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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 17
THIS morning a terrible shipping disaster occurred near Curdie's Inlet, about 10 miles from Port Campbell, on the western coast of Victoria. An unknown vessel had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE colonial barque G. M. Tucker, which returned to this port on Monday from Mauritius, was granted pratique yesterday morning. As might naturally be expected,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The cutter Ethel has been totally wrecked on the West Australian coast. Those on board had a narrow escape. The craft was owned by Mr. J. D. Giffen, of South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Downey, of the ship Treasurer, which arrived at Melbourne on Monday from New York, passed a quantity of floating wreckage on August 2 in latitude 39 south, longitude 57 cast. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE rescued crew of the Newfield arrived in Melbourne to-night, and were accommodated at the Sailors' Home. It is felt that the evidence taken at the inquest does not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BERLIN, Thursday.—Telegrams received last night from Hamburg state that ghastly confusion prevails in the city. The number of doctors and nurses in the hospitals is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gulf of Genoa arrived at Sydney on Wednesday from London direct. The voyage of the steamer has not been devoid of incident. On the night of August 13 the Aurora Australis was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boomerang is the name of a new 14-ton ketch now ready for launching at Messrs Ford Brothers' yard in Berry's Bay. She is 45ft 6in in length, 11ft 6in in breadth and 5ft 7in in depth,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. P. B. Wallace has received advices that Messrs, W. Lund nod Co.'s now steamer Woolloomooloo, 3560 tons resistor, will arrive hero during the early part of thin month, to load a cargo of 560…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—A passenger steamer has foundered in Lake Superior, which separates Canada from the State of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, United States…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday—The now barque Auchmountain, laden with gunpowder, and bound for Sydney, has been wracked at Greenock. Owing to the gunpowder exploding the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Saturday.—The new Cunard liner Campania has been successfully launched at Govan, near Glasgow. She will have a displacement of 19,000 tons when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ship Argonaut, Captain J. Hunter, from Glasgow, which arrived at Sydney on Sunday evening, had an exciting experience crossing the Southern Ocean. On August 7, when in 41' S. and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following wire was received hero yesterday ; —"The ketch Seabird stranded at Apollo Bay, Victoria, on Monday night during a severe storm and nearly became a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Auckland, a report received state8 that the ketch Boliance is despaired of. She left Nepier for Dunedin about six weeks ego, has not arrived at her destination, and it is feared that, with her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →According to the New York Maritime Register a lifecoat has recently been built that, it is stated, rights itself in ten seconds after capsized. The boat is 80ft long, 7 beam, and 3ft deep, caraval…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. M. Rooke received a wire yesterday, stating that his smart little vessel Zephyr had arrived at Townsville after a good run of 13 days from this port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON , Monday.—A report has been received to the effect that the fort at Santa Cruz, in the Canary Islands, has fired upon a British steamer which entered the port and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE tornado yesterday at Cunnamuila destroyed all the public offices, and scarcely a house in town escaped injury. A considerable number of stock were killed by falling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With regard to the missing ketch Reliance on the New Zealand coast, word has been received that she has been spoken, bound to Dunedin from Napier, all well…
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