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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
112 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 6
The postmaster at Leongatha reports that at 9.21 a.m. he was advised that the sailing vessel Magnat, in ballast, bound for Newcastle to load coal, went ashore between Capes Liptrap and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE ship Sierra Nevada, 1400 tons, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne and Sydney, went ashore on the rocks at Portsea, near Melbourne, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The ship Sierra Nevada, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne and Sydney, went ashore near London Bridge rock, at the back of Portsea, and outside tho Heads, this morning, and became a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SEVERAL thousand pounds worth at goods have been saved from the wreck of the Sierra Nevada. There is little hope of getting off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LATER details from the scene of the wreck of the Sierra Nevada show that the crow had a terrible experience. George M. Collin, A.B. 32 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two more bodies have been washed ashore from the wrecked ship Sierra Nevada…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News came to hand this morning of the wreck of the Norwegian barque Niels Ribe on a reef about thirty-five miles from Levuks. The Captain and crew escaped in the ship's boat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Lady Musgrave, which left Brisbane on Thursday for the Lihou Reef, where the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mone Kutu, after, lighting his pipe and taking a few puffs of the fragrant weed, commenced the story of his encounters thus:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegram from Brisbane today reported that the [?] Progress had gone ashore at [?] Island, near Rockhampton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I waited anxiously for my friends' return, and the moments seemed to lengthen themselves into hours, whilst I longed for news, and the wailing had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →(I, Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Information was received from Nelson's flay this morning, stating that the schooner John had foundered at her moorings there last night. No lives were lost. to make for Newcastle, when trying to best in, the vessel lost her head sall, and the fore-gaff was carried away. It being impossible to get into Newcastle, I made for Port Stephens, which I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram just received (1.15 p.m.), states that the steamer Gunang has been stranded at Piper Island, north of Cooktown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The French steamer Maroe, which left Newcastle on Friday last with a general cargo and a number of cattle and sheep for Noumea, put into Sydney yesterday, after having had a terrible experience in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The range of modern guns is described by Mr W. J. Gordon in the February "Leisure Hour" with a realising sense of what it means that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Information was received from Nelson's Bay on Saturday morning, stating that the schooner Jane had foundered at her moorings there on Friday night. No lives were lost. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The [?] of Works has decided to place a vote of £1500 on the [?] for the purpose of taking away the [?] of the Regent Murray and blowing up the wreck of the [?] Lindus, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(I, Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Telegraph Department advises that [?] Point [?] the following message—"The fore and [?]shooner Conference, which [?]led from here at 7.15 on Friday morning last for Morrton Bay,…
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