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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22
MELBOURNE, Monday. — Following are the nautical bearings of the wrecked Gambier :—No. 2 buoy, west channel, bears from the vessel north by east a quarter east magnetic; Pope's Eye Fort, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A wire from Perch states that the Postmaster-General has received a telegram from the stationmaster at Eucia, stating that he has picked up on the beach a bow plank of a ship with the word…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BELOW will be found a few mournfully interesting incidents of the lamentable wreck of the s.s. Gambier in Hobson's Bay:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the meeting of the Marine Board this morning, to consider the question of the loss of the Gambier the press was excluded for some time while the report of the shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Marine Court commenced an investigation into the Gambier and Easby collision to-day. Both captains were in attendance. Captain Bell, of the Gambier, was the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Dunmurry has been overtaken by a hurricane in the North Atlantic off Nova Scotia, and capsized. Eight of her crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is on view at the salerooms of Messrs. Creer and Berkeley, a working model of a paddle steamer which is run by clockwork. The boat is named the Federal City, and was designed by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE latest topic of conversation is, of course, the wreck of the steamer Gambier, the news of which flew through the streets of Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE proceedings in the Marine Court inquiry, to-day, relative to the Gambier and Easby collision, were both interesting and lively. Captain Bell continued his evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner Albatross has arrived at Sydney after a trip of five months' duration among the South Sea Islands. She brings a cargo of copra and pearl shell. Captain Robinson reports having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE body of a woman has been found floating off Queenscliff. It is supposed to be that of Mrs. Trevenick, drowned in the Gambier-Easby collision. Not a trace of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Court of Inquiry that was held to investigate the loss of the British ship Falls of Earn on the coast of Acheen found that the master, John M'Neil, had committed an error of judgment in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It has been decided to discontinue further work at the wreck of the s.s. Wanaka, on the New Zealand coast, with a view of getting her off, and she is now being dismantled. she has moved, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE was great excitement in town over the wreck of the Fiji, but so far the news is of a very meagre description, in consequence of the distance of the wreck from the telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A STRANGE case of mistaken identity has occurred in connection with one of the victims of the Gambier disaster. The supposed body of Mrs. Trewenack was met on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Iron Cross, 1508 tons, of Liverpool, bound from Gefle to Melbourne, has driven ashore at Soderhamn, and has become a total wreck, but without a loss of life. So far as is known at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN the Gambier-Easby inquiry, the captain of the Easby attributed the fault of the collision to the Gambier porting her helm. Had he kept his course, the vessel would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE wreck, fittings, anchors, cargo and everything connected with the wreck of the Fiji were sold for £270. At the Marine Board this afternoon, it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the Gambier-Easby inquiry, Captain Prideaux finished his evidence. He was under cross-examination all day. The witness denied any delay whatever in giving assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No news has been received about the Virawa. The Jelunga is standing by to render assistance. UNIONISTS AND NON-UNIONISTS…
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