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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1885

232 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 12

GRAFTON, Saturday. Stranding of the Schooner Golden Isle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1885 · page 3

The schooner Go den I[?]le, while attempting to cross out on Thursday, at midday, got us far as the black buoy, where she met an adverse wind, which, with the flow of…

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New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1885 · page 5

The steamer Rajapootana, the pioneer boat of the India-Australia Government, arrived on Saturday at Port Darwin…

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Newcastle Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1885 · page 3

A new steel screw steamer (the Beeswing), to trade between Melbourne and Newcastle has left Liverpool for Melbourne…

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Steamer Letter Boxes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1885 · page 4

ON several occasions we have drawn attention to the unsafe character of the letter-boxes on board the steamers plying between Sydney and Newcastle,…

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Massacre at the Solomon Islands. The Schooner Elibank Castle Wrecked. Captain Roatch and Crew Murdered. Only one Survivor. BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 November 1885 · page 3

The following is the statement of David Brown, the sole survivor from the schooner Elibank Castle, who arrived at Cooktown yesterday in the steamer Kildare:—The…

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The Merchant, the Miner, and the Jesuit. a Tale of Thrilling Interest. Chapter Iv. a Shipwreck and a Rescue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1885 · page 2

November, with its fogs and rain, had passed away, and a rather bright and cheery December had come. On the day appointed for her…

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Supposed Loss of a Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 December 1885 · page 2

The schooner Malictoa is now 52 days from Whangarel to Timaru, and so far nothing has been either seen or heard of her from the time of her sailing (says the "Auckland Herald ".of November 24th)…

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German Steamer Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1885 · page 5

The German New Guinea steamer Papua is a total wreck. No lives were lost…

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Wreck of the Barque Italy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1885 · page 4

The Brisbane Marine Board, having considered the circumstances attending the loss of the barque Italy, Captain Rapp, on a reef to the northward of Bunker group on the 8th November last, while…

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New Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 December 1885 · page 2

The trial trip of P. and 0. Company's new steamer Bengal resulted in a speed of fifteen knots being attained…

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Illness on the S.S. Duke of Argyle. The Steamer Sent from Newcastle to Sydney Quarantine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1885 · page 4

THE British-India Steam Shipping Co.'s steamship Duke of Argyle, from London via Brisbane, arrived off the Heads about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, but consequent…

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Stranding of the Steamer Glaucus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 December 1885 · page 2

The mate of a boat's crew from the steamer Glaucus, stranded on King's Reef, arrived at Cardwell on Sunday evening. The mate reports that the vessel went on the reef early on Thursday…

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