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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891

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The Severe Weather in England. Numerous Wrecks. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 13

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

Fourteen vessels, including several large steamers, have been totally wrecked or more or less seriously damaged on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall…

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The Weather. a Favourable Change. the Late Storm. Some Wreckage on the Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 6

A pleasanter day than yesterday, after the wet weather of the previous two days, could not be desired. In teh small hours of yesterday morning the wind, after a long persistency in hanging to the southward,…

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Supposed Wreck Off the Northern Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 4

It is evident from information received from the Manning River yesterday that some vessel has been wrecked off the northern coast during the recent bad weather. The pilot at the…

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The Cape Verde Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- In connection with the raising of the wreck of the Cape Verde from her position off Williamstown a summons has been issued against Captain John Mitchell, who…

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A Ship Ashore. the Port Jackson in Trouble. London, March 16

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 5

It has transpired that the steamer Port Jackson, which left Newcastle on January 2 for London, via ports, has been ashore at Cape Talba, in the Red Sea. The various…

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Collision at Sea. Foundering of a Steamer. Twenty Two Lives Lost

Evening News · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 17.—The iron screw steamer Roxburgh Castle has foundered off the Scilly Isles, after having been in collision with another vessel, the name of…

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Great Britain and Portugal. the Seizure of a Steamer. the London Press Outspoken. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 7

The British steamer Countess of Carnarvon, seized by Portuguese while ascending the Limpopo River, has been taken to Delagoa by her captors. She was on route to…

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Collision Off the English Coast. Foundering of the Steamer Roxburgh Castle. Twenty-two Lives Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondnt.) London, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 7

The steamer Roxburgh Castle has foundered off the Scilly Isles, after having been in collision with another vessel, the name of which is unknown…

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Wreck of a Man-of-War

Evening News · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 16.—The Galena, an American man-of-war, has been wrecked off the coast of Hampshire…

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A Steamer Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The steamer Port Jackson, bound from Newcastle (N.S.W.) to London, is reported to be ashore in the Suez Canal…

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The Port Jackson Ashore

Evening News · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 5

The steamer Port Jackson, of the Anglo-Austra-lian line, from Sydney and Newcastle for London, which was reported as being ashore at Perim, in the Red Sea, is again reported to have gone…

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Wreck of the Utopia. the Roll Call. Five Hundred and Seventy Drowned. LONDON, March 20

The Australian Star · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 6

In connection with the sinking of the emigrant ship Utopia off Gibraltar five minutes after the collision with the British warship Rodney, it now transpires that no…

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News from Thursday Island. New Steamer Jelunga

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 42

THURSDAY ISLAND, Wednesday.—The steamer Jelunga anchored off Goods Island this evening after an uneventful voyage. The chief engineer was highly satisfied with the new vessel. On the…

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Africa. Britain and Portugal. a British Steamer Seized

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 12

LONDON, March 17.—In answer to a question in the House of Commons with reference to the seizure of a British vessel in the Limpopo River, Sir James Fergusson,…

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Wreck of the Utopia. the Captain Arrested. a Grim Discovery. LONDON, March 20

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 5

In connection with the deplorable disaster to the Utopia, which resulted in the drowning of 570 unfortunate Italian immigrants in Gibraltar Bay, it was decided by the…

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Wreck of the Utopia. the Roll Call. Five Hundred and Seventy Drowned. LONDON, March 20

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 6

In connection with the sinking of the emigrant ship. Utopia off Gibraltar five minutes after the collision with the British warship Rodney, it now transpires that no…

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Wreck of the W. B. Godfrey

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 7

[?] W. B. Godfroy, which wont ashore [?] on the Victorian coast, is breaking up [?] A telegram from Lorne dated March 18 Hopes were entertained of floating ber off,…

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A Vessel Ashore

Evening News · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 5

The following telegram has been received from Kempsey, Macleay River, dated 21st instant: A man arrived in town to-night reports a large schooner or barque washed ashore, bottom up…

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Wreck of a Vessel Near Crescent Head. an Overturned Vessel Washed Ashore. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 5

A report was brought in last night of a wreck on the beach betwee Creacent Head and Hot Head. A party went out this morning, and found a large portion, about 100ft. long, of a vessel of 28ft. beamy, lying…

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Foundered at Sea. Loss of the Barque Don Nicolas. Arrival of the Crew in Boats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 6

There is a wide stretch of ocean between the coasts of New South Wales and New Zealand for two small boats to bu[?]et about in hundreds of miles from landThese who have realised the helplessness of a boat in a…

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