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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1889

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Harrow Escape From Wreck. a Schooner Becalmed. Transferring Personal Effects. Kiama, This Day

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 5

The schooner Guiding Star, which was hound from Beagle Bay to Kiama, and which put into Robertson Basin, Kiama, yesterday, had a narrow escape from being…

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Burning of a Mississippi Steamer. Terrible Scenes. [By Tlelgraph.] (From Our Correspondnet.) Albany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 7

Th[?] R.M.S. Liguria, which arrived to-day from London, brings the following account of the burning of a steamer on the Mississippi:—…

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Wreck of an Old Sydney Trader

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 8

The once noted regular visitor to these waters, the ship John Duth[?], after having her name changed to the Lumbermun's Laddie, has come to grief, and at last accounts was breaking up. Lloyd's report of the affair is that on…

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The Wreck of the Smyrna

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 8

By the mail to hand news has been received of farther actions brought by sufferers by the wreek of the well-known Sydney ex-visitor Smyrna, against the owners of the Mona, the steamer in fault. Amongst the claiments is the wile of…

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The Wreck of the Emily Ann

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 6

AT the weekly meeting of the Marine Board yesterday the loss of the ketch Emily Ann, which was wrecked at the Heads on Friday morning through missing…

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The Steamer Birksgate

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 6

THE Harbormaster at Cooktown held an inquiry yesterday regarding the stranding of the steamer Birksgate on B reef, near Cooktown, on Monday, where she…

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A Vessel Ashore. Five Men Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 29.-The ship Walter Raleigh as gone ashore on the French coast, and five of [?] crew have been drowned. The ship Sir Walter Raleigh left Sydney for…

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Narrow Escape From Wreck. a Schooner Becalmed. Transferring Personal Effects. Kiama, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 6

The schooner Guiding Star, which was bound from Beagle Bay to Kiama, and which put into Robertson Basin, Kiama, yesterday, had a narrow escape from being…

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A New Steamer. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 9

The now P. and O. steamer Banks Peninsula, intended for the New Zealand trade, performed a trial trip yesterday, and attained an average speed of 12 knots per…

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A New Zealand Steamer. Her Trial Trip

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 28.-The steamer Banks [?]insula. newly built for the New Zealand made, has averaged twelve knots an hour on her [?]…

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Summary of News, Per Orient Mail Steamer Oroya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 8

Will be published in the Sydney Morning Herald of THURSDAY next, January 31. CONTENTS: GENERAI,, POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL, MINING,…

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Ship Ashore. London, January 29

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 5

The ship Sir Walter Raleigh, which left Sydney on November 10 for London with a full cargo, has gone ashore on the coast of France at Boulogne…

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Wreck on the French Coast. an Australian Trader Ashore. Five Men Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The ship Sir Walter Raleigh, of Messrs. Donaldson, Rose and Company's line, has gone ashore at Boulogne, on the French coast. The vessel…

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New P. and O. Steamer

Evening News · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 29.-A new steamer for the Peninsular and Oriental Company called the Bombay has been launched on the Clyde…

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A New P. and 0. Steamer. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 7

The new steamer Bombay, built for the P. and O. Company, has been launched on the Clyde…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 11

The political criais which was at its height about the time of the publication of our last summary, has resulted in the disssolution of Parliament; and the country is now in the…

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The Ship Sir Walter Raleigh Ashore. Five Lives Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 7

The ship Sir Walter Raleigh, inward bound from Sydney, ran ashore on the French coast. Five lives were lost. It is probable the vessel will become a total…

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The Shipwreck

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 31.-The ship Sir Walter Raleigh is aground near Andresseles, on the French coast. The captain mistook the French light there for an English one…

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The Schooner Enterprise

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 6

The schooner Enterprise, from the Solomon Group, en route to Sydney, left Trial Bay this morning at 9 o'clock in continuance of her voyage…

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A Vessel Ashore

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 12

LONDON, January 29.—The ship Sir Walter Haleigh has gone ashore on the French coast, and five of her crew have been drowned. [The ship Sir Walter Raleigh left Sydney for…

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