Summary of News by the Steamer Ouzco. Adelaide
THE Orient steamship Cuzco arrived at the Semaphore at 11.55 p m. last night, after a very fine weather passage of 43 days 8 hours. Two deaths occurred on the Voyage: James…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1879
59 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 3
Wharf Accommodation for Clarence Town Steamer
The following letter has been kindly handed to us for publication:—"Department of Public Works, Sydney, 6th May, 1879. Sir,—Referring to your letter of the 27th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & GENERAL Wreck of the Ketch Turtle
YESTERDAY, Mr. Joseph Creer submitted for sale, by public auction, the ketch Turtle, as she lay stranded on the beach at Stoney Point. Mr. James Conway, of the Steam…
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THIS vessel, which went ashore at Stoney Point on Saturday night, and was on Monday afternoon sold to Mr. James Conway, of the Steam Packet Hotel, has been floated off,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch of a New Schooner
ON Thursday morning last we were much pleased to witness the launch of another very admirable addition to our colonial fleet of marine architecture, in the shape of a new schooner of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch of the New Schooner Halena Davies
DESPITE the list of attractions announced for Queen's Birthday, there was one, though not publicly announced, not the less interesting to the trade and commerce of our port, viz.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY. Total Loss of the Steamer Monaro. 4.30 p.m
The steamer Monaro, the property of the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company, struck on a reef ten miles south of Moruya. The vessel is under water, and will…
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We S. M. Herald have been favoured with advance sheets of the Moruga Liberal, containing report of the disaster which, on Thursday, appened to the steamship Monaro. That…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jack Ketch and his Wife
MICHAEL GATELY, the common hangman of Victoria (says the Age of Thursday last) has more than once proved himself to be an intolerable nuisance when enjoying his liberty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Schooner Lovett Peacock. Loss of One Life
THE schooner Lovett Peacock, Captain M'Lennan, from Townsville to Sydney, anchored near Nobby's, on Wednesday night, between 8 and 9 o'clock. Shortly before 1…
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WE remind our readers that the above wreck is to be sold, as she now lies, by Mr. J. Creer, at half-past 10 o'clock, this morning, on the Steamers' Wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of the Schooner Swallow
ON Saturday evening the owner of the above vessel, Mr. C. H. Hannell, received a cablegram from New Zealand announcing that she had been wrecked in Cook's Straits, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwrecked Seamen, and Finding of Human Remains
YESTERDAY morning Mr. Sub-Inspector Thorpe was informed of the finding of four skulls and several human bones on the beach, about 15 miles from Newcastle, near Morna…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total Wreck of the Ellen. Loss of All Hands on Board
THE following telegram from the Inspector of Police at Kempsey was received yesterday.— WEST KEMPSEY, Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Steamer Lusitania, Via Cape of Good Hope
The Orient Line steamer Lusitania arrived at Adelaide on Saturday at midnight, making the voyage in 43 days, and bringing a large number of passengers. She sailed at…
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TELEGRAM to the Christchurch Press, form Timaru, June 30th, says:—Shortly after four o'clock yesterday morning, the brigantine Akbar parted her first anchor, and began…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Tambaroora
Captain Cottier has visited the Tambaroora steamer, in the Lady Bowen, and reports that the vessel is lying with her head west by north, and with a heavy list to starboard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The National Shipwreck Relief Society
IT is with very great pleasure that we notice the progress this Society is making in the colony. Its value can only be truly estimated in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reduction of Steamer Fares
THE public will be pleased to notice, from a notification in another column, that the A. S. N. Company has resolved upon reducing its steamer fares to Sydney from Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the Steamer Rotomahana at Melbourne. MELBOURNE
The Union Company's steamship Rotomahana arrived from London to-day, via the Cape. She brings Cape news to September 2…
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