Wrecked on the Goodwins.— a Night of Terror
When the screw Grampus steamed out of Boulogne harbour for the Thames, she met morn than one damaged craft with shattered spars and shivered sails, bearing up for that…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1869
68 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 4
The Wreck of the Hellespont.— Eleven Men Lost
A correspondent at Pescadera writes to the Alta, Nov. 19th as follows.— The American ship Hellespont, Captain Corelius Soule, 79 days out from Newcastle (Australia), coal…
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A correspondent at Pescadero writes to the Alta, November 19th, as follows :— The American ship Hellespont, Captain Cornelius Soule, 79 days out from Newcastle,…
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Captain Young, late of the above-named schooner, has furnished us with the following narrative :—On Monday, the 11th January, the Nancy, schooner, of 66 tons, belonging to…
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On Friday night, the 23rd of last month, a Government lighter named the Devon was making her way round the Land's End to a western port. She was a strong-built steamer…
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The Starry Banner, an American steamer, Captain Summers, foundered in the previous storm in the middle of December, in the North Atlantic south-west of the Irish coast,…
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Midway between the Bill of Portland and the Lizard, 100 miles from either, a promontory which mariners have good cause to dread juts for out into the English Channel. This promontory has three principal heads—…
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The 'St. Vincent,' about 1,000 tons burden, was totally wrecked on Sunday morning last at Palliser Bay, while on her way to Lyttelton to load wool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Full Particulars of the Loss of the St. Vincent. How the Survivors Got Ashore. Recovery of the Bodies
Fortunately it seldom falls to our lot to chronicle so sad a catastrophe as that of which intelligence reached us yesterday evening, the total loss of the ship St. Vincent and her crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Massacre in New Zealand. Mr. Surveyor Pitcaien Murdered. Affairs in the Waikato. Wreck of the Ship Ida Ziegler
We were favored last evening, with files of the Southern Cross (Auckland), to the 9th inst., bringing seven days later news than any received in Sydney or here up to Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Hibernia. Supposed Safety the Missing Boat and Crew
The sad calamity which overlook the illfated steamer Hibernia, and which resulted in the loss of so many lives, yet lingers painfully in the recollection of the public. That a large…
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In our last issue we printed the words of a note contained in a bottle which had been found washed on the beach on Sunday. The note was ostensibly the message of the remnant of a shipwrecked crew. The finders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total Wreck of the Barque Syringa, of Sydney.— Narrow Escape of the Grew
The schooner Ivanboc, which arrived in harbour yesterday morning has brought up three sailors, who were wrecked in the barque Syringa, whilst on her passage from Newcastle to Shanghai. The syringa was a very…
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The dreadful gale which commenced on Satur day night, and continued with little intermission throughout the whole of Sunday, sweeping our coasts with almost unparalleled fury, has,…
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The escape of the Ino, ketch, is one of the most remarkable incidents of the gale. This craft went cut on Saturday morning enrly— before daylight—and got a little beyond…
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Early on Sunday mornig, the crew of the Borrowdale, and a number of the rasidents of Stockton proceeded along the north beach, looking for wrecks. Some little distanc down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightful Gale on the Coast. Numerous Shipping Disasters. Seven Vessels Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. From Twenty to Thirty Persons Drowned Perilous Position of Two Steamers
Late, on Saturday evening Last, a fearful southerly gale sprung up in Newcastle and the neighbourhood, and continued to rage with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest News. Three More Vessels Lost, with Twelve Hands. Wrecks of the Schooners Brittania and Eagleton
Late last evening, the painful intelligence of the wreck of tho above well-known coasting vessels reached Newcastle, with the loss, it is supposed, of ten of twelve souls. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Britannia, Schooner
We have not much to add in respect to this vessel, beyond what appeared in our lust impression. She in high and dry on the beach, about u mile on the Newcastle side of…
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Persons interested in the fate of this vessel will be glad to learn that, in all probability, she has made some place of refuge in safety, as she was seen on Sunday last with a good…
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