Lifeboat Storm King
THERE was a very fair attendance of people at Breckenridge's paddock yesterday afternoon and evening to see Captain Jorgenson's now famous lifeboat Storm King. The captain's…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891
429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 22
A British-india Steamer on Fire
Account has reached Sydney concerning the fire which broke out on board the Golconda. A telegram, dated from Calcutta, says that on the 20th December a fire broke out on the steamer…
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In consequence of the bad state of the weather last evening, the Newcastle lifeboat crew and the rocket brigade were held in readiness to render assistance in case of any vessels being in distress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lifeboat Storm King. Marine Board Inspection
As arranged on Wednesday, the inspection of the lifeboat Storm King, by the local Marine Board, came off yesterday afternoon, at Breckenridge's paddock, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Fern.—jibboom Lost
The schooner Fern, which left Newcastle on Wednesday for Sydney, put into Barrenjoey yesterday with the loss of her jibboom,…
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On Thursday night the steamer Kingswear, loaded with coal, left Townsville for Cairns (Q.) About 7 30 the night was very dark, and there was a heavy rain A flash of lightning showed the…
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The steamer Hinemoa left Wellington (N.Z.) on Friday for Auckland and Campbell Islands, to search for the missing steamer Kakanui, which is supposed to have foundered…
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The schooner Anni Theresa has gone ashore at Byron Bay. The vessel appears to have left Ballina at 3.10 p.m. on Saturday, and on Saturday night the following telegram was received :—" The…
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The steamer Rotokino, which arrived at Auckland on Saturday from Fiji, brings news of the total wreck of the barque Loch Naw, on the northern coast of New Caledonia. The Loch Naw…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lifeboat and Rocket Brigade
The Newcastle lifeboat crew Rocket Brigade were on duty last night, in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather. During yesterday the wind increased to about half a gale from…
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The barque Bream, from Townsville, on arrival at Brisbane last week, reported to the Marine Board as follows:—Sunday, February 1, passed Pine Island, Perey Group, at 1.15 p.m.; at 2 p.m.,…
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Sir,— Would you kindly permit me to say a few words in reference to the lifeboat Storm King. Let the captain get good hollow steel masts; I will guarantee he will…
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The captain, officers, and crew of Mr. J.C. Ellis' barque Loch New, which was wrecked on the 21st ultimo on the coast of New Caledonia, have arrived at Sydney. Captain Petersen gives the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rock Lily Ashore
Yesterday evening a wire was received from Camden Heads stating that the ketch Rock Lily was ashore on the north beach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capsize of a Schooner. Three Lives Lost
WHILE entering through Nambucca Heads into the Bellinger River on Saturday, about midday, the schooner Helena Davies capsized, and subsequently drifted ashore,…
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The A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Katoomba, under charter to the North-German Lloyd's Company, returned from her Samoan trip yesterday to Sydney. She had a very stormy passage, the vessel…
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ADVICES received at Queenstown from Baltimore state that the Johnston Line steamer Thanemore, which left that port on November 26, bound to London, is believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand. the Missing Steamer Kakanui
The Hinemoa has returned from an unsuccessful search for the steamer Kakanui. Campbell and Auckland Islands were visited, but no trace of the steamer was discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner Prosperity
The schooner Prosperity, which arrived on Monday evening from Auckland via Tiarna, brought 100,000ft of timber. Captain Harwood reports leaving Auckland on the 10tlh ultimo for Tiarna,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alice Templeton Ashore
The ketch Alice Templeton, while crossing into the Manning River at 11 a.m. on Monday, from Newcastle, was washed ashore on the North Beach. She was expected to be floated by yesterday's tide…
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