Another Wreck. Loss of the Steamer Dicky. Bravery of Sailors. All Hands Saved
The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 5
Following close on the wrecks of the Daphne and Shelbourue comes news of the wreck of the steamer Dicky on the Queensland coast. The vessel was bound from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of Life on the Coast. Two Sydney Vessels Wrecked. the Shelbourne and Daphne. Sufferings of the Sole Survivor From the Daphne. the Shelbourne's Crew Safe. a Survivor's Statement
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 7
Summer instead of proving kind[?]er to those who go down to the sea in ships [?] this year proved quite the contrary. One look[?] for storms and tempests in winter to strew the coast every now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wrecks, Missing Vessels, and Insurances
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 6
Several of the vessels previously advised as at high rates of premium for re-insurance have arrived, but there is no word to hand by the mail yesterday of the on arrival of the barque Friars Crag from Newcastle to Iquique. Amongst…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 5
[?], Wednesday.--The beehe-demer schooner Curlew, Captain Peterson, previously reported lost, was spoken to- night, near Franklyn Island, all well. She…
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Evening News · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 6
Captain Brodie, of the schooner Renard, which arrived at midday yesterday, from the Solomon Islands, reports the loss of the schooner Sandfly at Saint Christoval—all hands being saved. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Ionic. Disabled Off Capetown. London, Feb. 16
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 5
The steamer Ionic, of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, Limited, which left London on January 19, has been towed to Capetown, having broken her shaft…
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The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 2
Still another has to be added to the list of wrecks reported during the past week. This was in the case of the schooner Sandfly, which old Sydneyites will recollect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Daphne. The Passenger "Jim."
The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 2
The passenger referred to as "Jim," who lost his life in the wreck of the schooner Daphne, is believed to be James Nolan, of Adelaide, who had stated his intention to a…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
With regard to the wreck of the schooner Daphne at Wide Bay (Q.) while on a voyage from Sydney and Newcastle to Johnstone River and Dungeness, in which there was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipping Disasters. Another Sydney Vessel Wrecked. the Sandfly Lost at Solomon Islands
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 6
Shipping disasters have been unusually frequent of late. On Saturday last new was received of the total loss of the steamer Tweed at Byron Bay, and this was followed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Shelbourne-the Captain's Statement
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 4
Captain H. Hackott, who arrived last night by the steamer Electra, with the mate and two seamen belonging to the above vessel, states that he left Camden Haven for Sydney on Tuesday, the 14th instant, in the tow of the tug…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Ionic. to Be Delayed for a Month. London, Feb. 16
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 9
Owing to the necessity of sending to England to repair the broken shaft of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Ionic, that vessel will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Loss of Life on the Coast. Two Sydney Vessels Wrecked
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 342
Summer instead of proving kindlier to those who go down to the sea in ships has this year proved quite the contrary. One looks for storms and tempests in winter to strew the coast every now…
Continued on Trove, page 342 →Still Another Wreck. Jessie Lost at the Islands. The Crew Saved
The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 5
The M.M.S. Polynesian brings news of the loss of the three-masted schooner Jessie at the Chesterfield Islands, where she had gone to load a cargo of guano for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Tweed
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 5
Captain H. French and the crew of the wrecked steamer Tweed arrived in Sydney from Byron Bay by the steamer Helen Nicoll last night. Captain John Hall, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Disasters. Another Wreck at the Islands. the Barquentine Jessie Lost at Chesterfield Group
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 5
News of another shipping disaster at the Islands reached Sydney yesterday by the French mail steamer Polynesian, from Noumea. On the 12th inst., two days before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Floods in Queensland—the Wreck of Victoria Bridge and the Flooded Streets
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 20
1. View of Kangaroo Point. 2. Ruins of Victoria Bridge, showing South Brisbane in the distance. 3. View of Edward-street, looking toward Brisbane River, and showing Finney, Isles, and Company's new building on the right foreground, G. Carew. Gardiner and Company, Billington and Company, with the " Courier" Buildings farther away on the opposite side of the street. 4. View in Creek-street, showing the Gresham Hotel in the foreground, right hand side, and Alfred Shaw and Company's premises on the opposite side. 5. View of Queen-street, looking upward from the bottom of Wharf-street…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Schooner Ashore. At Woolgoolga
The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 6
The three-masted schooner Buster, which left Sydney on Saturday last for Woolgoolga and Dunedin, returned to harbor owing to the gale. She resumed her passage on…
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Evening News · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 6
A wire was posted at the Merchants' Exchange on Saturday stating that the three-masted schooner Buster, which arrived at Woolgoolga from Sydney on 16th instant, drove ashore…
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