Schooner Coquette
The locally owned schooner Coquette arrived in the harbour yesterday afternoon from Melbourne, to load coal for the Clarence River. She was on this occasion brought round by the mate, Captain…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1890
519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 26
Leaving Their Ship. Swimming Ashore
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused at Stockton on Friday morning, when it was noticed that two men had jumped overboard from the ship Belle of Bath while the vessel…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The departure of the British India steamer Jumna, from London for Queensland, has been delayed by the bursting of a steam pipe, by which nine…
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GREAT excitement was caused yesterday, between 10 30 and 11 a.m, when the gun was fired from the signal hill, denoting that a vessel was in distress. A general rush was…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nepaul is settling down into deep water. Her back is broken…
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The smart American schooner Robert Sudden has again renewed her acquaintance with this port. She arrived here yesterday, after a smart passage of four days from Melbourne. She is under…
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LONDON, December 16.—The Cambodge, Messageries Maritimes steamer, 1639 tons, from Marseilles, is reported to have been in collision, and run [?]ashore. The Cambodge is an iron vessel of…
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The number and tonnage of British vessels, respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of September, 1820, and the number of lives lost, are as follows:…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Admiralty have held an inquiry, and found that the Serpent was seaworthy, and properly equipped at the time of the disaster, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Rio
The schoouer Rio left Napier, N.Z., for this port prior to the 19th instant, with cargo of timber…
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The smart little schooner Grecian Bend, which has recently been purchased by Captain Stirling and Mr. J. R. Rodgers, of this city, arrived in port yesterday from Sydney. The vessel came on here…
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The schooner Rainbow is now considerably overdue at Clarence River from Melbourne, and fears are being entertained for her safety. A correspondent writes to the Clarence River paper as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lake Steamer Arrangements
Mr. W. W. Johnson has made special arrangements to meet the demand for steamer accommodation on the Lake, so that visitors may be certain of receiving every…
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ABOUT half-past 12 o'clock on Christmas day three seamen named Patrick Connelly, Thomas Fitzgerald, and Joseph Gardiner took possession of the lower portion of…
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The four-masted American schooner Golden Shore left Melbourne on the 21st; dull, light, and variable winds to arrival in port yesterday morning…
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The trim little schooner Grecian Bend, which was recently purchased in Sydney by Captain Stirling and Mr. Rodgers, of this city, has just been floated off the Stockton patent slip. While…
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THE following communication has been received in Rotterdam:—"On the Upper Congo matters are reported to be very disquieting. We have just received a…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer Ramed, of Shanghai, has been burnt at Wu-hu, a river port of China. Two hundred Chinese perished…
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FROM St. Thomas full particulars have just been received of the wreck of the Liverpool steamer Portuense, and the loss of ten lives. steamer Portuense, and the loss of ten lives…
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