Wreck of the Cahors
Says the "S. M. Herald" of yesterday:—Our Ballina correspondent, under date Tuesday, telegraphs as follows:—The steamer You Yangs, passing yesterday, signalled that the wreck of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886
167 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 9
New Swift Steamer
The new excursion steamer Ozone for Hobson's Bay has made her trial trip on the Clyde. A speed of 21 miles per hour was attained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CORRESPONDENCE. Captain Anderson's Letter on the Wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I have read your editorial in Saturday's issue on the wreck of the Lyee-Moon, and the deductions you gather from her terrible fate should you…
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NEW YORK telegrams state that the divers at last have been able to examine the wreck of the Oregon. Their report establishes the fact of a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Schooner Alice
The schooner Alice May is ashore at Nambueera Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Falcon
The schooner Falcon, outwards for Newcastle, is a total wreck at North Head. One man is reported to be lost. [The Falcon was a wooden schooner of 98 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the S. Fifeshire
THE Marine Board, under the presidency of Captain Broomfield, hold at the Custom House buildings, Sydney, on Monday, an inquiry into the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Launch of a New Steamer for the Williams River Company
On Tuesday last (says the "Gloucester Gazette") Mir. Andrew Smith floated another steamer built him to the order of the Williams River Steamship Company. The launch took place at 12 o'clock, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ly-ee-moon Disaster. National Shipwreck Relief Society
A MEETING Of the committee of the above Society was held on Thursday afternoon, at the Exchange. The following gentlemen were present:—Mr. J. H. St[?]Y (in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Pelican
The schooner Pelican has been wrecked off Wanganui, all hands lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipwreck Society's Medals
Lord Carrington presents the medals of the National Shipwreck Society on July 8th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Robberies
George Howell (of the steamer Namoi robberies) has been committed for trial for stealing 290 pairs of boots, the property of J. and A. Callaghan, of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Jotun
CAPTAIN LARSEN, the chief officer, and the other members of the crew of the ill-fated Norwegian barque Jotun, arrived in Brisbane on June 28, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lifeboat Lodge
The usual weekly meeting of the above was held last night at the Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, King-street, Newcastle, Bro. James Duke, N.C.T., in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trial Trip of the Steamer Clitus
THE new screw-steamer Clitus, built to the order of Messrs. Laughland, Mackay, and Baker, of London, for Messrs. A. Currie and Co., of Melbourne, had a most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Independent Order of Good Templars. Lifeboat Lodges, No. 13
THE usual weekly meeting of the above lodge was held last night in the Primitive Methodist School room Brown-street, Newcastle, Bro. James Duke, W.G.T., in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage Near Botany
Constable Tinsley, of the Water Police, reported to Mr. Sub-Inspector Donohoe yesterday (says Saturday's "S.M. Herald") that from instructions received he proceeded on the afternoon of the 15th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Novel Steamer
A steamer is being built at Balmain, to be fired with liquid fuel stored in tanks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Ashore
The steamer Wallabi went ashore on the night of the 4th inst., at [?]reymouth (N Z). about half a mile north of the entrance. She went out about 11 o'clock. There was a thick fog on at the time,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Missing Schooner
The steamer Thetis returned to the harbour after a fruitless search for the schooner May Newton, and has started again to continue the search…
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