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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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Wrecks and Casualties In Australian trade, for months of July August and September see former issues. At appeared in the columns of the Daily Commercial News and Shipping List. OCTOBER

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 4

ALLOWRIE s, struck on Bar Bateman's Bay, Oct 8 floated off uninjured. MARY WARNER, sch, went ashore Oct 10, at Gabo Island, since floated,…

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Wreck of the Jessie Redman

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.— News came to hand by the Kahu, which arrived at Lyttelton from the Chatham Islands, that the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's ship Jessie Redman went…

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The Weather in Europe. Wrecks in the Channel. Intense Cold in England. Many Frozen to Death

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 8.— Large quantities of wreckage have been washed ashore at Margate, Kent, supposed to come from vessels wrecked in the British Channel…

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The Wreck of the Alert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

The Tasmania. Captain M'Gee, returned to port early on Sunday morning from New Zealand with a full complement of passengers. The trip throughout was most enjoyable An entertainment was arranged in aid of the…

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Wrecks and Casualties In Australian trade, For months of July August and September see former issues. As appeared in the columns of the Daily Commercial News and Shipping List. OCTOBER

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

ALLOWRIE, s, struck on Bar Bateman's Bay, Oct 8 floated off uninjured. MARY WARNER, sch, went ashore Oct 10, at Gabo Island, since floated,…

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Wreck of the Ship Jessie Readman. No Lives Lost. the Cargo of Wool and the Insurances

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Monday.--The steamer Kahu, which has arrived at Lyttelton from Chatham Islands, brings news of the stranding of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's ship…

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Fogs in the Channel. Wreckage at Margate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Great quantities of wreckage have been washed ashore at Margate, and it is believed that the debris is that of vessels lost during the…

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Reduction In Steamer Fares

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 9.— The steamship companies are reducing the outward third-class fares to Australia by a guinea…

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Wrecks and Casualties In Australian trade. For months of July August and September see former issues. As appeared in the columns of the Daily Commercial News and Shipping List. OCTOBER

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 4

ALLOWRIE, s, struck on Bar Bateman's Bay, Oct 8 floated off uninjured. MARY WARNER, sch, went ashore Oct 10, at Gabo Island, since floated…

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Victoria. the Wreck of the Steamer Tenterden. Conflict Between Marine Boards

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The wreck of the steamer Tenterden in M'Donnell Bay, in South Australia, formed the subject of a lengthy discussion at an extraordinary…

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Reduction in Steamer Fares. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 5

The shipping companies are reducing the outward third-class fares to Australia by a guinea…

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Wreck of the Tenterden. Marine Boards Disagree

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— A lengthy discussion took place respecting the above wreck at an extraordinary meeting of the Marine Board yesterday. Captain Fullarton, who presided, explained that…

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The Wreck of the Alert

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— At the coronial inquiries on the bodies of the victims of the Alert disaster, the jury added a rider expressing regret that the vessel was not signalled from Cape…

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Wrecks and Casualties In Australian trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

For months of July August and September see former issues. "As appeared in the columns of the Daily Commercial News and Shipping List…

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The Tenterden Wreck. Inquiry to be Held. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 8

It was decided by the Marino Board of Victoria yesterday to hold an inquiry concerning the wreck of the steamer Tenterden in M'Donncil Bay, Mouth Australia, the…

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Wreck at the Gilbert Islands

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

The John Williams, from the Gilbert Group, brings news of the wreck of the American trading schooner Fleur-de-Lis at the Islands. The schooner, which was…

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Wreck of the Tenterden

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Friday.— The secretary of the Marine Board has received a telegram from the Victorian Marine Board in reference to the above wreck, desiring to know whether the Marine…

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Wrecks and Casualties In Australian trade, For mouths of July August and September see former issues. At appeared in the columns of the Daily Commercial News and Shipping List. OCTOBER

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 4

ALLOWRIE, s, struck on Bar Bateman's Bay, Oct 8 floated off uninjured. Mary WARNER, sen, went ashore Oct 10, at Gabo Island, since floated…

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A Mail Steamer in Collision

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Jan. 5— While berthing at Port Melbourne yesterday the French mail steamer Ville de La Ciotat, from Marseilles, collided with the railway pier, doing considerable damage…

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Sale of the Steamer Captain Cook

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 4

The old pilot steamer Captain Cook was yesterday sold by the Government for £530, the purchasers being Captain C. Phillipson, late of the steamer Herga, and Mr…

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