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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

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The Steamer Adela

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 5

A PARAGRAPH appeared in the Melbourne papers, stating that the above steamer had been lost on the west coast of Australia. We are happy to be in a position to contradict…

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DEPARTURES.—January 9. Mary Wadley, schooner, for Napier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 4

COASTWISE.-Emily Ann, Emily T., Agnes, Ann, Jonathan, for Port Stephens; City of Brisbane, Collaroy, Morpeth (strs.), Alert, and Dolly Wamsley for Sydney; Queensland, for…

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Wreck of the Barque 'Southern Cross.'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 4

THE 'Southern Cross,' barque, which left Port Adelaide for Newcastle Dec. 29, ran ashore about 4 o'clock on Thursday morning, three miles to westward of Cape Douglas. No lives…

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Railroad Wrecks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 4

THERE bad wrecks occurred at Pittsburg, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, on the 6th and 7th November last. One was at Kittanong Point, on the…

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Sale of Wrecked Vessels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1880 · page 2

Messrs. Fraser and Co. sold by auction at their rooms, George-street, to-day, thirty-two sixty-fourths of the Mary Mildred for £840. The same number of…

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Arrival of Mail Steamer at Galle. Galle, Jan. 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1880 · page 2

The P. and O. Company's Royal mail steamer Tanjore arrived here to-day…

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Arrival of the Steamer 'Indus' at Adelaide. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1880 · page 2

THE P. and O. Company's steamship 'Indus' arrived at 10 o'clock this morning. She had a stormy passage, and when about three thousand miles from…

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Shipwreck Relief Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1880 · page 4

THE usual committee meeting of the National Shipwreek Relief Society was held in Mr. Hayes' office, in the Exchange, on Thursday afternoon. Captain…

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Wreck of the Barque Lady Kinnaird. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1880 · page 2

The Lady Kinnaird, barque, 660 tons, Laws, master, left Port Pirie for the United Kingdom, on Monday last, with a cargo consisting of 8400 bags of wheat. On Tuesday night a…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday, 7 p.m. Schooner Stranded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1880 · page 2

THE schooner 'Henrietta,' in ballast, was stranded last night at Cook Haven Heads The crew were all saved. Sir James Martin's second daughter…

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Loss of the Ketch Foam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1880 · page 2

The ketch Foam, from Loutit Bay to Melbourne, has been lost with three men and a boy aboard…

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TERRIFIC Hurricane in New Caledonia. Houses Blown Down, Buildings Unroofed, Vessels Supposed to Be Foundered, and Lives Lost. Sydney, Thursday, 7.10 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1880 · page 2

A terriffic hurricane occurred in New Caledonia on the 20th January, at Noumea. Several houses were blown down, and nearly half of the buildings were…

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Arrival of the steamer 'Garonne' at Adelaide. ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1880 · page 2

The Orient Company's steamer 'Garonne' arrived this morning from London. She brings dates to the 1st of January, but her news is anticipated by…

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The Schooner Griffin in a Hurricane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 2

The schooner Griffin, chartered by the French Government, to convey twenty-five Communists from New Caledonia, arrived at Auckland, after having…

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TELEGRAMS. The Steamer Garronne. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1880 · page 2

THE steamer Garronne has arrived…

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Wreck of the barque Toketea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1880 · page 2

The City of Melbourne, from Noumea, reports the wreck of the barque Toketea, Newcastle to Honolulu, on Wostock Island. The captain and crew abandoned…

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Wreck of the Tokatea, Barque

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1880 · page 2

The missing barque Tokatea, from Newcastle Oct. 11 to Honolulu, with 1250 tons coal, reported in our telegraphic column yesterday as having been wrecked, was learned of on the…

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Wreck of the Strathnairn. ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 March 1880 · page 2

The Government have received a cablegram from London, under date February 25, stating that the ship Strathnairn, from London to Adelaide, has been wrecked in…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. New Steamer for A.S.N. Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1880 · page 2

THE A.S.N. Company have purchased the steamer "Ocean" for the Fiji trade…

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CABLEGRAMS. Foundering of the steamer Vingerla. LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1880 · page 2

THE steamer Vingerla has foundered off the coast of Bombay. The captain, first mate, engineers, and one hundred natives were drowned…

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