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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 26
The schooner Sovereign, Captain Evans, fell in with a series of heavy gales on her passage across Bass Straits from Mackay (Q.) to Launceston. On October 26 the wind blew with great violence,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. J. and A. Brown's new steamer Duckenfield completed her maiden voyage in the intercolonial trade on Saturday, when she arrived from Melbourne. Captain Tait has command of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Saturday.—The survivors from the wreck of H.M.S. Serpent arrived at Plymouth last night. They state that a terrific sea was running, but the weather was clear…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SCOTCH paper states:—"There has just been laid bare by the action of the Spey, at Kingston, Garmouth, a village situated at the mouth of that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The little schooner Eliza Firth, which left here during the late strike, has completed a smart round trip to Townsville and back. She took coal hence, and returned with a sugar freight for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Grainger returned to Sydney on Monday from Torres Straits, having failed in his endeavours to raise the sunken ship Volga. Two different attempts were made to float the vessel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Earp, Gillam, and Co. have been advised of the departure of the schooner Silver Cloud, for this port, from Bluff Harbour, New Zealand. She sailed on the 16th instant with a full cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Silver Cloud arrived is the harbour on Saturday from the Bluff harbour. New Zealand, with full cargo of produce for Messrs. Earp, Gillam, and Company. Captain Fry is in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The American schooner John Smith, Captain Kustel, came on here from Melbourne. She arrived in the harbour yesterday from Melbourne. She left there on that 23rd ultimo, and had adverse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHORTLY after nine o'clock last evening a fire broke out in the cabin of the schooner Louisa Hassell, which is lying moored under No. 3 hydraulic crane at the dyke. All…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A new iron screw steamer, or steam hopper barge, built for the New South Wales Government, was launched from Mort's Dock, Balmain, on Saturday morning. Mrs. Darley, as the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A wire from Ballina, received yesterday afternoon, stated that the steamer Macleay, when attempting to go out at 2.15 p.m., took the ground. The vessel was in no danger, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By last trail word was received of the total loss of the ship Hazelbank, of Glasgow. The ship was bound from Pacoma to Hull, with wheat, and ran on the Goodwin Sands, and quickly became buried…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Sutherland, late of the ship Holt Hill, is a passenger by the R.M.S. Austral. It may be remembered that this vessel was wrecked on St. Paul's Island on November 13 of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The smart American schooner William Renton, en route from Melbourne to this port, passed Sydney Heads about noon yesterday. The vessel loads coal here for Honolulu…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The American schooner William Renton renewed her acquaintance with this port, arriving in the harbour last night about half-past 10 o'clock. This time she is from Melbourne, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MARSEILLES, Tuesday.—The trial trip of the Messageries Maritimes new steamer Polynesian took place to-day. A speed was obtained of 17.4 knots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The P. and O. Company's steamer Nepaul ran ashore to-day, at the entrance to Plymouth Sound, during a fog. All passengers, specie, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Nyanza, a handsome schooner, of 218 tons, the property of Captain Dewar, left Plymouth on July 1887, for a voyage round the world, but more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE survivors from the wreck of the Lizzie O. Troop, a British ship, have arrived at Kobe. The vessel was bound from Nagasaki to Puget Sound. All the sails having been…
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