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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

167 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 9

Wreck of the American Barque Ellsworth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1880 · page 2

THE N. I. S. N. Co's steamer Graaf Van Bylandt, brought from Thursday Island the officers and crow of the barque Ellsworth, Captain Haskell, which was wrecked on…

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The Steamer Hunter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The steamer Hunter is on a sand bank at Moruya Heads…

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The Steamer Garonne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The steamer Garonne arrived this morning…

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TELEGRAMS. Arrival of the San Francisco Mail Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The San Francisco mail s.s. City of Sydney, arrived at Auckland at 10.40 this morning…

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Wreck of the Schooner Mystery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The schooner Mystery, Captain Kilgour, has been wreecked on the south-east end of the Sandwich Islands. Comments have been…

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Arrival of the Suez Mail Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Suez mail steamer arrived at Albany at 2.30 this afternoon…

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Safety of the Steamer Omeo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 5

THE wind yesterday did not blow so highly from S.S.W. as on the previous [?], and this kept the water from increasing, though a very heavy sea was…

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Steamer to and from Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 4

WE notice by advertisement that the A.S.N. Co's steamers will not leave Sydney for Newcastle or Newcastle for Sydney on Sunday night next. The…

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Terrible Shipwreck, and Loss of One Thousand Lives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1880 · page 2

SINGAPORE, August 11.—Information been received of a terrible shipwreck with great loss at life at Cape Guardafui, Bab[?]lmandeb Strait. The steamer Jeddah…

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The Wreck of the Dunbar

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

IT may not be generally known that Mr. Antonic Woolier, the here who descended a precipitous cliff and rescued Mr. Johnson, at the memorable wreck of the…

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The Orient Steamer Potosi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Orient steame Potosi left for Plymouth at noon, with seventy passengers and a full cargo…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Sunday Night Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 4

MESSRS Lochhead Brothers announce in our advertising columns that the A.S.N. Co's steamer will not leave Newcastle for Sydney to-morrow night…

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The Steamer Ajax

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 August 1880 · page 2

THE Government steamer Ajax, after undergoing its half-yearly overhaul at Sydney, returned to Newcastle on Saturday morning. The vessel bears the appearance…

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Soizure of a Schooner and Murder of the Crow by Islanders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 August 1880 · page 2

BY the schooner The Queen, which arrived in Sydney on Friday night from the Solomon Islands, we learn of the capture and burning of the schooner…

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The Steamer Our Own

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday,—The steamer Our Own has not gone to pieces as reported, but lies in three fathoms of water, and may yet be raised…

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The San Francisco Mail Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 2

The Frisco mall steamer arrived at Auckland this morning…

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The Steamship Sorata Ashore at Cape Jervis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1880 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Great excitement was felt throughout the city last night when it became known that a large steamer was signalled in distress,…

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Wreck of a Large Vessel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1880 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday,—A telegram has been received from Cape Otway, stating that the Down, steamer, from Portland to Melbourne, signalled the…

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The Steamer Sorata

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 2

BY reference to our telegraphic column it will be seen that this fine steamer of the Orient line of steamships will become a total wreck on the Seraper Rocks, Cape Jervis, S.A. She…

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Stranding of the Orient Steamer "Sorata."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 2

THE steamer Sorata has become a complete wreck. The tide is making through her fore-hold; the engine room is full of water. All the passengers, however, and…

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