The Steamer Cooreei
The steamer Cooreei, which was launched at Raymond Terrace same three months ago from the yard of Mr. Andrew Smith, went on her engineer's trial trip yesterday…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886
167 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 9
Newcastle Steamer Service
WHILST the distance intervening between Tenterfield and Wallangarra remains to be covered by the 12 miles of railway which will complete the iron chain running from…
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The change in the times of starting the Newcastle and Sydney steamers will commence on October 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Woodburn
The steamer Woodburn, which took ground in the Macleay River on Friday last, was floated off at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Immediately afterwards,…
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The schooner Caroline was discovered to be on fire at Williamstown pier. Considerable damage resulted before the flames were extinguished…
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THE steamer Vera, belonging to the Samolet Company, has been destroyed by fire on the Volga, near Saratoff. The steamer, which carried a large…
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The steamer Ferntown has been totally lost on the voyage from Saigon to Hongkong. Only two of the crew were saved. Forty lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Barque Glaneuse. Melbourne
ACCORDING to the maritime law of this and the other Australian colonies, no power is provided under which an inquiry may be held into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Foundering of the Steamer Ferntower. Terrible Loss of Life
NEWS comes from Hongkong by the E. and A. Company's steamer Guthrie of the total loss of the British steamer Ferntower whilst on her voyage from…
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Captain Goree, of the French barque Glancuse, has applied to the Commissioner of Customs for an inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 9Th. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Robbery on a Steamer
A YOUNG man named George Harrison was charged with having stolen a silver watch, value £3, the property of George Chop[?]e, on board the steamer Namoi on the trip…
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The steamer Woodburn is expected to be floated off Macleay Heads to-day…
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Information has been received (says the Wellington correspondent of the Auckland Herald) that the steamer Lyttelton, bound from Ferntown. Wellington,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Steamer Purchased
MESSRS. HUDDART, PARKER, and Co's steamer Colac has been purchased by the Adelaide Steamship Co…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Dunnottar Castle. Perilous Adventures of the Crew
BY a cablegram, dated Auckland Friday, news has arrived that the ship Dunnottar Castle, 1702 tons, which left Sydney for San Francisco on June…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckage Sighted
The mate of the steamer Illawarra sighted during the passage from Kiama a large spar standing on end, like a large vessel's mast, three miles…
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The wreck of the barque Glaneuse has been sold for £305…
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ON Saturday morning the Leyland line steamer Algerian arrived in the Mersey from Lisbon, and brought eleven of the crew of the English steamer Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Collision
The P. and O. steamer Kaiser-i-Hind came into collision with a barque in the Strits of Gibraltar. Lord and Lady Rosebery and the Duke and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Total Wreck of the Jessie Kelly. All Hands Saved
STILL another wreck has to be recorded at the North Head, Port Stephens, in close proximity to where the barque Stag and the brig Emperor went ashore, the latter…
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