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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
7 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers
A telegram received by the owners gives the following list of the persons drowned in the Arctic, a brief report of which loss appeared in our impression of last week:—Of the crew—Turnbull (mate), Laverack (steward), Smith and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, the barque Asa Packer outward bound, from Melbourne for Newcastle, in ballast got ashore on the reef just inside of the extreme end of Point Nepean. The wind was blowing a gale from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since the night of Friday, last week, we have been visited with a heavy and continuous gale from E. to SE., and which, lashing the sea, bad raised it to a tremendous fury, until it was at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Since the date of our last issue, we regret to have to chronicle the loss of the Alexander and John, a fine schooner, belonging to Messrs. J. and A. Brown, of Minmi. The vessel had only come into port on Sunday last, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whilst the gale was at its height, yesterday afternoon, shortly before two o'clock, the Shnmiock, schooner, of 100 tons, Jewell, master, bound from Sydney to Newcastle, in ballast, unfortunately missed stays, just as the was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The branch mail steamer, Wonga Wonga, from King George's Sound, has arrived at Glenelg Pier, bringing the mail by the P. and O. S. Salsette, which arrived at King George's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We regret to have to record the wreck of the Elizabeth Seldon, which took, place about 11 o'clock on Saturday night upon the reef, one mile south of Bungaree's Norah Point. The Elizabeth Seldon was a vessel of about 100 tons…
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