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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
13 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers
The P. N. Z. and A. R. M. Company's steamship Kaikoura, with the Euglish mail via Panama, arrived in Sydney on Thursday morning. The papers to hand contain full particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One more sad story of disastrous shipwreck and loss of life at the Auckland Islands has been placed on record. Early yesterday morning a telegram was received announcing the arrival at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This fine vessel, of 231 tons, and under the command of Captain M'Clemens, arrived in Sydney a short time back with a cargo of timber from Auckland. Having discharged the greater portion of her cargo, she left Sydney, for this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the barques Camille, and Anne, which arrived in port yesterday, from New Zealand, the former from Auckland, the latter from Bluff Har-bour, we are put in possession of papers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir—Some months ago I saw a suggestion in your paper to the effect, that Prince Alfred might very appropriately be asked to perform the ceremony of launching the new life-boath. If I mistake not, Captain Allan first broached this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In addition to the loss on the New Zealand coast of The Echunga, the steamer William Miskin, the Star of Tasmania, the Water Nymph and Otago sch. (particulars of which were published in tho Chronicle of a recent date), we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Newcastle Lifeboat Committee was held on Tuesday lost, at the Harbour Master's office, when there were present Messrs. Allan, Cross, Weatherill, C. F. Stokes, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the height of the gale on Thursday morning last, the steam-tug Warbawk performed a noble act of bravery in reselling the schooner Native Lass, which was beating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We received the following telegraphic summary of English news from our Sydney agents, yesterday. The Bombay, with the English mail, arrived at Adelaide yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have been favoured by a citizen with the following interesting extract:- On Saturday afternoon, a very remarkable Bight was seen in this city. A train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We regret to learn that the City of Sydney, schooner, 89 tons, Captain Corbett, bound from this port to Geelong, with a cargo of about 1100 bags of maize, in going out over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is the narrative of the sufferings of Captain Armstrong, the only person of a crow of twenty-one souls who reached the shore from the wreck of the ship Tara. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In addition to the information contained in our Bulli correspondence of this day, concerning the wreck at North Bulli, the following particulars concerning the ill-fated vessel in…
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