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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1883

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

Hard on Shipwrecked Chinamen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1883 · page 5

THE Age states:—Captain R Lindsay, of the barque Ceres, of this port, and which was wrecked on the Bampton Shoal, off the Queensland coast, has written a letter to…

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National Shipwreck Relief Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1883 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the monthly meeting of the National Shipwreck Society yesterday, the report showed that the bank balance amounted to £483. The donations…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. The Wreck of the Rodondo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1883 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Efforts have been made to raise the Rodondo, but she is still hard and fast on the rock. There are fifteen feet of water in the hold, and the…

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Wreck of the Barque Ramsay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 November 1883 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.—The barque Ramsay, from Brisbane to London, with a full cargo, was wrecked on Elizabeth reef. All the crew…

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TELEGRAMS. Wreck of the Jemima

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The brig Jemima is a total wreck on Proudfoot Reef. The crew were saved…

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Trial of a New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—The New Zealand Company's steamer Aorangi, on her trial, averaged over fourteen knots per hour…

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Wreck of a French Vessel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The French barque Bordeaux, heavily laden, from Bordeaux, is a total wreck on the reefs at Noumea. No lives were lost…

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The Wreck of the Mirzapore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 November 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Board of Trade have censured the captain of the ship Mirzapore, which was wrecked off Boulogne, and suspended his certificate for one year…

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Wreck of the Steamer Triumph

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1883 · page 2

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Saturday.—The steamship Triumph, 1797 tone, under charter to Messrs. Shaw, Saville, and Co., bound from London to Auckland, left the…

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Memorial of the Wreck of the Loch Ard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1883 · page 2

THE Commissioner of Trade and Customs in Victoria, has received the subjoined communication from Miss Carmichael, one of the two survivors from the wreck of the…

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The Tasman Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1883 · page 2

HOBART (TAS.), Saturday.—News was received here last evening of the total wreck of the steamer Tasman, which belonged to the Tasmanian Steam…

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The Wreck of the Tasman. Mr. A. F. Sharland's Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1883 · page 2

Mr. A. F. Sharland, who was returning home to Tasmania in the Tasman from Sydney after Iris recent efforts to win the Krug Cup from the Victorian holder, says:—…

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The Wreck of the Triumph

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1883 · page 2

AUCKLAND (N.Z), Tuesday.—The position of the steamer Triumph near Auckland is unchanged. The captain has notified his abandonment of the vessel to the…

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The Wreck of the Triumph

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1883 · page 2

AUCKLAND (N.Z.) Wednesday.—Lloyds' agents at Wellington refuse to accept the notification of the abandonment of the steamer Triumph, not knowing her actual…

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The Wreck of the Ramsay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1883 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The wreck of the barque Ramsay, which was lost on Elizabeth Reef, has been sold by auction, the purchasers being captain Punch and…

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Inquiry into the Wreck of the Tasman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1883 · page 2

HOBART, Thursday.—The inquiry by the Marine Board into the cause of the wreck of the Tasman has resulted in the decision that the steamer was lost through…

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Wreck of the Triumph

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1883 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The steamer Triumph is now on her beam ends near Auckland. Her second compartment is full of water, and the ship is breaking up…

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The Wreck of the Tasman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1883 · page 2

HOBART, Tuesday.—The disrating of Captain Evans, of the steamer Tasman, and the dismissal of Mr. R. Marshall, the first officer of that vessel, are officially…

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The Wreck of the Triumph

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1883 · page 4

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.—The wreck of the steamer Triumph, with her cargo, has been sold at auction at Wellington for £2550…

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The Wreck of the Triumph

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1883 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Saturday.—An official inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Triumph was opened yesterday. Captain Brotherton, who was represented by…

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