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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

1,196 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 60

Quick Passage of the Steamer Eastern

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 4

The E. and A. liner Eastern put up a record in the matter of speed on the run from Brisbane to Sydney. She left Moreton Bay on Tuesday evening, and arrived here at 1.30 a.m. yesterday, thus…

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Wreck of the Maid of Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 7

The Court of Marine Inquiry to-day considered the cause of tho wreck of tho British ship Maid of Australia, while sailing from Point Turon to Port Pirie, heavily laden with flux. The vessel…

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The New Steamer Suppflok

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1900 · page 9

The new steamer sutflok, from London, is due here on the 23rd instant, vin Fremantle. Her principal dimensious are:—Length, 420ft.; beam, 54ft,; and 321t.; and when she left London her draught was 25ft. 10in for are, and…

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A New P. and O. Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 4

Messrs. Barclay, Curle and Co., Limited, have contracted to build a steamer for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The vessel will have a tonnage…

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Wreck at Fiji. the Espeagle Runs on a Reef. Several Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 5

FIJI, February 8.--News still comes to hand of the effects of the hurricane of the 30th December. The cutter Espeagle, 32 tons, owned by Mr. Krause, of Nukualofa, Tonga, was wrecked, with…

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The Steamer Airlie

Evening News · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 8

The tender of Mort's Dock Engineering Company has been accepted by the agents for the E. and A. Steamship Company for repairing the steamer Airlie, which was quite recently ashore on…

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A New Island Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 6

Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, are in receipt of a cablegram to the effect that their new island steamer Mambare arrived at Port Said on Tuesday, 20th instant, and left there to-day on Wednesday. She may be…

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Messrs. Burns, Philip, and Co.'s New Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 4

Messrs. Bums, Philip, and Co. are in receipt of a cablegram to the effect that the new island steamer, Mambare, arrived at Port Said on Tuesday, the 20th inst., and was to leave there…

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The Fire on the Steamer Aotea

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 4

In connection with the outbreak of fire on the steamer Aotea, homeward bound from New Zealand, which necessitated the vessel returning to Wellington a report received by the steamer…

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The Steamer Moresby Quarantined

The Australian Star · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 6

As a result of the serious developments that have occurred in connection with the plague the health authorities have apparently determined to exercise stringent…

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A Steamer Quarantined at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 7

The French steamer Maroc upon her arrival from Noumea to-day was at once ordered by Dr. Russell, health officer of the port, Into strict quarantine in conrequence of the prevalence of bubonic plague in New…

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Boer-made Shells. a Disastrous Attempt. a Rand Foundry Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 8

The " Natal Advertiser " says:—An arrival by the Hawarden Custle, who left Johannesburg on December 20, states that on the day before he left some attempts were made by Perrin, the manager…

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A New Island Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 9

Messrs. Burns, Philp. and Co., Limited's new ateamer Mumbaro is expected to write at Fremantle on March 19, and should be due at Sydney early in April…

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The New Steamer Gymeric

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 9

A new visitor to this port, the Gymeric, a steel vessel of 4000 tons, launched last year, is due here in a few days from London, via parts. She comes here to the care of Messrs. Gibne, Bright, and Co. She was built at Pert…

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Arrival of the German Mail Steamer Barbarussa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 9

The Imperial German mail steamer Barbarosea yesterday arrived from Diemen in command of Captain A. Richter, who reports, having left Bremen on January 4 and Antwers on the 9th, making Southampion on the 10th. Left…

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Peculiar Experiences of a Steamer. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 5

On the arrival of the British and colonial steamer Beira at Port Adelaide Yesterday a south-west gale was blowing with hurricane force. The vessel was drawing only 14ft, of water, so that a large part of her hull…

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On the Steamer Dawn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1900 · page 8

The last of the Government steamers leaving Circular Quay with invited guests to witness the departure of the Bushmen's Contingent was the Dawn. Possibly her diminutive size, as compared with the…

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The Steamer Monowai and War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1900 · page 8

On board the Union Company's steamer Monowai, which yesterday arrived from an excursion trip round the coast of New Zealand, concerts and entertainments were held, and Captain Chatfield, the popular…

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The Cable Steamer Sherard Osborne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1900 · page 6

The Eastern Extension Company's cable-repairing steamer Sherard Osborne is due at Sydney today from New Zealand. The steamer proceeds to Melbourne and Adelaide, examining cables. It…

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On Board the Government Steamer Thetis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1900 · page 8

The steamer Thetis, one of the extra boats provided by the Government, left the Quay shortly before 4 p.m. She proceeded direct to Woolloomooloo Bay, and hovered about the two great transports…

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