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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
34 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
Another tale of disaster comes from the sea, and, as in the case of the L[?]h Ard, is accompanied, so far as can be ascertained at present, with sad loss of life. The wreck, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday morning, shortly after six o'clock, a man named Francis gave the alarm to the look out man on Allans Hill, that the H. R. N. S. N. Company's steamer City of Newcastle was ashore on the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A terrible and most unexpected series of shipwrecks occurred here to-day, which startled the townspeople out of their usual quiet on a Sunday. At 10 a.m. the sea became very rough, although…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Operations at the wreck of the unfortunate City of Newcastle steamer have been briskly carried on to-day, securing everything moveable about her. The weather remains calm, and the sea smooth, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A staff of men have been engaged since Thursday discharging the eargo fromt he illfated steamer City of Newcastle, which has been steamer City Sydney to the Hunter for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following additional evidence was given by Thomas Matthews, the chief mate, on Tuesday after noon:—By the Board: We had plenty of rockets and powder on board, but I did not know where…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We continue the report of the inquiry from the poitn reached in Tuesday's Mercury. We take the fcontinuation of the evidence from the Newcastle [?]s:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamship Whampoa arrived to-day from London, with cr[?]day's later news. Passengers for Sydney.—Saloon: F. Bethell, Mr. and Mrs. W.Baar and Miss Baar, Mr. and Mrs. C. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The charge that the Local Marine Board decided to prefer agai[?]st Captain Summerbell of being absent from the control of the ship when approaching port, was heard ye[?]t[?]rday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The schooner Agnes, the property of Messrs. Brodzisk and Rogers, bound from Sydney to Townsville, struck on a reef last night nine miles south-west of North Reef, where a lighthouse is being built. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An English paper thus describes the above vessel: —A new steamer, built by tbe firm of Caird and Co., Greenock, to the order of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, London, was out on her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Chimborazo arrived at Glenelg this morning. She stopped three days and fourteen hours at the Cape. Her actual steaming time was thirty-eight days three hours. The Bishop of Sydney is amongst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The crew of the Cardiff barque Lady Elma Bruce arrived at Liverpool from Maranham, in the steamer Braganza, bringing particulars of the loss of their vessel, and the terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →At the Water Police Court, on Wednesday morning, before the Water Police Magistrate and Mr. V. Brown, J.P., Benjamin Alley, master of the sea-going steamer Richmond, was charged with having carried to sea…
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