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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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News From Fiji. Supposed Wrecks. a New Lighthouse. The Affairs of the Colony

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 5

Mr. James Stewart, Assistant-Colonial Secretary, has received a communication from Mr. N. Chalmers, Stipendiary Magistrate stationed at Lau, stating that…

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Wreck of the Loch Shiel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, 3 p.m.--The ship Loch Shiel, bound from Glasgow to Adelaide, has been wrecked off the coast of Pembroke, South Wales…

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Wreck of the Waratah

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 5

Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company have received advices that the schooner Waratah was lost at Rocky Island on December 20. The Waratah was a 3-masted schooner, built at…

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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 · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 2

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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Presentation to Mr. F. H. DANGAR. The National Shipwreck Relief Society

The Australian Star · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 8

The National Shipwreck Relief Society yesterday presented an address to Mr. F. H. Dangar, one of the founders of the institution. The ceremony took place at the…

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The Waratah Wreck. a Boat at Burketown. One Man Drowned. Other Vessels Wrecked--Great Storm in the Gulf of Carpentaria--Reports of Other Vessels. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 6

In connection with the wreck of the barque Waratah in the Gulf of Carpentaria, it appears she was loading guano at Rocky Islet for New Zealand. A steam launch…

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National Shipwreck Relief Society. Presentation to the President

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 3

At the meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society held yesterday afternoon at tho Exchange, Pitt-street, the opportunity was taken to present the president of the…

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Wreck of the Loch Shiel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, 3 p.m.--The ship Loch Shiel, bound from Glasgow to Adelaide, has been wrecked off the coast of Pembroke, South Wales. The crow were…

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The Wreck of the Alert. the Marine Court Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The inquiry into the foundering of the steamer Alert on December 2[?] was begun to-day by the Marine Court. Mr. D. Ferguson, who…

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Hurricane at Rocky Island. Further Shipping Disasters. the Schooner Waratah Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

The hurricane weather experienced in the Gulf of Carpentaria, which resulted so disastrously to the steamer Kanahooka, was severely felt, at Rocky island--a guano depot…

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The Modern Steamer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 28

In order to appreciate the great development of the steamship, which borders on the marvellous, the POLYTECHNIC says we have only to make a few figures as to the possibility of propelling a…

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A Screw Steamer in Shallow Water

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 28

Something of a novelty in shipbuilding is reported from England. Messrs. Yarrow and Company have built, for service in the Zambesi River, in East Africa, a boat 45ft long, having 7ft beam…

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The Weather. Storms on the Northern Coast. A Vessel Driven Ashore

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 223

Heavy easterly seas have almost paralysed the movements of shipping at the northern ports of this colony and Queensland. For nearly a fortnight the wind has ranged between N.E. and SE.,…

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Foundering of the Steamer Kanahooka. Brisbane, Jan. 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 241

The following particulars have been received with reference to the foundering of the steamer Kanahooka, of Sydney. She was on a voyage from Rocky Islet to Launceston with a…

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Wreck of the Waratah

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company have received advices that the schooner Waratah was lost at Rocky Island on December 20. The Waratah was a 3-masted schooner, built at…

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The Wreck of the Alert. Conclusion of the Inquiry

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Yesterday the Marine Court concluded its inquiry into (the circumstances surrounding the foundering of the steamer Alert. The finding of the court was to…

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The Wreck of the Kanahooka. Death of the Captain and the Engineer Terrible Sufferings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

NORMANTON Friday.--In connection with the landing of Captain George Campbell and three men of the steamer Kanahooka, Arthur Rogers, who was sent from here four…

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The Wreck of the Alert. the Finding of the Marine Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Marine Court inquiry into the foundering of the Alert concluded to-day. The finding of the court was to the effect that the Alert had not…

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Wreck of the Kanahooka. Death of the Engineer From Exposure. Captain Campbell Drowned. Fate of the Missing Men Still Uncertain. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 10

A telegram from Normanton to-night states that Arthur Rodgers, who was sent out four days ago with a black-tracker to search for the survivers of the Kanahooka, returned this afternoon…

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Wreck at Rocky Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 8

Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, have received a telegram from Rocky Island, stating that very severe weather has been experienced there, and that the schooner Waratah, under charter to load guano, had been wrecked…

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