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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1890

519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 26

A Sunken Wreck Sighted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1890 · page 4

Captain Swain of the barque Alice, which arrived at Port Chalmers recently from New York reports that during the voyage, on March 17, in lat. 36deg 53min north, long. 58deg 25min west, a…

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Wreck of the You Yangs. Struck a Sunken Reef. Two Boats Missing. ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1890 · page 5

A TELEGRAM has just been received from Cape Willoughby, the extreme enstern point of Kangaroo Island, that the steamer You Yangs belonging to Messrs…

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Wreck of the You Yangs. Everybody Safe Ashore. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 5

THE anxiety with regard to the third beat of the steamer You Yangs was relieved this morning by tidings from Kingston that the first officer, with a boat and seven hands, had…

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The Steamer Tsinan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 4

The China Navigation Company's steamer Tsinan arrived in the harbour from Melbourne yesterday, having on board 52 Chinese passengers, who are mostly old men, returning to their native land…

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Accident to the Steamer to Anau

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 4

The steamer [?] Anan during her voyaye up the New Zealand coast injured her rudder on the sandbank at Port Lytteton. The damage, however, has been repaired and she leaves Auckland for…

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The New Steamer Monowai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1890 · page 4

The new steamer Monowai, the late addition to the Union Steamship Company's fleet of fine steamers, paid her first visit to the harbour yesterday. She is not only the finest, but the largest of…

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Wreck of the You Yangs. Experiences in a Boat. ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1890 · page 5

THE chief officer of the You Yangs and his boat crew have been brought hero from Kingston. It appears that they tried to make Kangaroo Island, but the boat was too…

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Ketch Sea Foam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 4

Tenders are being called in Sydney for the stripping, re-caulking, and re-metalling of the ketch Sea Foam, which was recently floated off the North Stockton Beach…

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The Steamer Monowai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 4

The Union Company's handsome new steamer Monowai, after taking in cargo of 1700 tons of coal, took her departure last night for Auckland via Sydney…

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The Steamer Tsinan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 4

The China Navigation Company's steamer Tsinan completed tasking in a cargo of 1600 tons of coal last night. She cleared at the Customs Yesterday, and will take her departure at 8 a.m…

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Loss of the Steamer Julie Wiener

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 3

A SHIELDS telegram states that the steamer Julie Wiener, which capsized, causing the loss of 11 hands, off the Lincolnshire coast, had several man on board belonging to…

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Ketch Alice Pempleton Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 June 1890 · page 4

Captain Creer, of the pilot steamer Captain Cook, has reported to the Marine Board, Sydney, as follows: —" At about 10.50 p.m. on the 13th inst., the captain of the ketch Alice Templeton reported his…

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Wreck of the Eusemere

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 June 1890 · page 4

A Calcutta message dated the 6th ultimo, says: —The inquiry into the wreck of the four-masted ship Eusemere, which was wrecked some time ago on Palmyra-Shoals, Saugor, has closed. The…

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Steamer Victoria Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 4

The Adelaide s. s. Company's chartered steamer Victoria, bound from Melbourne for this port, went ashore last Saturday on the Victorian coast. She was expected to float off again on that night's…

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Government Punt Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 4

Yesterday morning as one of the Government punts was being towed into the harbour after discharging her load of siltoutside; when abreast of Steney Point the rope slipped of the bit-head and…

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River Steamer in Distress. Had to be Beached. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 5

GREAT excitement prevailed among the thousands on the fleet of boats on the Parramatta this afternoon, when the steam ferryboat Squirrel was seen to hoist signals of…

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Wreck of the You Yangs. Marine Board Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 3

THE Adelaide Marine Board held an inquiry into the week of the You Yangs on Saturday morning. Captain Veitch, first and second officers, and chief engineer M'Killop,…

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Another Splendid Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1890 · page 4

For the North Gorman Lloyd, a new trans. Atlantic boat of 9100 tons displacement, and 11,500 indicated horse power, has been launched from the Vulcan Company's yard at Bredow; her name is…

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New Steamer Hygeia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1890 · page 4

A new paddle steamer, the Hygeia, was launched on the Clyde lately for Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. Captain Stewart Patrick is now in London with the intention of taking her out to Melbourne…

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The Life-boat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1890 · page 4

The Newcastle life-boat crew have been standling by their boat since Thursday night in readiness to render assistance to vessels if required, owing to the heavy sea on the bar, and the dirty weather…

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