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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886

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OTTAWA, Saturday. Seizure of a Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1886 · page 5

The American schooner Highland Light, which was captured off Prince Edward Island by a Canadian cruiser on the 2nd September, for fishing…

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The Keilawarra Disaster. Two More Bodies Washed Ashore. KEMPSEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1886 · page 5

Two bodies of men from the Keilawarra, and also some wreckage, were washed ashore four miles north of Coff's Harbour yesterday afternoon. Mr. Ducat, coroner,…

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Wreck of the S.S. Brunswick. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1886 · page 5

THE steamer Brunswick, belonging to John See and Co., is a total wreck at Manning Heads. The steamer Brunswick, owned by…

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Wreck of the Barque Diana

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1886 · page 4

The schooner Jerfalcon, which arrived in Melbourne on Saturday, had on board Captain J. Myers, the first and second officers and three of the crew of the barque…

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The Wrecked Steamer Brunswick

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 December 1886 · page 4

The steamer Rosedale, which arrived at Sydney on Sunday from the Manning River, brought the crew of the ill-fated steamer Brunswick, wrecked on the bar last week…

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The Steamer Energy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1886 · page 8

This is advertised as the only Steamer plying to the flagship from the steamers' wharf to-morrow…

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The Steamer Planet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1886 · page 8

The Waratah Brass Band have engaged the s.s. Planet for excursions round the harbour to-morrow…

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Journey of a Shipwrecked Crew

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1886 · page 3

CRARLES PATTERSON, one of the crew of the new London steamer, Cam-Owen, arrived at Liverpool, and gives particulars of the loss of that vessel. The…

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