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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886

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Another Union Company's Steamer Ashore. Passengers Landed Safely. the Steamer Floated Off. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday. -- The Onion Company's steamer Taupe, bound from Wellington to Auckland, ran ashore at midnight just inside Tuamotu Island, near…

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The WRECK of the Schooner Upolu. Safety of the Missing Boat's'crew. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 12

The mail steamer Bulimba, which arrived at Townsville this morning, picked up off Cape Grafton the missing boat's crew of the schooner Upolu, of Sydney, which was wrecked on the Barrier Reef at Trinity…

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The S.s. Taupo Ashore. All Passengers Landed. Auckland, This Day

Globe · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 3

The U.S.S. Company's steamer Taupo, one of the small vessels employed on the coasting trade, ran ashore at midnight yesterday, off Gisborne. Latest advices…

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Wreck of the Upolu. Brisbane, This Day

Globe · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 5

When off Cape Grafton the steamer Bulimba picked up a boats crew of the schooner Upola, of Sydney, which was wrecked in the trinity opening of the…

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The A.j.c. Meeting. Sydney Gold Cup. Break Up of the Encampment. Insolvency Court. Bank of New Zealand. Shot by His Brother. Arrival of the R.m.s. Potosi. Intercolonial Telegrams the Cabinet. Wreck of the S.s. Taupo. Flemington Sheffield Handicaps. Hydrophobia in Victoria. Parliament. A.j.c. Autumn Meeting. Cup Day. Racecourse, 3 P.m

Globe · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 3

The Gold Cup of the A.J.C. is the race of the year in New South Wales. It is to our sporting population, tradespeople, artisans, and gentlemen without any…

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The Wreck of the Esk?

Evening News · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 6

Our Hobart correspondent telegraphed yesterday:—"The following telegram has been received from Launceston: Tag returned at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night with Ketch and Wave in tow both loaded with all…

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The Steamer Taupo. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Thursday,--The Union steamship Tanpo, which went ashore at Tuamata Island, near Gisborne, on Tuesday night, and was afterwords got off, has arrived at…

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Collision on the Parramatta River. a Steamer Sunk

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 5

A collision which might have been attended with serious loss of life took place on the Parramatta River last evening between the ferry steamer Parramatta (belonging to the…

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Wreck of the S.s. Esk. Hobart, This Day

Globe · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 5

The preliminary enquiry concerning the wreck of the T.S.N. Co.'s steamer Esk will be commenced at Launceston to-day. The captain, chief mate, and man at the wheel…

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Steamer Ashore. the Esk

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 9

Our Hobart correspondent wired on Monday: —Considerable consternation was caused in Hobart on Saturday afternoon when it became known that the T.S.N. Co.'s steamer Esk had gone ashore on the…

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Wreck of the Schooner Upolu. Brisbane

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 900

The captain, mate, and three men who arrived from Port Douglas this morning, report the total wreck of the schooner Upolu, bound from Sydney to the South Seas. The wreck occurred at Trinity Opening. One boat full…

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Wreck of the Steamer Esk

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 900

The T. S. N. Company's steamer Esk, from Hobart to Sydney, via Formby, struck on the Hebe Reef, off Low Head, near the mouth of the River Tamar, on Saturday morning. The Eek arrived at Low…

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Sinking of a Parramatta Steamer

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 2

It is not often we have occasion to report a serious accident in connection with our local ferry steamers, but one occurred after dark on Thursday night which narrowly escaped…

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The Wreck of the Steamer Esk. (From the Hobart Mercury, April 26.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 15

Mr. H. J. Anson, of Anson Brothers, Hobart, who was a passengor on board, made the following statement:— We left Lagoon Bay at about noon. Going out of the Heads, and until the vessel struck, the five passengers were…

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A New Sydney Steamer

Evening News · Monday 3 May 1886 · page 6

LONDON, April 30.—The steamer Fijian was launched at Jarrow-on-Tyne to-day. It is intended for the fruit trade between Fiji and Sydney…

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Launch of a Steamer for the Fiji Trade. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1886 · page 7

A new steamer has been successfully launched at Jarrow on the, Tyne, which is intended to be employed in the fruit trade between Sydney and Fiji. The steamer…

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Wreck of the Champion

Globe · Tuesday 4 May 1886 · page 3

The Marine Board began an inquiry this afternoon into the loss of the Champion, ketch, 36 tons, and owned by Messrs Hitchcock and Taylor, of Sydney. The…

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Wreck of the Upolu. Brisbane, This Day

Globe · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 3

Mr. W. Clutterback, a passenger in the schooner Upolu, furnishes the local paper with an interesting account of her wreck on Barrier Reef on April 24. Part of the…

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A New Ferry Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 8

Yesterday morning there was launched from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. J. Lynch of Balmain a screw steamer, built to the older of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company. As she moved off the ways she was named the Lotus by Miss E. Lynch. The…

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Wreck of the Schooner Upolu. Marine Board Inquiry. [By Telegraph.] (Froh Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 10

The Marine Board inquiry in connection with the wreck of the schooner Upolu was concluded at Townsville yesterday. The Board gave the following finding:—" That James Bowers navigated the schooner…

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