Wreck of the S. S. Mecca
We (says the Echo) have been favoured by a private firm in the city with the following particulars of the wreck of the above-named steamer, received by them from Captain…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1879
59 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
Arrival of the Steamer Lusitania, at Adelaide. Adelaide
The steamship Lusitania, which arrived yesterday, left Gravesend November 28, and Plymnouth November 29, and arrived at Cape St. Vincent December 8, and Cape Town…
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PORT DARWIN, Tuesday.—The E. and A. M. Company's steamship Bowen arrived here yesterday from Hongkong, with the dates to the 9th inst. She encountered very heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Torres Straits Mail at Cooktown. Important From New Guinea. Massacres of Ingham, Government Agent, and the Crew of Voura Steamer. Small-pox—r.m.s. Somerset in Quarantine. Cooktown, Tuesday, 9 a.m
THE R.M.S. Somerset arrived here this morning at 8. The health officer refused to give pratique, as there is a supposed case of small-pox on board. The Somerset proceeds…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A telegram was received from Gabo Island this afternoon, stating that the second mate of the s.s. Kerangie (Alexander Lucher) and four seamen arrived there at 10 a.m…
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As the steamer Maitland was approaching the wharf, in endeavouring to avoid a schooner and being heavily laden, she took the bank near the centre of the harbour at…
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IT will be seen by our telegraphic news, that the steamer Ballina has become a total wreck on the bar, at Port Macquarie. She had, according to late information, been detained…
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MR. SUB-INSPECTOR THORPE kindly favoured us with a copy of a telegram received by him yesterday, from Gosport, to the effect that it was reported by the captain of the steamer…
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TINONEE.—The following telegram has been received by the President of the Marine Board:— Raymond brig, beached in sinking condition at Cape Hawke; three men drowned. She left…
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Telegram to the Echo from Cape Hawke, Monday, states:âThis vessel left Newcastle on the 14th instant. During a heavy gale on the night of the 15th, the sails were blown from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightful Collision on the Coast. Sinking of the Steamer Bonnie Dundee—loss of Five Lives
THE most serious steamboat collision that has taken place on our coast happened last night between the Melbourne Steam Company's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Ketches Ashore at Manning River Heads. SYDNEY, Recd. 5.30 p.m
The President of the Marine Board received a telegram to-day, to the effect that the ketch Maggie Lawrie, had gone ashore on the South Spit, Manning River Heads;…
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YESTERDAY the men comprising the lifeboat crew, with Coxswain Ahern and second Coxswain Johnson in charge, went outside Nobby's for their usual monthly practice…
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YESTERDAY the schooner Hirondelle was in a very dangerous position for some time, and had it not been for speedy assistance, she would most probably have gone ashore. A…
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YESTERDAY a sailing boat 18 feet long, painted white, with red streak round her, pink colour under lining boards, what few of which left are blue, iron centre board, and…
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THE Chimborazo anchored at 4 p.m. She left Plymouth February, 27th, and had fine weather to St. Vincent, which she reached on March 6th, and found…
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IT is our sad duty to chronicle another shipping disaster, accompanied by loss of human life. The feeling of sadness is intensified by the thought that it could have been easily…
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THE seamen of the Margaret Chessel, which vessel was lost on Saturday night last, have each been supplied with a suit of warm clothing, and a passage obtained for them by the…
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OUR readers will remember Captain Friend, an old trader to this port, leaving here in the barque Queensland for New Zealand, where she is due over 70 days, and nothing has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Schooner Cascordia. Auckland (N.z.), 6th May
THE Cascordia American schooner, bound to Rarotonga, was wrecked off the Society Group. The captain, crew and passengers, numbering twenty-six, were saved after terrible privations…
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