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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 17
Captain Henrickson, on being landed at Townsville by the steamer Victoria, made the following statement regarding the wreck of the Norwegian barque Elizabeth, bound from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Eugene Brown, of the ketch Lorna Doon, reports that the purchasers of the ketch Bellinger, which was wrecked at the south end of Stradbroke Island a short time ago, have succeeded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Enterprise, whilst leaving the Duck River (Launceston) on Tuesday for Melbourne, ran into a sandspit on the east side of the entrance, where she remains. A strong wind was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has been received of the wreck of the brigantine Charles and Arthur at Wanganui. A report by the Wakatipu says:—The Charles and Arthur, from Newcastle, which grounded on the South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE barque G. M. Tucker, which is included in the list of vessels wrecked at Mauritius during the recent cyclone, was one of the beet-known intercolonial traders,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It has transpired that the 727 tons of shale composing the cargo of the barque Elizabeth, which was wrecked on Rihon reef on April 28, when on a voyage from Sydney to Rotterdam, was insured in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The pilot at the Richmond Heads wired on Saturday morning: "The Grace Lynn is in the same position, full of water. She is sinking down in the sand. Her crow abandoned her last night."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Port Douglas, which struck on a reef off the island of St. Vincent, one of the Cape de Verde group, on Tuesday night, May 24, had on board a quantity of cargo for the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRITISH Vice-Consul Cherry, of Astoria, has notified Dr. T. H. Parks, Clarence Hutton, Phil G. Stout, Otto V. Hall, and R. O. Stone that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Marine Board has issued a report on the loss of the Norwegian barque Elizabeth, Captain Henrickson, bound from Sydney to Rotterdam with a cargo of chale, on Lisbon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The smart little three-masted schooner Yolande reached the harbour yesterday morning from Melbourne. This vessel, like the M. A. Doran, is a Nova Scotia-built boat, but owned in Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Chilian steamer Guayacan, which came here owing to the revolution in Chili last year, will take her departure to-day on the return trip to Valparaise, her port of register. The vessel since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Augusta, which arrived at Sydney from the Tweed River, visited Stradbroke Island, the scene of the wreck of the ketch Bellinger, on the passage, for the purpose of picking up some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Prince Baudouin was driven ashore at Pable Bay early last month. In his statement of the accident the master, Captain Louis Meyer, says:—" The steamer arrived in Table Bay on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A message from Singapore says that the shipwrecked crew of the barque Nova scotia arrived there from Batavia by the Dutch steamer De Carpenter. The Nova Scotia was wrecked on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following notice was posted at the Electric Telegraph Office to-day:—"A boat with shipwrecked crew arrived off Woody Island yesterday." No further particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE small cutter Pixie arrived at Mary-borough to-night from the wreck of the barquentino Warieta, having aboard Captain Curran, the mate, Charles Richards, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner Awaroa, a vessel of 60 tons, owned by Mr. J. F. Harding, of Napier, struck a reef in Poverty Bay and became a total wreck. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sydney Marine Board resumed their inquiry on Monday into the loss of the schooner Grace Lyn[?] on the 3rd ult at the entrance of the Richmond River. Albert Mouach, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Norwegian schooner Congo, well known here, has been lost. Captain Ellefseu was in command. She came to grief on Matnea Reef, Busnanga, whilst on passage from Albany to…
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