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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891

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A Melbourne Steamer Ashore

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, December 29.—The steamer Wastwater, belonging to Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and. Co., of Melbourne, which left Melbourne on November 20 for Antwerp,…

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Steamer From Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1891 · page 4

News hav been recived to the effect that the steamer [?] to the Jampan Mail m[?] Company will leave [?] on the [?] for Australien ports [?] This company, which in native Jampan[?]…

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Storms Off the Coast of Newfoundland. 100 Fishing Vessels Wrecked. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.] London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 5

Tremendous storms have occurred off the coast of Newfoundland, causing the loss of 100 fishing and other vessels…

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The Liverpool-australian Line. a Steamer Leaves on TnE 8Th. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

The s.s. Ouraka will sail from Liverpool for Australian ports on the 8th. She is the first of a line of Bteuiners which has been chartered for tho service by Messrs…

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The Mail Steamer Dorunda

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The British India Steam Navigaton Company's steamer Dorunda has been supplied with a crew by the shipping Federation…

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Wreck at Fiji

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 4

News reached Suva of the total loss of the Bau cutter Ra Adilaitc, on the main reef off the island of Yanuca Leva. It appears that while on her way up from Suva, and when abreast of Yanuca Levu, the weather being very squally at…

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Thrilling Scenes at a Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 4

Mr. William Davis, second officer of the steamship Uppingham, of London, which was wrecked on the north coast of Devon on Sunday, November 23, arrived at Plymouth on November 26, and made a remarkable statement as to what…

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Tragic Incident on a Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 5

Mr. William Davis, second officer of the steamship Uppingham, of London, which was wrecked on the north coast of Devon recently, has made a remarkable statement. When the…

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The London Missionary Society. Cruise of the Barque John Williams. Particulars of a Wreck and Loss of Life. Sickness Amongst the Natives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 6

Captain Roger Turpie, for so many years employed in command of the vessel which files the L.M.S. flag, bearing the inscription "Messenger of Peace." finished a long cruise…

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Wreck of a Schooner. Loss of Sixteen Hands. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1891 · page 5

News from the Islands reports the wreck of the sohooner Julia Price. Sixteen of her native crew were drowned…

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Robbery From a Schooner

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

A BOY of 16, named James Hargreaves, gave himself dead away to a constable, when the latter arrested him on a charge of having stolen a pair of…

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Robbery From a Schooner

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 6

A BOY of 16, named James Hargreaves, gave himself dead away to a constable, when the latter arrested him on a charge of having stolen a pair of…

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Summary of News, Per Orient Mail Steamer Oruba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 8

Will be published in "The Sydney Morning Herald" of Monday next. CONTENTS General, Political. Commercial, Mining,…

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The Wreck of the Notero. the Orew Four Months on an Island. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 9

The barque Notero was wrecked on Howland Island last August. All the crew were saved. They had to remain four months on an island before a ship arrived. They reached Auckland…

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The London Missionary Society. Cruise of the Barque John Williams. Particulars of a Wreck and Loss of Life. Sickness Amongst the Natives

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 8

Captain Roger Turpie, for so many years employed in command of the vessel which fliest the L.M.S. flag, bearing the inscription "Messenger of Peace," finished a long cruise yesterday,…

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New Zealand. the Wreck of the Barque Notero

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Friday. -- The captain and crow of the barque Notero, reported wrecked some time ago on Howland Island, have arrived by the steamer Wainui from Samoa. The Notero…

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The Steamer Hawkesbury Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 5

WINDSOR, Sunday.--The steamer Hawkesbury, the property of the Hawkesbury River Steam Navigation Company, was burnt to the water's edge about 4 o'clock this morning at…

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Accident to a Steamer

The Australian Star · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--During the voyage to Sydney, on Saturday, evening, the Hunter. River Co.'s steamer Lubra sustained an accident to her machinery. The captain…

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Accident to the Steamer Lubra

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The steamer Lubra, which left Newcastle at 6 o'clock last evening, nearly got ashore. About 8 o'clock two guns went off and two rockets were fired in the…

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Steamer Hawkesbury on Fire. Vessel and Cargo Completely Destroyed

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 6

WINDSOR, Monday.—The steamer Hawkesbury, the property of the Hawkesbury River Steam Navigation Co., was burnt to the water's edge at about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning at Bennett's…

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