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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
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The particulars in connection with the loss; of this vessel will be gathered from the subjoined account of the disaster, as furnished by the mate, Frank Lopez. The mate says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The elaborate account we gave in our last issue of the disastrous wrecks with which the coast has been strewn, has now to be supplemented by such additional particulars as have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late lust evening, the painful intelligence of the wreck of the above well-known coasting vessels reached Newcastle, with the loss, if is supposed, of ten or twelve souls. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late, on Saturday evening last, a fearful southerly gale sprung up in Newcastle and the neighbourhood, and continued to rage with unabated fury until near dark on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By the arrival of the s.s. Fire King, the total loss of the schooner Secret is confirmed. Captain M'Kinnon, her commander, and three of her crew arrived by the Fire King, and reports…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The above committee have held several meetings since our last report of their proceedings. The following is an outline of the business transacted, inclusive of an addition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another meeting of the committee was hold on Monday evening. In tho absence of tho chairman (Mr. J. Hannell), Mr. C. F. Stokes occupied tho chair. The minutes of tho…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tho following is a copy of the petition presented to the Governor, by Dr. Brookes, on Friday last:— To his Excellency Richard Somerset, Earl of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tho Annual General Meeting of the friends and supporters of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was held on Tuesday last, tho 9th inst, at the London Tavern,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H.M.S. Rosario returned yesterday from a cruise among the various groups of Islands in the South Pacific, and by Captain Palmer, the commander, we have been courteously supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday last his Excellency the Governor received the report of Captain Palmer, of H.M.S. Rosario, detailing the circumtances under which that officer seized and detained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following ia extracted from an official report respecting the wreck of the barque Douglas, and addressed to his Excellency the Governor, by Lieutenant John T. Gowland,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT length, after an unaccountable delay of over two months, an official answer has been received from the Government in reference to a memorial adopted at a public meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The suspension of Mackinlay, Brothers, and the disclosures which have resulted therefrom, have caused an unusual stir in commercial circles. Briefly stated, the affair stands thus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The American war steamer Kearsage, seven gnus, 1031 tons, the celebrated vanquisher of the Alabama—steamed into harbour at eight o'clock this morning, and anchored in Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The visit of an American vessel of war to this port is an occurrences which, from its rarity, is worthy of more than passing notice ; the more decidedly when the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We make tho following abridgment of tho accident to tho above steamer from tho South Australian Register of the 23rd August. The Balclutha, steamer, Captain Grainger left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following particulars respecting the wreck of the schooner Boomerang appears in the Cleve-land Bay Express August 14 furnished by Mr. G. T. Bell, one of the passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intelligence reached us yesterday that the above well known coasters trading to and from Newcastle were wrecked at Port Ste-phens during the late gale but that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following correspondence between the Secretary of the Newcastle Lifeboat Com-mittee (Mr. C. H. Hannell), and the Colonial Treasurer, and the Superintendent of Pilots, in…
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