The Steamer Pathan
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Marsh, Water Police Magistrate, gave his decision to-day in eighteen cases against the captain of the steamer Pathan. He allowed £111 in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1883
100 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 5
The Barque Bell Isle Returned to Port. Narrow Escape From Shipwreck
YESTERDAY, about noon, the barque Bell Isle, Capt. J. W. Watt, returned to port after an eventful voyage and very narrow escape from foundering with all hands. She left Newcastle on August 27th for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jack Ashore. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Your sub-leader in Thursday's issue on the subject of c[?]imping and the vexatious delays that captains of ships visiting our port are subject to, in obtaining crews…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The schooner Stanley is a total wreck on the Indispensable Reef. The crew and ninety-one islanders, recruits, were rescued by the schooner Venture…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Whaling barque Especulador has been wrecked on the coast of Tonga, in the South Seas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nautical Court—wreck of the Alma. (Before H. G. Seth Smith, Esq., R.M., and Captain Fraser, Nautical Assessor)
The evidence in the inquiry into the wreck of the barquentine Alma. Captain Fatterson, on the Elizabeth reef, 300 miles off the Queensland coast on the 3rd of August, was heard…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — The new screw steamer built here for the Gippsland Lakes Navigation Company, Victoria, was launched on Saturday, at Piper's Yards, Balmain,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The barque Ceres, bound from Newcastle to Batavia, was wrecked on Brompton Shoal, on 10th Aug. One boat, with a crew, has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Wreck the Ministerial Party. the Clarence River Buoy Cut Away
GRAFTON, Monday.—A deliberate attempt has been made to week the Government steamer Ajax, with the Ministerial party on board, by some person cutting away the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A verdict of £150 has been returned against Mr. Chas. Jeanneret, for injuries done to two girls, who fell into the water, owing to the careless way in which some planks had been placed…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Additional information has been received from Rockhampton respecting the wreck of the barque Ceres. She was owned by Mr. John Hughes, of Melbourne, and her commander…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There is no news of the missing boat of the wrecked barque Ceres, which parted company with the boat that was picked up, and which was expected…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s new steamship Aorangi (?) has been launched on the Clyde…
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LONDON, Monday.—The steamer Falkner, which has been built for the Melbourne Harbour Trust, has bean launched. She carries five ton gun…
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ALBANY, Thursday.—The mail steamer Clyde grounded at Albany on her voyage, and was detained six hours, She was floated off uninjured, however…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The ship Mirzapore, which has been wrecked on the coast of Bologne, is not likely to be saved…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The schooner Nellie, from Newcastle to Townsville, has put in at Cape Moreton in distress…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Irish. mail steamer between Dublin and Holyhead capsized last night midway, during severe weather. The whole of the crew and sixty…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—News has been received that the steamer Nell, bound from Sydney to Gippsland Lakes, is a total wreck at Gabo Island. All hands have been saved…
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AT Halifax, Nova Scotia, a diver engaged upon the wreck of the English steamer, Cedar Grove, near Torbay, on the Canadian Coast, was surprised to came across another…
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