday compelled to berth alongside Port Melbourne…
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Huddart, Parker, and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of a cable message from their director in London (Mr. J. L. Webb) stating that he has placed the order for their new passenger…
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