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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
167 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 9
The usual weekly meeting of the Newcastle Marine Board was held yesterday afternoon in the local offices. There were present—Chairman, Captain D. T. Allen: secretary, Captain Weatherill;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I WAS living at Erith, one of the most delightful little places between London and the Nore for those who really love peace and quiet. A stock-broker, wise…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The H.R.N.S.N. Co,'s steamship Lady Bowen was docked on Saturday [?]st to be cleaned and painted and to undergo a thorough overhaul, at Mort's Dock and Engineering Co.'s Works. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE evil hap which Levuka, in common with the rest of the colony, has for so long experienced, culminated on Thursday morning, March 4, in the heaviest burricane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Under-Secretary for the Queensland Treasury has received a telegram from the Customs officer at Cardwell, stating that the steamer Glaucus was floated off King's Reef on Friday morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—The other evening I posted, as I confidently thought, nearly 100 pages of closely-written manuscript in one of the steamers plying to Sydne. A couple of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—With reference to the robberies and attempted robberies on board the steamers conveying passengers between Newcastle and Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Allowie has grounded at the entrance to Wollongong, but is expected to float with the night's tide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Board at Townsville has given the following finding with regard to the stranding of the steamer Glaucus:—"That in the opinion of this board the steamer Glaucus was navigated in such a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the arrival of the steamer Kingsley from Port Stephens last night, Captain Dalton reported that the brig Emperor. Captain Keogh, had gone ashore on the North Head that morning, and was likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest advices from Macassar state that heavy weather prevailed at sea in that neighbourhood in January. The barque June, which left on December 26 for Liverpool, with a cargo of copper,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Waireka has been wrecked at New Zealand she went ashore on the South Head at Hokianga, and next day became a total wreck. All hands were saved. It is anticipated that she will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Victoria, which, it will be remembered, went ashore at Port Stephens about a fortnight since, is now lying on the beach, apparently uninjured. The captain and crew, who have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Our Boys, which ran short of provisions off Cape Moreton, has arrived in the harbour. She sighted a vessel off Pocklington reef with her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner Victoria, which went ashore at Port Stephens about a fortnight slice, was successfully floated last night, according to a telegram received in town. One of Mr. J. Dalton's steam tugs was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Vestnik, a corvette belonging to the Imperial Russian navy, arrived in Hobson's Bay on Saturday morning This is the vessel which p[?]ssed Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Beeswing, a steel steamer, belonging to the Melbourne Coal Shipping and Engineering Company, which was purchased some time back by Captain M’Intrye, arrived here yesterday from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The captain and brew of the wrecked vessel South Milton are detained in quarantine, as two of the boys had a malignant fever…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Steamship Company's Taiaroa, trading between Wellington and Lyttelton, is ashore at Wairau River. Two passengers were washed ashore alive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Of this wreck the "Argus" says:—The vessel was at the time under all her canvass, except the royals, and had a whole sail breeze aft. The captain hove-to, and took soundings, and as the lead showed 17…
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