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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
151 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 8
WELLINGTON, N.Z., Saturday.—The survivors of the wreck of the Lastingham were landed yesterday in a terribly exhausted state. The vessel had a tedious voyage from England and passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—News has been received that the French labour barque Ferdinand de Lesseps has been lost off the coast of Tanna. The crew took to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Thursday.—The new steamer Tainue, and the ship Kaikoure, both for the New Zealand trade, have been launched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Namoi run into and sunk a small steamer opposite Alger's wharf this morning. Two men on board the smaller vessel were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM New Zealand files just to hand we summarise the following brief extracts in connection with the late lamentable wreck of the ship Lastingham at Jackson's Head, Queen Charlotte's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A collision occurred in Port Jackson early on Tuesday morning between the H.R.N.S.N. Co 's steamer Namoi and the steamer Agenoria, and resulted in the immediate sinking of the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain Neill reports (says the "Rockhampton Bulletin of Sept. 8) that the Cruiser left the wharf on Monday night, 1st Sept., at 10 o'clock, and arrived off Masthead Island at 11 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News is to hand from Noumea of the wreck of the French barque Ferdinand de Lesseps, which sailed from that port on a labour cruise some time ago. She was a barque of between 500 and 600…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—News has been received in Melbourne that the ship Cassiopea has been lost in the Indian Ocean with all hands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ship George Gordon, which left here for Batavia on September 1st last, under the command of Captain Carpenter, became a total wreck at Easternfields on September 12th. A boat with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Saturday.—The ship George Gordon is reported to have been wrecked on the eastern Field Reefs. The crew was picked up by the Corea after they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY Tuesday.—The missing crew from the George Gordon has been picked up by a pilot cutter, and taken to Thursday Island, after being at sea several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Mrs. Fraser, who was stabbed by her late servant on board of a Manly steamer, is in a precarious state…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—The ship Casslope, which left Rangoon on February 23, for Liverpool, has been posted at Lloyds' as supposed to have foundered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Captain Carpenter, and the crew of the wrecked ship George Gordon, have arrived in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY afternoon, about a quarter past 5 o'clock the steamer Kingsley, from Port Stephens came alongside the wharf, having on board the master and crew of the steamer Madjus, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the arrival in Sydney of Captain H. Carpenter, of the ship George Gordon, information has been received concerning the wrecked vessel. The captain reports leaving Newcastle for Batavia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The steamer Fenstanton, bound from Newcastle to Singapore, is aground in Torres Straits. The crew are safe. The water is flowing in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Messrs. Nipper and See have received a telegram stating that the steamer Madjus has not foundered; but is lying ashore on the beach near Port Stephens, a smile south of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is a description of the s.s. Madjue, which it was thought had foundered, but which a telegram in another column informs us was stranded near. Port Stephens:—The Madjus was…
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