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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

1,406 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 71

Newcastle News. Wreck of the Gwydir. a Total Loss

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, February 12."-During the decent heavy gales the' steamer Ghwydir, now wrecked on Bungaree Norah, suffered Severe damage, and there is now no chance…

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Loss of a Husband. Action by a Widow. Against Huddart, Parker and Co. Wreck of the Alort--Alleged Unseaworthiness--Damages Laid at £3000. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 6

Mrs. Lucy Kilpatrick, widow of the second engineer of the ill-fated steamer Alert, which foundered off Point Lonsdale about 18 months ago, has commenced an…

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A Terrible Tale of the Sea. The Wreck of the Sarah S. Ridgeway. Three Men Swept Overboard. The Vessel Abandoned--In a Foundering Condition--Landing of the Survivors-Heroic Conduct of the Captain's Wife

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 5

Full particulars are to hand from Bundaberg (Q.) regarding the loss of the barque Sarah S. Ridgeway. At 6 o'clock on Sunday morning two boats arrived at Burnett…

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Loss of the Margaret Jane. The Wreck at Trial Bay. Marine Board Inquiry

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 6

An inquiry into the loss of the topsail schooner Margaret Jane; 68 tons, which, after being abandoned, broke up in the breakers at Trial Bay on January 31, was held by the…

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An American Schooner Wrecked. Sixteen Lives Lost. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

The American schooner Clara Friend has been wrockod on the coast of Nova Scotia. Sixteen of those on board were drowned…

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Safety of an Overdue Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON.-Tuesday--The French Atlantic liner La Gascogne, bound to New York, and which was several days overdue, has arrived safely at…

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Accident to the Steamer G Laughs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 4

The Glaucus, one of the Victorian steam colliers engaged in the Newcastle to Melbouvne trude. was towed into Eden at S a.m. yesterday in a disabled…

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The Overdue Mail Steamer Gascogne. Arrival at New York. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

The French-American mail steamer Gascogne, concerning the non-arrival of which great anxiety was felt at Paris and New York, has arrived at New York…

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News by Cable. The Weather Abroad. Loch Lomond Frozen. The Hissing Hail Steamer. Safe at New York

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 11.-Intense cold still prevails in England and Scotland. The ice on the Serpentine River in Hyde Park is now six inches thick…

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Shipping Casualties. in the Recent Hurricane. Arrival of a Steel Ship Leaking. the Steamer Glaucus Towed Into Eden Disabled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

A leaky ship and a broken-shafted steamer were the shipping sensations of yesterday. The steamer mishap is not an uncommon one; but that a steel-built four-masted sailing vessel…

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The Wrecked Gwydir Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

It would seem that there will be no chance now of getting the wrecked steamer Gwydir off the rocks at Bungaree Norah, owing to the severe damage done to her by the late…

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The Wreck of the Sarah S. Ridgway

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

BUNDABERG, Tuesday.--In connection with the wreck of the barque Sarah S. Ridgway further news shows that the seaman Schroeder, who was washed overboard…

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The Island Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 7

The steamer Victoria, (of the A.U.S.N. line) Is looked for here to-morrow from Noumea and Fiji…

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News by Cable. The Weather Abroad. The Thames Blocked. Shipwrecked Crew. Terrible Sufferings

Evening News · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 18.-So thick has become the ice on the Thames that big ships hove had their progress stopped at Tilbury…

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An Old Wreck. The Murray's Remains at the Manning

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 8

In 1886 the old paddle steamer Murray, a vessel of 200 tons, was wrecked on the Manning bar in the 20th year of her age. Not content with swallowing up the vessel the…

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A Shipwrecked Crew. Terrible Sufferings on the Scotch Coast. Paralysed and Frost Bitten

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, 1 p.m.--The crew of a Hull trawler which was wrecked on the Scotch coast near Wig- ton had a fearful experience…

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The Manchester Docks.—first Steamer Loaded for India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 6

By the mail yesterday an account was received of the loading of the Hispauin, one of Henderson Brothers' line, a vessel of 3300 tons, the first steamer to load at the Manchester Docks for India. A gratifying opinion has…

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An American Schooner Wrecked. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 326

The American schooner Clara Friend has been wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. Sixteen of those on board were drowned…

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A Steamer Aground

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 6

CROKI, February 16.-The North Coast Company's steamer Coraki crossed the Manning bar and grounded on crossing just inside the mouth of the river on…

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A Steamer Beached. Accident to the Pukaki

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 5

HOBART, February 15.-The steamer Pukaki, 1400 tons, whilst entering the Mersey to berth at Devonport Wharf this morning, struck a rock in the river,…

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