Wreck of a Newcastle Vessel.—The Crew Murdered by the Blacks
We are indebted to Captain Allan, Harbour-Master, Newcastle, for the following important telegram:— Thursday, 11.30 a.m…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1878
61 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 4
The Stranded Steamer City of Newcastle
YESTERDAY morning the ill-fated steamship City of Newcastle was in much the same position as on the previous day, with the exception that by the action of the waves she…
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LAST evening the last act of this society as a distinct institution was performed, by the handing over to the Sydney Society the balance of the funds held in trust here for the…
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TELEGRAM to the Christchurch Press dated Timaru, September 2, says: "The brigantine Lapwing is uninjured, and will probably be got off. The cargo has been saved. The…
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YESTERDAY the work of dismantling the City of Newcastle was continued, as was also the removal of cargo, for which propose a driver was employed, the depth of water in the hold…
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WE have received two photographic views of the unfortunate steamer City of Newcastle, as she now lies stranded at the base of Shepherd's Hill. They are the work of Mr…
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SINCE the directors of the H.R.N.S.N. Co. decided on Friday last upon what steps should be taken with regard to the ill-fated steamer the City of Newcastle, no time has been lost in…
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YESTERDAY afternoon an accident occurred on the rocks near the stranded steamer City of Newcastle, which created considerable alarm amongst the crowd who had assembled there…
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WE hear (says the Narrabri Herald) with regret that several of our local residents have been serious losers by the wreck of this vessel, notably Messrs. Goldman and Co., J…
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SIR,âIt is only when serious accidents and losses are sustained, that wrongs come to light, and each member of the community has much food for thought. I do not intend to review the…
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THE E. and A. M. Company's steamship Menmunir arrived to-day, with the English mails…
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SIR,—The statement of "Master Mariner," in your issue of 30th ultimo, "that Captain Summerbell had occasion to bow, cringe, and make childish statements," is an…
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BY the courtesy of Capt. W. F. Weatherill, hon. secretary to the Newcastle Lifeboat Committee, we learn that under the new system for the management of the Lifeboat Service…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—The schooner Agnes, the property of Messrs. Brodziak and Rogers, bound from Sydney to Townsville, struck on a reef last night, nine miles south-west of North Reef,…
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ON Saturday morning a man named John Hall, a seaman of the steamship Macedon, accidentally fell from one of the yards of the vessel. He was taken up immediately, and…
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THE Chimborazo arrived at Glenelg this morning. She stopped three days and fourteen hours at the Cape. Her actual steaming time was thirty-eight days three hours…
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THE Pacific Mail Company's steamship Australia, from San Francisco, reached Sydney Heads about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and went into quarantine for inspection by…
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As an instance of the value of the New South Wales National Shipwreck Relief Society even to strangers (says the S. M. Herald) the following letter, received from Captain Cobb,…
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THE ship City of Auckland, Captain Rolls, from London to Napier, with 256 Government immigrants, went ashore near Otaki, about 9 on the night of the 22nd October, in…
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A bottle has been picked up at Wellington, containing a document purporting to be from the crew of Her Majesty's corvette Firefly, Captain Jones. The document states that…
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