Schooner Circe
The schooner Circe put in another appearance here yesterday from Lyttelton. Captain Priest reports leaving Lyttelton on the 8th instant, and had a nice fine weather passage all the way. She…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1890
519 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 26
Steamer Comet Wrecked
On Wednesday the steamer Comet grounded on the bar at Palliua. The vessel, it appears, was entering the river from the Clarence, when she struck on the bar. Her position becoming…
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The details of the wreck of the splendid four-masted ship Loch Moidart, off the Dutch coast, are now received. The particulars show that the number lost was 30—two sailors being the only…
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In consequence of the boisterous state of the weather last evening, the Newcastle lifeboat men, and members of the rocket brigade, were ordered to be in readiness. The tug Emu was ordered to…
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The American schooner Robert Sudden, under command of Captain Ulberg, arrived in the harbour on Saturday from Melbourne, She left Melbourne on the 14th instant, had fine weather all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Barque London. Broke Away From Moorings Collided with the Ship Stirlingshire. And Narrowly Escaped the Steamer Nemesis. Took the Ground at Stockton
THE barque London, after an absence of about two years, put in another appearance here yesterday, this time from Monte Video, in ballast, after a passage of 70 days. Since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Cyclone at Townsville. Houses Blown Down. Rumoured Loss of a Steamer. BRISBANE
AT intervals of a few years the towns of Northern Queensland have all suffered more or less from the cyclonic winds which blow with terrible force in that latitude…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The steamer Virent, 1725 tons, has been wrecked off Ferrol, on the Spanish coast. Fifteen persons were drowned…
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Messrs. Wm. Howard Smith and Sons' new steamer Time, intended for the trade between Newcastle, Sydney, and Melbourne, was launched on the 11th inst. It is expected she will visit the…
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THE Government steamer Reah, which left Newcastle on Friday last with the steamlaunch Ena in tow, returned to port last evening. Captain Harding, of the Reah,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Pendle Hill
The tidy little schooner Pendle Hill reached port again yesterday from Napier, New Zealand, with a cargo of timber and produce, consigned to Messrs. Earp, Gillam, and Co. Captain…
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The schooner Cuthona, from Queensland, bound to Sydney, put into Broken Bay on Tuesday with her sails carried away, and bulwarks smashed. The injuries were sustained in the recent heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Port Kembla—a P. and O. Steamer to Load There
During a visit lately made by the Illawarra Engineers' Institute to Unanderra Coke Works and to the company's jetty at Port Kembla it was found that the Melbourne Coal Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Holyhead
Lately the wreck of the above vessel, as it lies at the entrance of Port Phillip, was withdrawn from sale at the instance of the owners, but it has since been decided to sell vessel and cargo by auction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Schooner St. Kilda
The colonial schooner St. Kilda completed another successful trip yesterday. She arrived hero from Wanganui, New Zealand, with a cargo of timber and wheat consigned to Messrs. Earp,…
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The Union Steamship Company's now steamer Monawai is expected to reach Melbourne shortly from the Clyde. The Monawai is intended for the intercolonial service, and consequently will be a…
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The steamer Scotia left the Thames on February 20 with 1800 miles of cable on board, with which it is intended to duplicate the present line between La Perouse and the New Zealand coast. Mr…
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The schooner Rio, which put into Sydney when on a voyage from Now Zealand to this port, to repair damages, arrived here yesterday…
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A KETCH was reported ashore about seven miles north of Newcastle yesterday morning by the s.s. Kingsley. During the afternoon the harbour master, (Captain Newton) notified…
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NEWS is to hand that a terrific hurricane was experienced in the vicinity of the New Hebrides, on the 6th March. The labour schooner Eliza Mary, 161 tons, owned by…
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