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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1889

1,280 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 64

The Steamer Regius

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1889 · page 8

This vessel is telegraphed as having left Melbourne at last for this port. It is stated thut she has suffered detention there in consequence of the lack of berthing space. The Regius left London 79 days ago to-day, rather a long time…

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A New Steamer for Victoria

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day. -- Captain Webb, of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., who left for England to-day, will bring out another excursion steamer…

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Summary of News for Europe, Per Orient Company's Steamer Orizaba. Political

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1889 · page 4

The country has all but passed through the exciting ordeal of a general election, and the result cannot be regarded as fully satisfactory to either political party. The protectionists were hopeful at…

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The Wreck of the Sir Walter Raleigh. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1889 · page 7

Five thousand bales of wool have been salvaged from the wreck of the ship Sir Walter Raleigh, on the French coast…

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The Steamer Lubeck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 6

Yesterday the North German Lloyd steamer Lubeck returned from her periodical trip to the islands. Captain Neirich thus finished his first voyage, he having lately assumed command, and he is delighted with the appearance…

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The Steamer Leura

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 6

The Leura, always a favourite passenger steamer on this coast, has just undergone a thorough overhaul, both in the ongine room, and to all her passenger accommodation, at Mort's Dock. The brightening up of her saloon and…

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The Steamer Hankow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 6

This Anglo-Australasian liner, after being away but a little over four months from Australia, returned yesterday to this port, from London, via Melbourne. Her outward trip this time was prolonged by her getting aground in the Suez…

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The Wreck of the Neptune

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

MELBOURNE,Thursday.-The crew of the Neptune, five men, have arrived in Melbourne from j Bairnsdale. Alfred Blomyest, A.B., states that on Wednesday morning between 2 and 4 o'clock…

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The Wreck of the Neptune. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--the captain and crew of the wrecked schooner Neptune, which went ashore during a voyage from Richmond River to Melbourne, near Gippsland, arrived in…

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The Barquentine Neptune Ashore

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 339

At 4 a.m. on Wednesday, the 6th inst., the barquentine Neptune, from Melbourne to Sydney, with dynamite and ballast, went ashore at Pearl Point, in consequence of thick weather. The crew…

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Ship for Sydney Ashore

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 11

LONDON, February ll.—The barque Ben Avon, bound from Hamburg to Sydney, has gone ashore at Scheveningen, on the coast of South Holland. The crew were saved, although with much…

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Steamer Races

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.-The challenge issued by Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company, to the Bay Excursion Company, to race the steamer Courier against the steamer Ozone, has been…

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Launch of a Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 10

A steamer was launched yesterday by Messrs. James Dunn and Co., Sydney, named The Alice. The Alice was bought [?] James Dunn and Co., iron merchants, from the official assignee for the sequestrated estate of D. and W. Robertson…

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Wrecks

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 340

THE news of the wreck of the barque Ben Avon is confirmed. This makes the fifth wreck reported by cable as having occurred in or near the English coast within a few days. The…

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The Steamer Damascus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1889 · page 6

This steamer, bound from London with a very large general cargo, arrived at Melbourne on Thursday last, and has received first-rate despatch there. She left London on the 2nd of January, so is out 47 days to-day. A wire from…

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The Steamer Regius

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1889 · page 6

Immediately upon arrival on Saturday afternoon last the Regius was berthed at Messrs. Dalgety and Co.'s wharf, where she will put out her London cargo. It is the first visit of the steamer to Sydney, and as she is out from London…

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The Mississippi Horror. the Burning Steamer. Twenty Persons Lost

The Australian Star · Monday 18 February 1889 · page 3

THE steamer John H. Hanna was burned at Plaquemine, on the Missi slppi, December 24. Seldom has a more terrible river disaster happened in those water…

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The Wreck of the Schooner Neptune

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 8

The statement of the master, Captain Rice, and crow of the schooner Neptune, 221 tons, hailing from the port, and bound to Sydney from Melbourne is now to hand, concerning the loss of the vessel on the Gippsland coast on the 6th…

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A Steamer Race

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—It is probable that a bona fide race between the steamers Ozone and Courier will be arranged. An agreement has been drawn up by a number of gentlemen, and it…

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