The Wreck of the Duncan Dunbar
The wreck of this favourite vessel will be heard of with deep regret in Sydney. She was the last ship built for a very old favourite in the Australian trade, Captain Neatby…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1866
43 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
Wreck of the Eagle Speed. Great Loss of Life
The subjoined is a narrative of the wreck of the Eagle Speed. The Indian journals comment with great indignation upon the conduct of the crew, stigmatising it as an "outrage on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Brig Victor
On Saturday morning, about 10 o'clock, the brig Victor, Captain Pearce, bound to Melbourne, with 378 tons of coal, was towed to sen by the steaming Prince Alfred. The wind, At the time…
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SIR—Believing your paper to be the readiest mode of publicly acknowledging merit, I beg, on behalf of myself and my crew, to convey, through your columns, our joint thanks to Mr. Brown, chief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Foundering of the Australian Steamer London
The telegram which yesterday spread far and wide through the land brief but terrible news of how the London had gone down with 220 lives at sea, while the hurricane…
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At noon this day, Saturday, a most melanocholy and terrible catastrephe occurred at Gorleston, which has resulted in the loss of no fewer than twelve brave and experienced men, The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Wreck of This Victor. "Honour to Whom Honour Is Due." to Captain Allen. (Per Favour of the Newcastle Chronicle.)
SIR—Permit me respectfully, through the columns of this journal, to call the attention of yourself and the other gentlemen assisting in procuring for Mr. Vegesach a testimonial…
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THURSDAY, the 12th of July, 1866, will be a day long to be sorrowfully remembered by. the inhabitants of Newcastle. It will be marked in the Calendar as the day on which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total Wreck of the Roderick Dhu
Captain Williams, of the Roderick Dhu, called at our office late last evening and informed us of the total wreck of this schooner on a sandy beach two miles from Norinah…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the [?]More [?]Ooner. All Hands Save
Scarcely had the unfortunate [?]tch (name unknown) with her freight of hu[?]an being gone down, when another vessel ws observer to be making for the port from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the William Wats[?] Two Lives Lost
We mentioned briefly in our "extra[?] mary" of yesterday, that the William Wat[?] barqure, was wrecked on the North [?] beach, and that two of her crew were[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foundering of the Ketch Arthur
It is now known almost for a certainty that the Ketch which foundered off Nobbys about one o'clock p.m. on Thursday, was the Arthur. The Arthur was seen by people at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]Rerck of the Schooner West Harttey, No. 2. Two Men Seriously Injured
Tip anticipations of many persons that we should hear of more wrecks along the coast, ther than those chronicled in our issue of Saturday have unhappily been realized…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wreck of the Cawarra. a Memento
To the memory of those who perished by shipwreck on board the Cawarra, off Newcastle harbour, on the 12th July, 1866. Reader! hear this plantive story…
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We hasten to place before our subscribers and the general public, at the Very earliest opportunity, additional particulars relative to the loss of the Cawarra, steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foundering of the Ketch Arthur
It is now known almost for a certainty that the Ketch which foundered off Nobby's about one o'clock p.m. on Thursday, was the Arthur. The Arthur was seen by people at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Lismore, Schooner. All Hands Saved
Scarcely had the unfortunate ketch (name unknown) with her freight of human beings, gone down, when another vessel was observed to be making for the port from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Schooner West Hartley, No. 2. Two Men Seriously Injured
The anticipations of many persons that we should hear of more wrecks along the coast, other than those chronicled in our issue of Saturday, the 14th inst., have unhappily been realized…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Foundering of a Ketch. Loss of All Hands on Board
About a quarter to twelve o'clock yesterday (Friday,) before the gale had moderated much, and when the sea off Nobby's was renning as high as ever, a ketch was seen to be making…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foundering of the Seagull, Schooner. All Hands Supposed to Be Lost
It is often said that misfortunes never come singly. The old adage has been verified during the past two or three days at Newcastle in a way really frightful to contemplate…
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