Newcastle Shipwreck [?] Society
A MEETING of members of the above wa[?] yesterday afternoon, in the office of [?] Frank Gardner. There were present: The Mayor, Captain Hacking, Sub-inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877
133 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 7
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
THIS noble institution has accomplished a steady, grand, and increasingly praiseworthy work, since its inauguration, and commends itself to the judgment and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Lines. the Wreck of the Yarra Yarra
O! sad and gloomy night, O! dark tempestuous morn, When the good ship Yarra Yarra To our coast was swiftly borne;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Lifeboat
THE present unsatisfactory state of the Lifeboat Service at Newcastle has become the subject of general comment. The opinion of the citizens does…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Steamer Sulitana at Melbourne
The Lusitana, the pioneer vessel of the new line of splendid steamships which are to trade between London and Australia, reached Hobson's Bay to-day, performing the most wonderful feat in ocean steam…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Lifeboat Service. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
Sir,—I regret that the meagre report of the Borough Council's proceedings, respecting the management of the lifeboat, compels me to address you on the subject, with a view of wiping away a few of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the Steamer Eagle
ON Tuesday night last (say, the Illawarra Mercu[?]) the steam collier Eagle got in a most peculiar [?] critical position on entering Belmore Basings abo[?] 11 o'clock. It appears that on the bow of the said [?]sel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Barque Gloucester. Marine Board Inquiry
AN inquiry was held before the Sydney Marine Board, which commenced on Monday August 6, and concluded on Tuesday, touching the circumstances connected with the abandonment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lifeboat and the Borough Council
THE following letter from aldermen has been handed to the Mayor:— "Newcastle, 16th August, 1877. "To his Worship the Mayor of Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Cheviot
The steamer Cheviot, Sydney trader, since passing into the possession of her Melbourne proprietary, has undergone a good deal of transformation internally, and instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the R.M.S. Normanby
A PASSENGER by the above mail steamer, via Torres Straits, supplies the Brisbane Courier, with the following particulars of the stranding of that vessel near Cape Capricorn:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest About the Mail Steamer Normanby
A telegram from Mackay (Queensland) states:—"The pumping gear was successfully transhipped to the Normanby, steamer, last night, the weather being calm, and every facility offering. The vessel now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckage on the Tasmanian Coast
Considerable excitement was caused in Launceston on the 15th instant, when it became known that a telegram had been received from T, H. Simpson, C.D.C., of Georgetown, stating that a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Adcandre
The master, Captain Llgwelly Jones, and crew of the Aleandre arrived in Melbourne on Monday by the steamer Murray, the vessel having been beached in Waratah Bay while in a sinking state, and now lies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Barque Abeona
News was brought to Melbourne last night of the total loss of the barque Abeona on King's Island, on Sunday, 25th August. The vessel was on her way to Adelaide from Newcastle, which port she left about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. the Lifeboat and Municipal Log Rollers. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)
SIR.—I observe in your issue of Saturday last, a paragraph relating to the subject of the lifeboat, and the resolution passed by a majority in the Municipal Council, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Steamer Lord Ashley.—all Hands Saved
Information reached Newcastle, yesterday, of the loss of the steamer Lord Ashley and at about nine o'clock the news was posted outside the door of this office. The Lord Ashley left Newcastle at 1.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams Sydney. Monday, 9 20 a.m. Wreck of the Lord Ashley
THE steamer Lord Ashley, on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne, was found to be leaking rapidly, on Saturday evening, off Terrigal Point, and the water gained quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Lord Ashley
IN our issue of the 21st July last, we published a report of the overloading of the steamship Lord Ashley, and the refusal of her crew to sail in her; and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of the Schooner Vine
An inquiry was held by the Sydney Marine Board into the circumstances connected with the loss of the schooner Vine. This vessel, it was found, was a topsail schooner of 50 tons, official No. 61,427, registered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →