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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877

133 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 7

The Mail Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1877 · page 2

The San Francisco mail steamer as arrived at Auckland at noon to-day. It was detained ten days at Hono[?] through the breakage of the piston[?]…

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Six Vessels Wrecked at Lacipede Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1877 · page 2

WE understand that the vessels wrecked during the hurricane at the La[?]ipede Islands were the barques Aboyne, 445 tons; Albert Victor, 384 tons; Cingalee, 339 tons; Star…

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Newcastle General Wreck Fund Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 5

A MEETING of the Newcastle General Wreck Fund Committee was held at the office Mr. Frank Gardner, Present:—J Reid, Esq., (in the chair), Captain Hacking,…

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Register of Wrecks on the Coast of New South Wales. daring the Year 1876

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 3

January 21.—Peacock, ketch; 20 tons; master J. Simmonds owner, J. G[?]gerly; number of crew and passengers 3; number of lives lost, nil; description and…

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The Reported Wreck at the Lacepede Islands

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1877 · page 2

CONCERNING the wrecks at the Lacepede Islands, Messrs. L A Manning and Co, the agents of the Merchant shipping and Underwriters' Association at Freemantle, telegraph…

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Wreck of the Ship City of Foo Chow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1877 · page 2

NEWS reached Melbourne on Sunday last of the wreck of the above vessel, which occurred on the [?]ast coast of Flinders' Island. The intelligence was brought by the three-masted schooner…

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Steamer Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1877 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last, as the steamer Goolwa was coming from Circular Quay to take passengers from Woolloomooloo to proceed down the harbour,…

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Wreck of the S. M. Stetson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1877 · page 2

IN our yesterday's issue we reverted briefly to the wreck of the barque S. M. Stetson, and the following additional particulars we take from the Echo:—…

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Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY. Recd, Thursday, 9 p.m. The Mail Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 2

The San Francisco steamer Zealandia reached Auckland to-day…

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Wreck of the Foochow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 2

The wreck of the steamship Foochow has been sold for £500…

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Hurricane at Lacepede Islands. Total Wreck of Six Vessels and Loss of Lives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 2

INTELLIGENCE reaches us of a terrible hurricane having swept over the Lacepede Islands on the 16th ult., which blew with terrific violence on the 17th, causing the…

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Wreck of the ship City of Foochow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 April 1877 · page 2

MR. MASON and Captain Tulloch attended at the Police Court, Launceston, on Friday morning, at ten o'clock, and gave the following decision respecting the wreck of the ship City…

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Wreck of the Resolute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1877 · page 2

The schooner Resolute, from the Richmond River to Sydney, is ashore in Broken Bay…

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Wreck of the Barque Isabella Ridley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1877 · page 2

[?] barque Isabella Ridley, Captain Kenneth [?]son, has been wrecked at Timaru, New Zealand having parted both cables, went ashore. The [?] was sold for £101 and the cargo, which was…

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The Reported Foundering of the Steamer Yaamba. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1877 · page 3

SIR,—My attention has been called to a paragraph that appeared in your journal of the 28th, regarding the foundering of the steamer Yaamba, and also that it would…

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The Reported Fouring of the Steamer Iba. (To the Editor of the Hand Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1877 · page 3

SIR.—In this day's is letter appears signed "Henry Cred[?]laster of the Yaamba," which purpor[?]be a contradiction of a paragraph w[?]peared in your…

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Launch of a New Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 4

MR. MONAGHAN has just launched a new schooner at Cardiff, Lake Macquarie, and is now busily engaged in getting her ready for service. The vessel will be about 70 tons register, is built of best colonial…

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Shipwrecked Crew

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 4

The crew of the Morning Star (totally wrecked) have arrived at Nelson Bay. They were on Cabbage Tree Island since the 1st of May, without provisions…

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Wreck of the Schooner Morning Star

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1877 · page 2

THE shipwrecked crew of the Morning Star arrived from Port Stephens this morning, and they gave the following account of the wreck:—The schooner was working up between Cabbagetree Island and tile…

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Wreck of the Morning Star

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1877 · page 2

The shipwrecked crew of the schooner Morning Star arrived in Sydney from Port Stephens this morning. The men lived on Cabbage Tree Island, until rescued by…

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