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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891

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The Steamer Macleay. Anxiety Felt for Her Safety. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 6

No news has been heard of the steamer Macleay, which was unable to enter on Sunday, and remained off the bar till Tuesday. She then stood away to sea. Some anxiety is now felt for her safety. The Mayor…

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Wreck of the Barque Raven. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 5

News has been received of the wreck of the barque Raven, bound from Fremantle to Bunbury to load piles for South Africa. She left Fremantle yesterday, and on nearing Rottneet the vessel refused to…

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The Wreck of the Alberta

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 5

A telegram from Tweed Heads yesterday stated that the wreck of the steamer Alberta had been swept off the Sutherland reef during the gale. The Alberta, it will be remembered,…

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Wrecks Reported.—insurance Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1891 · page 8

There were 29 wrecks reported during the week ending February 6 at Lloyd's Of these 15 were sailers and 14 steamers. Amongst the osses was that of the steamer Red Jacket, bound from Cardiff to Aden, which sank after collisior. Ship,…

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West Australia. the Barque Raven Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1891 · page 5

PERTH, Friday.--The barque Raven, owned in Adelaide, was totally wrecked near Rottnest Island yesterday. A preliminary official inquiry was opened at Fremantle this morning…

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Wreckage on the Coast. a Steamer's Deckhouse. Washed Ashore

The Australian Star · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

IT is evident that the recent gales have wrought more havoc among shipping than is generally imagined. A boat, bottom up, was washed ashore at Broken Bay on Friday,…

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A Steamer Missing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

The steamer Suevia, running between Hamburg and America, is missing, and is supposed to be drifting in the Channel in a disabled condition…

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A Missing Steamer

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 14.—The steamer Suevia, of the' Hamburg-American line, running between Hamburg, Plymouth, and New York is missing. She is supposed to be…

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England and Portugal. Capture of a British Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--A Portuguese gunboat fired at and subsequently captured British steamer conveying ammunition up the Zambesi River, in South Africa…

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Gunboat and Steamer. a Zambesi Episode. London, March 14

The Australian Star · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

It is reported that a Portuguese gunboat fired at and captured a British steamer conveying ammunition up the Zambesi River, South Africa…

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Disastrous Storm at Sea. Many Vessels Wrecked. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 14.—The barque Dryad, of Liverpool, has been wrecked during a gale off Start Point, in the English Chandel. Twenty-four lives were lost…

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A Wreck

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

The pilot at Harrington has sent the following telegram to the secretary of the Marine Board, dated 13th instant: "Portions of wreck, deck part soft wooden vessel, driven ashore between…

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Two Vessels Wrecked in the Channel. Forty-two Persons Drowned. London, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

The barque Dryad, of Liverpool, has been wrecked during a gale off Start Point, in the English Channel. 24 lives were lost…

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The Blizzard in Britain. the Storm Renewed. Shipwreck and Lose of Life. LONDON, March 13

The Australian Star · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

The blinding blizzard which swept over the greater portion of Britain has returned. The violence of the visitation remains, and the temperature has sunk to zero. Trade,…

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The Blizzard in England. Wreck on the Coast--fifty Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--There has been a renewal of the recent terrible blizzard which swept over the south- eastern counties England. A wreck is reported to have…

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The Steamer Industry at Lyttelton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 4

On the 9th instant the steamer Industry was at Lyttelton, N.Z., respecting which a telegram of that date says:—The unionist seamen and ilrcmen on the steamer Industry struck this morning, They shipped at Middlesbro at the rate of £4…

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Great Britain and Portugal. Seizure of a British Steamer. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 5

It is rumoured that the Portuguese forces in South-eastern Aftica have seized a British steamer, the Countess of Carnarvon, while ascending the Limpopo River,…

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Sale of a Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 4

The owners of the harque W. B Godfrey, whirh has become a total wreck near Lorne, have abandoned all hopes of getting the vessel and carpo off, and last Fridav, at the Exchange, Melbourne, Messrs. Lord and Hughes submitted…

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Wreck of a Well-known Barque

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 4

Respecting the loss of the old intercolonial trading barqne Ravcn Teported in last Friday's Heraldy, an ex change mentions that the Raven was built of wood at Sutherland in 1864, and was owned by Messrs, W. R, Cave and Co., of…

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Wreckage on the Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 4

A wire was received yesterday by the secretary to the Marine Board from Harrington as follows:—Portions of wreek, deek part of soft wooden vessel, drove ashore between Crowdy and Manning Heads. On part of the deek is a steam…

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