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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

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A Year of Life-boat Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 2

FROM the annual report of the National Life-boat Institution it appears that during the past year twelve new lifeboats had been placed on the following…

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The Wreck of the Sorata

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 December 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The inquiry into the wreck of the Sorata, at Adelaide, resulted in the Marine Board deciding that they had no jurisdiction…

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The Steamer Konoowarra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1880 · page 4

This vessel arrived at Melbourne from Liverpool, after a passage of fifty-nine days from oaks to Hobson's Bay, including a stoppage at St. Helene, therefore the average speed…

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The Wreck of the Susanne Godeffroy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1880 · page 5

WE learn by telegram that a meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society, held yesterday in Sydney, it was agreed that the society's…

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National Shipwreck Relief Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1880 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the monthly meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society, to-day, the sum of £9, voted by the Newcastle committee to the widow of…

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TELEGRAMS. Arrival of Mail Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 December 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Frisco mail steamer Australia entered Sydney Heads at nine o'clock this morning…

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New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1880 · page 2

WE learn that Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' fine new steamer Koonoowarra will arrive in Newcastle on Tuesday next, 28th inst., and will load at the A.A. Co.'s…

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