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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891

1,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 60

Foundering of a Schooner. [By Tellegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 7

News has been received from Roebuck Bay of the foundering of the schooner Poarl owned by W. Streeter of London, off Point Gautheaume, on Sunday last. The vesel foundered in a heavy gale five miles…

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Gale at Normanton. a Steamer Puts to Sea. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 6

A heavy gale occurred at Normanton yesterday. Several verandahs were unroofed. The s.s. Buninyong had to put to sea, but afterwards returned…

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The Steamer Kakanu[?] Still Missing. All Hope Abandoned. Relief for Widows and Orphans

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 6

BY our late files from New Zealand comes the unwelcome intelligence that the Government steamer Hinemoa has abandoned the search for the missing…

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The Loss of the Trudganini.—arrival of the Shipwrecked Crew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 6

The chief officer, Captain A. W. Smith the second officer, two engineers, the cook, steward, and cabin boy or the wrecked steamer Truganini arrived last night by the Waroonga from the New Hebrides. Our Auckland…

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News From the South Seas. Arrival of the Waroonga. Wreck of the Truganini. Hurricane at the New Hebrides. The Tongan Debt-- Shirley Baker's Legacy-- Case of Piracy-- Fiji Shipping

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 3

THE A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Waroonga, under the command of Captain D. Calder, from her Island trip, arrived in Port Jackson last evening, and berthed at the Grafton…

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The Wreck of the Truganini. Arrival of the Crew

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 3

The wreck of the A.U.S.N. Company's inter-island steamer Truganini has already been reported by cablegram from Auckland. The vessel came to grief at Aneityum, one of the…

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Wreck of the Bootle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The secretory of the Murine Board, Mr. Arthur Searcy, received a telegram from the harbormaster of Port Pirie this morning stating that the barquette…

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The Steamer Pearl. the Inquest. Why was it Held?

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 6

THIS morning at the Coroner's Court the city coroner opened an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the fire that occurred on board the steam ferry boat Pearl,…

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The Regent Fire on the Steamer Pearl. an Inquest to Be Held

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 6

Further inquiries hare been made in connection with the recent fire on the steamer Pearl at Pyrmont, and the Coroner has decided to hold an inquest on the case. For some days…

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Late Eastern News. Arrival of the Guthrie. Hurricane in Torres Straits. Cession of Hong Hong to Britain. Jubilee Celebrations. Japanese Houses of Parliament Destroyed by Fire. General Chinese News. The Namoa Pirates. The Guthrie as an Excursion Steamer

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 6

THE E. and A. Co.'s steamship Guthrie, under the command of Captain Neil Shannon, arrived in port last evening, and after having been cleared by the health officer…

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The Missing Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Friday. -- The Government steamer Hinemoa left Wellington to-night to continue the search for the missing steamer Kakanui, which is supposed to have foundered…

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A Government Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 4

Following closely on the arrival of the Queensland delegates to the Federal Convention came the Queensland Government steam yacht Lucinda. The vessel, which by the way is…

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Fire on a Steamer

Evening News · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 6

An inquest was commenced in the City Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, yesterday, respecting the origin of a fire that occurred on board the steam launch Pearl on Wednesday morning, when lying…

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Loss of a Steamer

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 465

The account of the loss of the steamer Truganini in some points resembles the description of the loss of the men-of-war at Samea. The Truganini was at anchor in the so-called harbour at…

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Inquests. the Recent Fire on the Steamer Pearl

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 12

The City Coroner held an inquiry at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, yesterday, into the cause of the fire which broke out on the ferry steamer Pearl on Wednesday morning last. Numa…

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The Steamer Pearl. The Inquest. Why was it Held?

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 6

THIS morning at the Coroner's Court the city coroner opened an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the fire that occurred on board the steam ferry boat Pearl,…

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New Zealand. Wreckage From a Barque

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Friday. -- A quantity of timber has been found on the beach at Hokianga which has been identified as part of the cargo of the barque Kentish Lass. The Kentish Lass…

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The Cable Steamer Recorder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 4

The cable steamar Recorder belonging to the Eastern Extension, Australasian, and telegraph Company, Limited, arrived in Fort Jackson on saturday. She is from singapore, via Part Darwin, Thursday Island, Keppel Bay and Brisbane…

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Arrival of a Cable Steamer

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

The steamer Recorder arrived on Saturday from Singapore, via Brisbane, under the command of Captain Brereton. She belongs to the Eastern Extension Australasian and China…

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The Ketch Rock Lily Floated. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Laurieton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

The ketch Rock Lily, which went ashore 100 yards up on the north beach at Camdon Haven Heads in attempting to cross on February 11, was successfully floated out by Pilot Leonard last night. There is no…

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