Terrible Shipwreck and Loss of Life
"IT was close upon midnight," says the second officer of the s.s. Lady Macquarie, "when we struck upon the extreme edge of that long low line of rocks, which has…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1885
232 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12
Stranding of the Steamer Bortonius
SYDNEY, Friday.—News has been received that the steamer Bortonius has stranded at Manning Heads. She is timber laden, and water is flowing through her…
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SYDNEY, Monday.âThe brig Annabel, from Sydney, to To Kopura, N.Z., for a load of timber, has been totally wrecked off Torey Island. The crew are all…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Government pilot steamer at Kaipara Heads, N.Z., has been completely gutted by fire. The damage is estimated at £1000. The…
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COLOMBO, Sunday.—The pilot steamer Musgrave, recently built for the Queensland Government, has been totally wrecked at Negombo, on the Western coast of…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Bulli Coal Company's new steamer Illaroo leaves for Sydney on Thursday…
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The news of the wreck in Bass Straits (says the "Launceston Examiner," of January 5) came to hand yesterday afternoon by the cutter Ripple, the unfortunate vessel being the brig Robin Hood,…
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ON Sunday morning, on the arrival of the steamer Namoi from Sydney, yet another robbery was recorded. Mr. Johnson, a well-known squatter and runholder from the neighbourhood of Gunnedah…
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COOKTOWN, Monday, 4 p.m.—The Newcastle Steamship Company's new steamer Newcastle arrived at Thursday Island on Saturday, all well. She is now taking in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Newcastle Steamship Co.'s steamer Newcastle arrived at Thursday Island on Friday. She is expected to reach Sydney early next week…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The brigantine Is and Lilly is a total wreck at Chatham Islands. The crew were saved. She was insured for £1200 in the National Insurance…
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LONDON, Monday.—Tenders have been invited by cable by the Victorian Government for the construction of a steamer for the Department of Customs in Victoria…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society was held yesterday afternoon at the Exchange. Captain Hixson in the chair. The bank balance showed a credit…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Newcastle Steamship Company's new steamer "Newcastle" has arrived…
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Says the "Auckland Herald":—The brigantine Island Lily, Robert Carnie, master, was wrecked at Chatham Islands on January 3. She was sailing out of the channel, when the wind fell, and she…
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As we approached the creek there were observed pieces of the train wreckage mingled with the general refuse scattered profusely around on all sides. Fragments of carriage window-frames,…
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The steamer Myall, Captain Stirling, arrived here yesterday afternoon, and reported the wreck of the barque Stag which left here last Friday for Townsville with a full cargo of coals. It appears…
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SIR,—With reference to the report headed "another steamer robbery," published in the Herald and Advocate of 20th instant, I beg leave to state that, in answer…
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CARIO, Thursday.—General Wolseley telegraphs to-day that Khartoum has been captured by the Mahdi, through treachery on the part of some of the inhabitants,…
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ALBANY, Wednesday.—The mail steamer Shannon has arrived at Albany…
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