The wreck of the Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer Maitland adds another disaster to the already long list for which the inhospitable eastern coast of Australia a responsible. The Maitland left ...
Article : 10,678 wordsMr. John Russell, of Watt-street, Newcastle, is regarded on all hands as the hero of the hour, for it was entirely due to his display of bravery and un[?]ing exertions that anyone was saved from the stranded vessel. To-day he has ...
Article : 1,871 wordsAs soon as the news was received the chairman of the Shipwreck Relief Society, Mr. J. H. Storey, despatched to the scone of the wreck Captain Webber to render all requisite assistance to ...
Article : 200 wordsInformation was received by wire by Inspector Lynch in charge of the Newcastle police this afternoon to the effect that no less than five vessels had been wrecked at Nelson's Bay. The ...
Article : 212 wordsThe police authority has received telegraphic message from Senior-sergeant M'Vane from Blackwall to-night to the effect that the body of a young woman, unidentified, has been washed ...
Article : 123 wordsInformation has been received by Inspector Lynch to-night to the effect that an inquest on the bodies recovered from the wreck will be opened at Murray's Hotel, Blackwall, to-morrow morning. ...
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Article : 1,919 wordsGrave fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Duckenfield, belonging to Messrs. J. and A. Brown, watch left this port an Thursday afternoon, coal-laden for Sydney. The vessel must have ...
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Article : 1,327 wordsThe steamer Coraki had a very narrow escape from coming to grief when entering the Manning River this morning. There was a very heavy sea washing on the bar when the Coraki attempted to ...
Article : 245 wordsMr. Ben Norton, the steward of the illfated steamer Maitland, reached Newcastle in company with others from the scene of the wreck by last night's train, and was met by a number of persons ...
Article : 998 wordsThe schooner Isabel, bound from Port Macquarie to Sydney, and loaded with timber, is beached at Crowdy Bay, and is a complete wreck. The master and crew are at Harrington. ...
Article : 103 wordsThe following passengers have booked by the R.M.S., Moana (A. and A. Route), which sails to-day at 4 p.m., from the Union Steamship Company's wharf, foot of Margaret-street, for San Francisco, via Auckland (N.Z.), ...
Article : 414 wordsIn the absence of a complete list of the names of the steerage passengers, no such last being at present in the hands of the company, the loss of life is in a state of ambiguity. According to the number of ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 9 May 1898, Page 6
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