Shipwrecks on the Coast
THE heavy weather on the coast on Saturday did some damage amongst the shipping. On Saturday the barque Medee, outward pound for Newcastle from Melbourne, went ashore between the Swanspit…
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The Wreck of the Sorata. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
In view of the possibility of floating the Sorata, the Marine Board have decided that the following charge should be laid against the captain:—That his wrongful act and default occasioned serious loss to the…
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The Duke of Manchester has favoured the Argus with the following narrative of the wreck of the Sorata:— "There is nothing to be said about the wreck until we passed Cape Jervis light. We turned round the light, and…
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There is little more to add to the particulars of the wreck of the Sorata beyond those contained in our summary on Thursday last. Pumping is going on vigorously, and hopes are entertained that she will yet be got off the…
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The brig Alexandra, hound from Melbourne to Port Pirie, with a general cargo and railway sleepers, went ashore about 10 miles south of Mount Young before daylight on Friday morning…
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A telegram was received from [?] [?] evening, stating that five pumps as eat work to-day on the Sorata. The water has decreased 7 or 8ft. and it is found that it could be kept…
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The R.M.S. City of Sydney arrived at Auckland at 6 a.m. yesterday (Tuesday), and left again far Bon Francisco at 2.30 p.m…
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The Orient steamship Garonne, which left Melbourne on August 10, arrived here to-day…
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An attempt will be made this afternoon to get the Sorata off, The pumps have been working splendidly, and the water is much reduced. Divers are down patching the holes in the hall,…
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The Little Orient has arrived to take the place of the steam-launch which foundered. Morris's body is not yet found, and troopers have gone along the rocks in search of it…
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A passenger writing to a friend in Christchurch, New Zealand, gives the following account of the narrow escape of the ship Waimete, off Cape Horn:—"London, July 1880.—We made a splendid passage to the Horn, 18 days…
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THE following telegrams have been received from the Superintendent of Telegraphs of South Australia:— "ADELIADE, Wednesday, 6 p.m…
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There is nothing fresh to report about the Sorata. She appears to have settled down again. They have stopped the pumps in the after-hold, on account of the vessel bumping, as she was lightened. Two powerful…
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Dispatches received by the last mad from the United States show the burning of the steamer Seawauhaka, a report of which was published a short time ago, to have been a terrible disaster…
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The Sorata is not yet off. Nearly everybody except Captain Fowler believes she never will come off except in pieces. She has several holes in her, and her bottom is much crushed. The…
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No further news of importance has yet been received from the Sorata. The weather looks as if it were changing for the worse. It is rumoured that Captain Fowler is coming up town to-day to consult with…
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The Yatala, which was to have taken Captains Fowler and Begg to town from the Sorata, did not go last night, on account of stress of weather. The wind became gusty towards midnight, with a swelling sea,…
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There is nothing fresh to report about the Sorata. She appears to have settled down again. They have stopped the pumps in the after-hold, on account of the vessel bumping, as she was lightened. Two powerful…
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A passenger writing to a friend in Christchurch, New Zealand, gives the following account of the narrow escape of the ship Waimete, off Cape Horn:—"London, July 1880.—We made a splendid passage to the Horn, 18 days…
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Captain Jacque Allen, the master of the ship Eric the Red, which was wrecked on the Otway Reef on September 4, reached Melbourne on September 6. He gave the following particulars of the wreck to the…
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