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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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886
167 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9
A Shipwrecked Crew Saved
The steamer Killarney has arrived at Cooktown, and brings Captain Duncan and three of the crew of the schooner Jane Anderson, which foundered at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Independent Order of Good Templars. Lifeboat Lodge, Newcastle
THE above lodge met last, night at the Primitive Methodist School-room, King-street, Brother James Duke, W.C.T., in the chair. The usual opening ceremonies…
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The schooner Advance has arrived at Trial Bay in a sinking condition. After jettisoning 30,0000 palings she was beached and the leak Patched up…
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The barqentine Kilsop, from Puget Sound to Melbourne with 90,000 feet of timber, consigned to Mr. Marshall, of Melbourne, was totally wrecked at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Francisco Feliz
The Sydney "Daily Telegraph" writes:—The news published in our inst issue of the supposed loss of the schooner Francisco Feliz, with all hands, whilst on her voyage from this port to the Gilbert…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged False Pretences. Case of the Ketch Champion
FRANCIS C. TAYLOR, master of the ketch Champion was charged in the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Friday with having obtained £71 7s. 7d. from the National Fire…
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The case against Francis C. Taylor, captain of the ketch Champion, has concluded. The defendant was committed for trial, bail allowed, self in £100, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Auckland, Tuesday. Driven Ashore
The schooner Aratapu, from Newcastle, has been driven ashore from her anchorage at Gisborne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Steamer Gwydir
On Saturday last a new steamer, named the Gwydir, was successfully launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. John Redhead and Co., of South Shiels, England, for the Hunter River New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Brig Jane Ashore
INTELLIGENCE was received in Sydney from Ballina on Monday that the brig Jane, a well-known coasting vessel, for some time past employed in the timber…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. Auckland, Wednesday. Wreck
The steamer Hannah Mokan went ashore off Whakatana, Bay of Plenty, and is likely to be a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton. Lifeboat Lodge
The usual weekly meeting of the above lodge was held last night in the Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, King-street, Bro. James Duke, W.C.T, in the chair. After…
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The P. and O. Co. are constructing a steamer of 7000 tons at Greenock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Cygnet
The steamer Cygnet arrived here yesterday forenoon from London, and moored in the stream off the steamers wharf. The vessel is bound for Tasmania to be employed in the Huon River trade,…
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THE brigantine Aratapu parted her cable and went ashore at Gibourne on the 25th ultimo, (says the Auckland Herald) during a southerly gale. The…
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The steamer Banelagh, on arriving at Brisbane, was found in a leaky condition, with three feet of water in the hold. A quantity of the passengers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. A Schooner Missing
The schooner Black Hawk, which left Melbourne last year on a trading voyage in the Pacific, is reported missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Barque Bengal
Captain Newton, harbour master yesterday received telegraphic information to the effect that the barque Bengal had struck on the Barrier Reef on Friday morning last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Shipwreck
THE steamer Glanworth arrived at Brisbane this morning from the north, and reports that after leaving Bowen, and while passing Dent Island…
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