The Wreck of the Isabella
CAPTAIN Peter Murdoch Master of the Brig Isabella, reports to us concerning the stranding of his vessel:—"Left Sydney on Friday last in tow of the steam tug Challenge, was towed to…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1876
80 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 4
Wreck of the Coq du Village
THE Napier Telegraph gives a lengthy account of the wreck of the Newcastle barque Coq du Village from which we condense the following:—The Coq du Village made a protracted on of…
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ON the 19th August Mr. C. Hoddich brought into the Portland Guardian office part of a ship's figurehead, picked up a day or two previously by his sons in Discovery Bay, to the…
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THE following account of the loss of the N. I. S. Co.'s steamer Lieutenant-General Kroesen, which was on her voyage to Batavia from Acheen, is translated from the Batavia Dagblad…
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THE schooner Elizabeth, Captain Goodman, from Mercury Bay, arrived in harbour yesterday. Captain Goodman reports leaving on August 3rd, with a fresh S. W. breeze. On…
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Mr. R. Lovett of the Co-operative Steam-tug Company informs us that at 3 p.m. yesterday he saw a considerable quantity of wreckage floating between…
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THE most disastrous circumstance attending the fearful gale of Monday is the total loss of the ketch Sea-gull, and supposed drowning of her crew. Yesterday, the beach at the…
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The ketch Village Maid, owned by Mr. John Russell, of Cooranbong, hue become a totol wreck on the rooks on the South Head of Lake Macquarie. On Thursday night last…
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The following telegram was posted outside the Newcastle Telegraph Office, at seven o'clock, last evening:— "Ketches Coomba and Lillian are total…
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THE Ly-ee-Moen (s.) reports having left Port Darwin on Thursday, the 24th ultimo, at 8 a.m.; stopped for four hours on Friday, the 25th, to repair machinery; passed New Years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. the Mail Steamer in Sight No Trace of the Dandenong. Indications of Another Tempest Man Killed on the Railway. Two Bodies Found on the Beach at Nelson's Bay. Gambling Scene in Melbourne. Intense Excitement Prevails About the Loss of the Dandenong. Victorian Tariff Bill Passed. a Bookmaker Disqualified. Good News From the Hokitika Rush. a Blackfellow Shot. Wreck of the Ketch "Industry" Sydney. Thursday, 2 P.m
THE mail steamer was in sight, off Cape Borda, at four o'clock, this morning. She is two days before contract time. The President of the Marine Board…
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YESTERDAY afternoon Mr. West, curate to the Rev. Canon Selwyn, when riding about seven miles from Stockton, about 4 o'clock discovered a quantity of…
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SIR,—I should not have taken the trouble to address you, only that I feel it a duty incumbent upon me to thus publicly, express my thanks to the many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams. a Large Ship, Much Damaged, Passed Jervis Bay. Captain Walker and the Dandenong Catastrophe. Ministerial Visit to Kiama. the Governor Visits the Southern Districts. Eclipse of the Sun. Lecture by Mr Tyerman on the Wreck of the Dandenong. a Gentleman Dropped Dead on His Way to Church. Collections Made in the Melbourne Churches for the Dandenong Sufferers. Sydney. Monday, reed. 7.30 p.m
A large ship, with mainmast gone, and apparently otherwise much damaged, has just passed Jervis Bay, bound north. Captain Walker, of the barque Albert…
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THE following letter to the Editor of the S. M. Herald is from the pen of Mr. J. Walker master of the barque Albert William:—…
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Those words, Mr. Editor, are hard and heart-rendering to those who knew those poor men that lost their lives in that ill-fated ship, but whom can we attribute the loss…
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The captain of the steam-tug Rapid, Mr. T. Hunter, brought information to Newcastle yesterday afternoon, of having found the schooner Atlantic floating keel uppermost…
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SIR,—A paragraph in your Saturday's issue, headed as above, states "the necessity for establishing a General Wreck Fund in Newcastle has been often commented upon,…
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THE following shipping telegram was posted at the Sydney station shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was circulated in a portion of our issue of yesterday:—…
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THE efforts made to place the capsized schooner Atlantic on her keel having proved unsuccessful on Monday, another attempt was yesterday made to right her. It has…
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