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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

167 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 9

Wreck of the Trelevan Family

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 2

Information reached here yesterday morning of the loss of the fine schooner Trelevan Family, belonging to Messrs. Trelevan Bros., of this port, while coasting at the Solomon Islands…

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Wreck of the Strathnairn and Loss of the Crew

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 2

In the collision which occurred between the Strathnairn and Edith Hough, off the Bay of Biscay, the former vessel was so damaged that she sank almost…

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Wreck of the Meteor and Trelevan Family. BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

The barque Gazelle arrived in the bay yesterday, with 18 seamen of the crews of the vessels Meteor and Trelevan Family, which were wrecked in the Solomon…

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Wreck of the Schooner Charlotte

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1880 · page 2

The schooner Charlotte, for Griffiths' Point, Western Port, sprung a leak and went down. All hands were saved…

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Steamer City of London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1880 · page 2

The steamer City of London, from London, has arrived at Melbourne…

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Grounding of the Steamer Leichardt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1880 · page 2

The steamer Leichardt grounded on a sand bank near Rockhampton on Sunday morning. Tugs have gone to her assistance, her position being very dangerous…

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The Wreck of the Barque Meteor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1880 · page 2

We take the following fuller particulars of the wreck of this vessel from the Brisbane Courier of March 4:—Captain James Watson, of the barque Meteor, reports that he left…

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Rocket Life-saving Apparatus and Life-boat Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1880 · page 2

SOME of the careless way-farers, or even men of business, whose footsteps have wandered near the Newcastle Custom House, must have noticed at…

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The Lifeboat Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1880 · page 2

SINCE the publication of our remarks in yesterday's issue respecting the above service, personal inspection of the lifeboat and its appurtenances enables us to supply…

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Wreck of the Treleven Family

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 4

The Brisbane Courier has been supplied with the following particulars of the wreck of the above vessel:—"The vessel left Bundaberg for the Solomon Islands on December 21, and after…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer "Bangalore."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1880 · page 2

The mail steamer "Bangalore" arrived this afternoon…

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Wrecks during 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1880 · page 2

THE Government Gazette of the 12th inst. contains a register of all wrecks that have occurred on the coast of New South Wales during 1879; together with…

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Cablegrams London, March 15. Steamer City of Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1880 · page 2

THE mail steamer City of Sydney has been on fire in dock at San Francisco. The extent of her damage is not yet known…

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The Pacific Mail Steamer City of Sydney on Fire. LONDON, March 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1880 · page 2

From further intelligence from San Francisco respecting the fire on board the City of Sydney, it appears that the fire was suppressed before serious damage had…

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The Suez Mail Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 4

The Suez mail steamer "Hydaspes" put into Bombay, disabled. Her mails will be transferred to the steamer "Assam," and will leave Bombay…

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A Mail Steamer Disabled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1880 · page 2

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Royal Mail steamship Hydaspes has been disabled at Bombay by the breaking of her propeller. The accident will…

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The Steamer Phantom

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1880 · page 2

The steamer Phantom, which has, for the last twenty Tears, been running to Watson's Bay, is ready to proceed to Melbourne, for the Gippsland Lake service…

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Steamer Durham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1880 · page 2

The steamer Durham arrived to-day…

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The Steamer Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1880 · page 2

The steamer Brisbane arrived here from Hongkong, via Cooktown, with 250 Chinese passengers, this morning, one Chinese seaman being afflicted with small…

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Grounding of the Steamer Beagle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1880 · page 2

The steamer Beagle has been aground on the South Spit, Taree, since last Saturday…

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