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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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Wrecks and Casualties In Australian trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 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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A Shipwrecked Crew

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 4

The crew of the Auckland brigantine Eillan Donan wrecked recently on the New Caledonia coast, are expected to reach Sydney to-day by the M.M. liner Ville de…

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The Wreck of the Jessie Readman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 4

The steamer Manapouri, winch arrived here yesterday from New Zealand, brings news that the steamer Kiwi has been dispatched to the Chatham islands with the…

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A Steamer Ashore

The Australian Star · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 6

The coastal steamer Kingsley, in trying to cross out at Forster for Sydney this morning, struck on the bar. She is expected to be got off on to-morrow's tide…

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Accident to the Steamer Kingsley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 4

The following telegram was posted at the Telegraph Office yesterday:—Forster reports that the steamer Kingsley in trying to cross out this morning stuck on the bar. She is likely to get off by to-morrow (Friday)…

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The Britannia Ashore in the Suez Canal. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 5

The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Britannia, which left London on 5th January for Sydney, has gone ashore in the Suez Canal…

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News by Cable. a Dynamite Outrage. Explosion on M.M. Steamer. the Vessel Partly Wrecked

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 17.—An explosion occurred in the mail room of the Messageries Maritimes mail steamer Equateur almost immediately after her arrival at Bordeaux…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Dynamite Explosion on a Mail Steamer. Three Seamen Killed. the Vessel Wrecked Amidships. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 5

A serious explosion has taken place on board the Messageries Maritimes steamer Equateur, which runs between Bordeaux and Brazil…

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A Mail Steamer Aground. the Britannia in the Suez Canal

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 18.—The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Britannia, which left London on January 5 for Sydney, grounded in the Suez Canal, but floated off uninjured, and…

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Wreck of the Eillan Donan. the Crew Saved. Landed on a Guano Island. Dangerous Navigation--Their Arrival In Sydney--By the French Mall Steamer

The Australian Star · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 5

This morning Captain M'Donald, his officers and crew of the brigantine Eillan Donan, arrived in Sydney by the French mail steamship Ville de la Ciorat, from Noumea,…

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Dynamite Outrage. Explosion on a Mail Feat. M.M. Steamer Equateur Damaged. Three Seamen Killed. Another Badly Injured. London, January 18

The Australian Star · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 5

Telegrams from Paris report a disastrous explosion on board one of the Messageries Maritimes mail steamers. The Equateur bad arrived in the…

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Wrecks and Casualties In Australian trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 4

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

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The Steamer Malabar

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 19.—Much anxiety had been felt in England for the safety of the steamer Malabar, overdue at Bombay. News of her safe arrival was, however, received…

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An Overdue Steamer. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 9

The steamer Malabar is overdue at Bombay, Much anxiety is felt for her safety…

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The Wreck of the Eillan Donan.—statement of the Captain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 8

The shipwrecked crew of the Auckland schooner Eillan Donan arrived yesterday. Porticulars of the wreeks of the vesel were anticipated by way of Nouma recently. The statement of the…

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Mr. Wall on the Wreckers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 10

Mr. Wall, M.L.A., informed a reporter for this journal who waited upon him that he thought that, under the circumstances of the case, the Government would be perfectly justified…

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Wrecks and Casualties

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 4

In Australian trade, For months of July August and September see former issues. As appeared in the columns of the Daily Commercial…

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The Wreck of the Tenterden

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Marine Board to-day granted a second mate's certificate to Captain M'Eacharn, who was recently suspended as a captain for three months in…

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Shipwreck at the Chesterfield Group. the Brigantine Eillan Donan Lost. Arrival of the Crew in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 3

The Chesterfield Group, situated within a few days' sail of New Caledonia, and well known for its guano deposits, has been the scene of quite a number of shipping…

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Wreck of the Tenterden. a Curious Chart

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— A. special Marine Board inquiry was held yesterday into the alleged misconduct of Captain M'Eacham in connection with the stranding of the steamer Tenterden on the…

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