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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 26
A telegram from Low Head states that the steamer Nelson, from Melbourne to Launceston, while passing through the eastern channel by the Porpoise Rock, Georgetown, at midnight on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government steamer Liliau, which was ran down in Berry's Bay[?]y the steamer Namoi recently, on being raised is to be temporarily repaired in the bay, and afterwards taken to dock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Venus, which left Newcastle on the 21st inst. for the Clarence, arrived at Grafton after a most adventurous voyage. The first day out, near the Seal Rocks, the vessel got into an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Circe, from Bluff Harbour, New Zealand, with 1714 sacks of oats, reached the harbour yesterday morning, and was anchored in the stream. The schooner seems to have escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The barque Hedwig, which left this port on February 15 for Valparaiso, coal-laden, went ashore at Papuedo prior to May 15, but was subsequently got off and towed to her destination…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The American schooner John S. Emery, enter maiden voyage, arrived in Sydney yesterday from Boston, after a voyage of 84 days. She left Boston on March 7 for Newcastle, via Sydney. After…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' new steamer Times arrived at Melbourne on Saturday. The Times is a screw steel steamer of the cargo carrying type. She was built by the Tyne Shipbuilding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Nelson has wholly disappeared Captain Carrington knew the river well having been over a hundred voyages in command of the s.s. Newcastle between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—The official inquiry into the sinking of the British-India Company's steamer Dacca in the Red Sea has been commenced. The officers of the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New sails have been sent to Port Macquarie from Sydney for the ketch Bollinger. The vessel, it will be remembered, made Port Macquaarie last week with the loss of nearly the whole of her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The smart little schooller, St. Kilda, again arrived in the harbour yesterday, this time from Wangauni, New Zealand, with cargo of produce for Messrs. R. Hall and son. Captain Robertson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The island trading schooner Marshall S. off Terrigal, from the Solomon Islands, arrived at Sydney yesterday. Captain Cable, the master of the schooner, reported very heavy weather for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The neat little New Zealand owned schooner Rio put in an appearance is the harbour last evening, from Rockhampton, in command of Captain Dunn. She sailed from Kepple Bay on the 21st ultimo,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →With regard to the wreck of the steamer Nelson at Tasmania, the following notice has been forwarded to the Marine Board, Sydney, from Pilot Mullay, at Georgetown:—"Returned from Porpoise…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The T.S.N. Company's new steamer Talune left Leith for Hobart, under command of Captain J. V. Beatley, on Thursday last. She comes by way of the Cape. The Talune is intended for the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Trapp, Blair, and Co., Melbourne, have chartered a steamer to load a cargo of Oregon timber at Port Discovery for Melbourne. The vessel is the German steamer Remus, 2635 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gulf of Lions, the latest edition to the Greenock Steamship Company's "Gulf" line, now on her maiden voyage from home, reached the harbour yesterday from Melbourne, under charter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons' fine steamer Time, the latest addition to their large fleet, is due to arrive here on Tuesday next, to load coals for Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I ask you, as an especial favour, to publish the following letter:—To the steamship proprietors, per favour of the Newcastle Herald. Gentlemen,—I desire,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SHORTLY before midnight of Tuesday an outbreak of fire occurred on board the B.I.S.N. Company's steamer Bancoora, then lying alongside the wharf, Sydney. The flames originated…
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