The National Shipwreck R[?]f Society
MR. F. GARDNER, Secretary of the above society, has received a telegram, stating that the silver medal, awarded to Mr. Robert Robertson, carpenter of the late…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1881
112 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 6
The Scarborough Lifeboat Crew. an Incident of the Late Storm
WE have pleasure in acknowledging receipt of following admirable lines from the Rev. John Gibson, of Durgog, which we insert with pleasure. They…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Orient steamer Chimborazo, inward bound from London, for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, grounded on Marlon Reef this…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The iron ship Hereford, from London (M'Carthymaster), has been wrecked on a roof near Split Point, between Barwon Head and Cape…
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Further particulars received from Melbourne about the wreck of the above vessel, say that the statements that the Hereford is breaking, up are untrue. She…
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MUCH excitement was again caused shortly before 8 o'clock on Saturday morning by the firing of two guns as signals for the lifeboat to go out to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Schooner Flora. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Noticing two different accounts, one in your issue of this morning, and the other in the issue of the Evening News of the 15th inst., regarding the dangerous…
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IT will be seen from our telegraphic columns that the Newcastle S. S. Company's fine steamer Collaroy struck early yesterday morning on the Long…
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FROM our Sydney telegrams it will be seen that a determined attempt was made yesterday to float the Collaroy off the reef on which she now lays, but without…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Consul-General for the United States has received a despatch highly lauding the conduct of the officers and crew of the steamer Dawn…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The E. and A. Co.'s steamer Brisbane, Captain Reddell, now in quarantine, has on board 119 Chinese passengers, and it was one of…
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THE tender of Messrs. Brooks and Good-sir, of this city, has been accepted for extricating the Collaroy from her position on the long reef, near Sydney Heads…
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COOKTOWN, Wednesday.—The steamer Meath, which arrived to-night from Hongkong, for Sydney, via Singapore, brings news to January 4…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The attempts to launch the Collaroy on Saturday and Sunday proved unsuccessful, owing to the snapping, first of the chain cable, and…
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THE approaching spring tides on Thursday and Friday morning last having slightly floated the stranded steamer Collaroy, the contractors, Messrs. Brooks…
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THE schooner Ovala (Says the N.Z. Herald), which arrived at Auckland on January 17, brought news from Raratonga of the seizure of the schooner…
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Advices by telegram from Gabo Island last evening conveyed the information of the total loss of the steamer Ridge Park of Adelaide, belonging to the Black Diamond line, on…
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GABO ISLAND, Friday.—The steamer Ridge Park became a total: wreck on Beware Reef, on Thursday morning, at 4 a.m. All hands were saved, and arrived…
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THE news of the wreck of the steamer Ridge Park has created a profound sensation throughout Sydney. On this voyage she was under the command of Captain Heslop, late of the…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—The captain and crew of the wrecked steamer arrived from Gabo last night by the steamer Wentworth. Captain Banks having sent his boats there for the…
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