H.m.s. Lizard Ashore
A telegram from Queensland (says yesterday's S. D. Telegraph) states that the China Navigation Company's steamer Tsinaa, en route from Hongkong to Sydney, signalled on passing Cooktown…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1888
128 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 7
The Wreck of the Weathersfield
The magisterial inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the barque Weathersfield in Cook's Straits was concluded at Wellington on the 18th ult., when the presiding magistrate delivered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Glasgow Ship Serenia. Loss of Five Lives—Exciting Scenes
ABOUT half-past 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon, 10th March, says the Glasgow Herald, the coastguard at Atherfield, on the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight observed a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADEN, Saturday. Collision.—a Steamer Sunk
The Garonne arrived to-day with her bows stove in. It transpired that she had collided near Perim, in the Red Sea, with the steamer Lucinda…
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The German mail s.s. Lubeck, which arrived at Sydney on Friday from Tonga, brought further news of the loss of the German barque Ada Stott in the Friendly Group. The vessel, it appears, had…
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News has been received in Sydney of the wreck of the s.s. Sikh, which frequently voyaged to Australia under the house flag of Messrs. Gibbs, Livingstone, and Co. The vessel struck on a rock…
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A telegram from Greenwell Point, addressed to the Collector of Customs, Sydney, states that the schooner Jessie, from Sydney, bound to Bateman's Bay, in ballast, went ashore at Abraham's Bosom,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. New Steamer for the Lake Macquarie Trade
The new steamer Maggie Johnson, built by Mr. Rock Davis, of Blackwall, to the order of Mr. W. W. Johnson, Wallsend, was successfully…
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Intelligence reached Sydney on Thursday evening by the steamer Tenterden of the wreck of the Queensland labour schooner Madeline. The vessel went ashore during a recent hurricane near the…
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Captain C. E. Saunders, of the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Tenterden, which arrived at Sydney on Thursday evening from Fiji, reports having sighted the remains of a wreck on Elizabeth 'Reef…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the Steamer Afghan in Newcastle
THE now celebrated steamship Afghan, commanded by Captain Roy, with its precious cargo of Celestials, which has been regarded by the Government of New South Wales as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Scotia Ashore
The topsail schooner Scotia, a well-known coaster engaged in the coal trade between Newcastle and Sydney, went ashore on Sunday morning, on the Sow and Pigs, a dangerous patch of rocks off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Barque Henry James. All Hands Saved
By the arrival of the R.M.S. Zealandia at Auckland, on Friday night, intelligence has been received of the wreck of the barque Henry James, which left Newcastle on February 26, for San…
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During the stay of the ketch Index at Lord Howe Island, two casks of beef branded E, and the stern-sheets of a boat made of kauri were picked up on the beach. The wreckage appeared to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Ship Berbice at Newcastle. All Hands Saved
SINCE July, 1884, when the fine American ship Susan Gilmore became a total wreck off Redhead, Newcastle and its surroundings have been comparatively free from shipping…
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AFTER a stay in Newcastle of nearly four days the steamer Guthrie with her Chinese passengers, who have been under the careful surveillance of Sub-inspector Hyam and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of the Wrecked Ship Berbice
THE wreck of the ship Berbice was submitted to public auction at noon yesterday, as she lies on the north beach, near the breakwater, including…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Barque S. R. Luhrs. All Hands Saved
AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—The barque Sophia R. Luhrs, owned by the Union S.S. Company, went ashore to-day on the North Spit at the Kaipara Heads. The sea is now breaking over the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Berbice. Marine Board Inquiry
THE local Marine Board commenced an inquiry yesterday morning into the cause attending the wreck of the ship Berbice. There were present: Captain H. Cross…
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THE now famous China trader, the steamship Changsha, left Sydney last night, and will be off Newcastle early this morning, but will wait outside until daybreak, when she will…
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