The Hereward Wreck. Sympathy with the Owner
A considerable amount of well-deserved sympathy was expressed for the owner when it had become known that the Hereward had become a total wreck a few hours after…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
23 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Destructive Hurricanes in North Queensland. Great Loss of Life. Many Vessels Wrecked
Additional particulars to hand detailing the recent hurricane in the north of Queensland state that seven pearl shelters and four…
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[?] Thursday.—The recent disastrous [?] wrecked seven of the pearling fleet off Capt Melville and Princess Charlotte Bay. The schooners Meg…
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Further particulars have been received from Cope Borda concerning the wreck of the Loch Sloy. The second lighthouse-keeper succeeded in finding two of the crew of the ill-lated ship about seven miles…
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Further particulars have been received a from Cape Borda concerning the wreck of the Loch Sloy The second lighthouse keeper succeeded in finding two of the crew…
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WELCOME tidings of the missing steamer Perthshire were brought to Sydney on Saturday by the schooner Whangaroa, which arrived from Foxton, N. Z., at 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charlie the Hatter. a Sketch of a Wreck
He was old and dirty, and quite careless of his personal appearance now. The [?] laughed at him when he came into the little township. This was not very often,…
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Sydney, Tuesday.—Yesterday night the schooner Eailford, from Cape Hawke, with a cargo of hardwood went ashore at the North Head. The crew barely escaped with their…
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Sydney, Friday—Yesterday the barque Northern Chief, bound from Kaipara, New Zealand, was spoken off Newcastle. She reported having been in company with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Intelligence Sydney, Monday Arrival of the Missing Steamer [?]
The U.S.S. Co’s steamer Talune picked up the Perthshire on Tuesday last, when the long journey of between 600 and 700 miles commenced. The weather was boisterous…
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Two fishermen who were wrecked on Broughton Island N.Z. on June 14th after subsisting for eleven days on shellish were rescued on Saturday and taken to Nelson…
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The ship City of New York, bound from San Francisco to Freemantle, was totally wrecked at Rottnest Island, off the West…
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A telegram from Perth states that some time on Wednesday night the good ship Carlisle Castle was driven to her doom upon the rooks off Rockingham, and there became…
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Sydney, Friday—The ship City of York, bound from San Francisco to Freemantle, went ashore on the Rottnish Island on Wednesday. Two boats were lowered, both…
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A thrilling story of slavery, canibalism, and terrible privations on the southern seat reached Victoria (B.C.) od May 19th. Late arrivals from Suva say that two Polynesians…
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A THRILLING story of slavery, cannibalism, and terrible privations on the southern seas reached Victoria (B.C.) on May 19th. Late arrivals from…
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The steamer Pilharra arrived in port this morning on fire. The flames broke, out in the hold three hours before the steamer entered…
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The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s cargo steamer Waikato has not been spoken since she passed Teneriffe, the Canary Islands, early in May…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Wreck the Melbourne Express
An attempt was made to week the train which left Sydney at 7.15 p .m. Monday foe Melbourne, but by a timely discovery what would probably have been a terrible disaster was averted. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Thermopylae Wrecked
A private coble message which was received in Melbourne early on Wednesday morning reported the wreck of the steamer Thermopylae, near Capetown. Beyond…
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