A Ketch Damaged. Melbourne
The ketch Eveline, a well-known trader to this port, arrived in the bay this morning in a stormbeaten condition. She left Edithburg, South Australia, on the 14th December, and two days later…
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Coastal Gales. a Ketch Dismasted
MELBOURNE, January 1.-The well-known trader ketch Eveline arrived in Hobson's Bay in a very storm-beaten condition on Monday. The vessel left Edithburg, South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News by Cable. The Weather in England The Wreck of the Osseo. Further Gales. Many Wrecks
LONDON, December 30.-Renewed gales have occurred on the British and Irish coasts and in the English Channel, and many wrecks are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gales in England. Many Wrecks. Loss of the Barque Osseo. London, Dec. 30
Renewed gales have taken place on the British coasts, and many wrecks are reported. The barque Osseo was wrecked off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck Record
The following is a summary of wrecks which have occurred within the jurisdiction of New South Wales, during the year 1894. It shows that there were 18 vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Barque Osseo. 24 Lives Lost. the Coastguard Helpless. Terrible Scenes
LONDON, Sunday Night.--The barque Osseo stranded on the rocks off Holyhead to-day. The vessel was afterwards swamped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ketch Ashore. Wreck at North Head. The Captain Drowned. Narrow Escape of a Lad. A Perilous Time
A ketch named the Emma Matilda, 30 tons register, was wrecked at about 3.30 this morning on the rocks off North Head. The vessel, which was loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreak at the Heads. Loss of a Schooner. The Capitan Drowned. The Boat Swamped. The Emma Matilda Drifts Ashore
Lowering the Boat-- The Captain Supposed to Have been Seized by a Shark-- The Survivor's Story-- He Walks to Manly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Gale. A P. AND O. Steamer Damaged
LONDON, January 1.-The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Chusan encountered terrible weather in the Bay of Biscay during the late heavy gales, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mail Steamer Damaged. Terrible Weather in the Bay of Biscay. London, Jan. [?]
The P. and 0. Company's R.M.S. Chusan encountered terrible weather in the Bay of Biscay during the late heavy gales, and sustained great damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Culmore
The following is the narrative of a survivor of the wreck of the ship Culmore, lately lost off the English coast: "The vessel left Hamburg…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wanton Destruction. Oddfellows' Hall Wrecked
A gross act of vandalism was perpetrated at the Oddfellows' Hall, Wilson-street, Newtown, yesterday. The caretaker left the premises fastened up about 4 a.m. On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Dorunda
LONDON, January 1.-Salvage operations at the wreck of the British India steamer Dorunda, which went ashore off Peniche, on the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daring Outrage at Newtown. a Hall Broken Into and Wrecked
Between the hours of 4 and 10 a.m. yesterday a band of larrikins broke into the William Gale Lodge of the I.O.O.F.-hall, in Wilson-street, Newtown, and started in to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Mail Steamer Damaged. Terrible Weather in the Bay of Biscay. London, Jan. 1
The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Chusan encountered terrible weather in the Bay of Biscay during the late heavy gales, and sustained great damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Plumbers' Tools Case. North Head Wreck Experience with Sharks
The man Bernard Nugent, who was arrested in Sussex-street yesterday while in the act of trying to dispose of a quantity of plumbers' tools, was brought In connection with the wreck of the ketch Emma Matilda at the Heads yesterday the survivor, John Bernsdorff, had a very trying experience, being in the water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Wreck Near the Heads. a Vessel Goes to Pieces. One Man Drowned
Before the dawn of the year 1895 a 12-ton cutter, the Emma Matilda, with a man and his son aboard, was off North Head in difficulties. A nasty south-easterly sea was carrying the craft on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck at Sydney Heads. the Cutter Emma Matilda Lost. the Captain Drowned. the Survivor Five Hours in the Water
Wet and weary, and bearing traces of having had a terrible battle for life, John Bernsdorff, the mate of the 12-ton cutter Emma Matilda, walked into Manly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Incident at a Wreck
An exciting incident took place on Sunday night at the wrecked steamer Gwydir, which lies on the reef at Norah Head. It appears that the men who were employed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mail Steamer Damaged. London, Jan. 1
The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Chusan encountered terrible weather in the Bay of Biscay during the late heavy gales, and sustained great damage…
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