Shipwrecks at Sea
After giving the subject some attention we have Come to the conclusion, the Argus writes, that nine-tenths of the wrecks which take place can no more be attributed to what is known as "the act…
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484 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 25
The Tararua Wreck. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I was (in common with many others) very pleased to read your outspoken and able leader the other day in reference to the sad wreck of the above steamship. I only wish you could follow it up, or…
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The Taupo has sunk into 38 fathoms of water, near Mayer Island, says the New Zealand Herald, and taken the result of two years' expenditure of capital and energy with her. On Friday, when…
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The New Zealand Herald of May 2 contains some further particulais of the wreck of the Turarua, from which we take the following extracts:— Captain Angus Cameron, the marine superintendent of the…
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Our correspondent at Murrurundi writes:—"On Thursday a family in this district were thrown into a state of much distress, having by accident found out that a young man, a member of the family was on…
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CAPTAIN GARRARD. REV. B. RICHARDSON. REV. J. WATERHOUSE. VICTIMS OF THE WRECK OF THE "TARARUA."…
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ANOTHER painful and thrilling chapter has become added to the history of Australasian maritime disaster. At 5 o'clock on the morning of Friday, April 29th, the Tararua, belonging to the Union Steamship Company…
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THE full record of the dreadful tragedy (says the Auckland STAR, May 2) enacted on the coast of Otago is now before us, and it points to one conclusion, which oven that meritorious feeling which prompts men to…
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The Cuzco, s.s., sailed from Plymouth…
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The special correspondent of the Otago Times gives the following additional particulars respecting the week of this unfortunate vessel:--The first mate gives me information as to the behaviour…
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In the inquiry taxing place respecting the circumstances connected with the loss of the steamer Tararua, nothing has been disclosed why the vessel was out of her course. The evidence showed that…
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The court of inquiry into the Tarar[?]a disaster, intimated it was their intention to charge the chief officer, Mr. Lindsay, with default in causing the loss of the steamer…
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On the 7th May, James Stewart Henderson, the reputed owner of the India (s.), was brought up on remand, at the Melbourne City Police Court, and charged with having forged the register of the Ferret (s.) at Bermuda. Mr. C…
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During the inquiry into the wreck of the steamship Tararua, it was shown that there were 151 all told on board when she struck. The boats, it was found were inadequate to the requirements,…
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The Otago Daily Times says that John Williams thus supplements his original statement:—"Between 10 and 11 in the forenoon on Friday at which time, so far as I know, none of the women or children had been washed…
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The Court of Inquiry into the circumstances connected with the loss of the Tararua has intimated the intention to charge the mate with default, causing the loss of the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of Our Industries. (With Mr. BUNCH'S Apologies to Mr. Longfellow.)
IT was the Kenmure Castle That skimmed the tropic sea; And the skipper had taken a horde of Chinkies To keep him company;…
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We learn from the New Zealand papers that the official inquiry into the circumstances of the wreck of the Turarua was commenced at Dunedin on the 10th instant, before Mr. W. L. Simpson, the resident mugistrate, and Captain…
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The following pathetic narrative,given by one of the survivors of this terrible catastrophe, is invested Willi a melancholy interest. The story of Frank Denz, a seaman, is as follows:--"I married…
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