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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891

429 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 22

Wrecked Ketch Barrangarry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 4

The ketch Barrangarry, which struck on the spit at Port Macquarie, and was afterwards driven by the sea into left of water, has been abandoned. Captain Hall, the representative of the…

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The Disabled Schooner Helene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 4

The German schooner Helene, which put into Melbourne on February 16th, with the loss of topmast, yards, and sails has completed the necessary repairs, and sailed for Sydney on Sunday, in…

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The Eliza Allan Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 4

A telegram from the Richmond River reached Sydney on Sunday, stating that the schooner Eliza Allan had struck on the Rocks on Saturday afternoon when entering the river, near the…

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Chilian Steamer Guayacan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 4

Should no sickness occur to the crew of the Chilian steamer Guayacan, she will be granted pratique to-morrow. This vessel, it will be remembered, on arrival from Valparaiso, was sent…

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Chilian Steamer Guayacan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1891 · page 4

The Chilian steamer Guayacan, which arrived from Valparaiso, in the early part of this month, and was sent on to Sydney with the yellow flag flying, has been released from quarantine, and is…

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Stranded Schooner Eliza Allan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 4

Captain Hall, Marine Surveyor, arrived at Ballina on Thursday by the steamer Macleay. He has examined the schooner Eliza Allan, which still remains unaltered in her position on the…

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The Wreck of the Utopia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 12

THE following, taken from English papers, which reached Albany by the R.M.S. Oruba, was wired to the Argus:—A terrible disaster occurred…

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Accident to a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 April 1891 · page 4

The Kelloe, s, 501 tons, of London, bound from Sunderland to Sydney, went aground on the Goodwin Sands Assistance was at once sent, and she was hauled afloat again. It is believed, from whet…

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J. W. Gildemeister Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1891 · page 5

AMONG the passengers by the M.M.S. Tanais, which arrived at Sydney from Noumea on Sunday were Captain Hasselmaun and the crew (17) of the German barque J. W…

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Ashore at the Richmond

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1891 · page 4

A wire was received yesterday morning that the steamer Wyrallah was ashore at the Richmond River crossing. This place has of late become notorious for vessels grounding there…

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Wreck of the Imperator

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1891 · page 4

The Norwegian barque Imperator, of 575 tons burden, from Cardiff Wales, to Santa Rosalia, has become a total wreck. The vessel was lost to the eastward of Bonavista, one of the Cape Verde…

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Newcastle Life-boat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 4

During yesterday afternoon and evening, a very strong south-west wind was raging, with heavy sea running. The life-boat crew and Rocket Brigade men were on duty all night to render assistance,…

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Annie C. Lynn Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 4

Word came to hand yesterday afternoon that the schooner Annie C. Lynn was ashore on the rocks north of Brunswick Heads. The message further stated that the schooner was likely to become a…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Wreck of a Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1891 · page 5

THE schooner Annie C. Lynn, which went on the rocks at the Brunswick on Friday, was thrown further up during the night, and the rocks having gone through the bottom,…

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Wrecked Annie C. Lynn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1891 · page 4

The schooner Annie C. Lynn, which went on to the rooks, north of Brunswick Heads, on Friday, is in a dangerous position. Qn Saturday a further wire was received stating that the vessel had been…

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Wreck of the Annie C. Lynn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1891 · page 4

A telegram from the Brunswick River states that the Annie C. Lynn, which went ashore there on Friday, has broken up…

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The Steamer Kingsley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 5

SOME few days ago the steamer Kingley, which has been trading between Newcastle and Port Stephens, was sent to Sydney for repairs, so that the means of communication…

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A New Steamer Disabled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4

The Ovalan, s, 1500 tons, of Dunedin, bound from Glasgow to Port Chalmers, has put into Falmouth with her machinery in a disabled condition. The Ovalan is a now steamer, specially built for the…

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Two Vessels Ashore. On the Victorian Coast. MELBOURNE, Friday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 5

INFORMATION was received to-day that two vessels had gone ashore near the Heads, the ship Craigburn, bound from Melbourne to Wellington, N.Z. being one. A heavy sea…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Revolution in Chili. United States Seize a Steamer. the Chilian Outwits the Yankee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Intelligence has been received that the Chilian insurgent steamer Etata, while leading ammunition at San Diego, California, was boarded, and embargoed…

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