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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1874

29 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2

The Suez Mail Steamer

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 22 August 1874 · page 3

The Melbourne Argus of Saturday last says:—"The mail steamer Nubia, which left Galle on the 31st of last month (three days before contract time), will probably be heard of from Adelaide on Tuesday…

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Life-boat Committee Meeting

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 27 August 1874 · page 2

A meeting of the Life-boat committee wan held in Captain Allan's office, on Monday evening last. There were present, Messrs. James…

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Victor Hugo Outdone. a Schooner Sunk by a Monstrous Devilfish

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 1 September 1874 · page 4

The following strange story has been communicated to the Indian papers:— We had left Colombo in the steamer Strathowen, had rounded Galle, and were well in the…

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The Waratah Co.'s Steamer

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 2 September 1874 · page 2

The Herald says:—The Waratah Company's new steamer, Waratah, Captain R. Kelly, has been doing excellent work, and discharging her coal cargoes with great dispatch. As a proof, she commenced…

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The Massacre of three Men of the Schooner Zephyr

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 24 September 1874 · page 3

The following is an account of [?]rther proceedings taken to attempt the rescue ot the three men belonging to the schooner Zephyr, or to acertain their fate…

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Wreck of the Cutter Dolphin and Miraculous Escape

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 24 September 1874 · page 2

The muster and crew of this croft, wrecked lately at Wingan Inlet, who were picked up at sea by the schooner Pioneer, have arrived at Melbourne hy that vessel. The Dolphin left…

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Original Lines. Wrecked

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 4 November 1874 · page 4

Many a lonely month I here have spent, The weary, dreary days have come and gone, Nor brought a change to me,—no bark God-sent Hath visited this isle; I'm left alone…

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Arrival of the Californian Mail. The mail steamer City of Melbourne, from San Francisco, reached Sydney on Monday at two o'clock. We extract the following from our files:—

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 12 November 1874 · page 4

London, October 9.—The miners of the West Riding of Yorkshire, having refused to consent to a reduction of 20 per cent, in their wages, have been locked out, to the number…

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Mishap to the Steamer Eagle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 22 December 1874 · page 2

On Saturday morning last, at four o'clock, as the steamer Kembla was proceeding on her usual trip to Sydney, a steamer was sighted off Terrigal Bay, with a distress signal hoisted. The…

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