The Gale at Newcastle
WRECK OF THE SCHOONER ORIENT.— On Saturday, it blew a gale of wind from S.W., which soon caused the sea to the get up. In the afternoon several vessels approached…
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5 stories in Illawarra's papers
The Late Gale at Newcastle. Thursday, 3 p.m
The steamer Cawarra is wrecked on the Oyster Bank. She is broken in two, and some passengers washed off the pump. It is feared that all will he lost. [Full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Flood on the Manning. Wreck of a Schooner Supposed to Be the Eclipse-eight Bodies Found
The following extract from a letter, dated the 17th July, addressed to a gentleman in Sydney by a magistrate on the Manning River, discloses further calamities resulting from the late storm:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Panama
ON Sunday last the city of Panama was visited by one of those fearful storms of thunder and lightning, such as few have ever witnessed. Several of the thunder…
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A person surprised in a street should keep away from the walls, and not take shelter under a door way. An open square must be especially avoided. It is…
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