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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893

334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 17

The Sedwell Jane Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 December 1893 · page 4

The wreck of the Sedwell Jane was sold on October 3, at Port Elizabeth, with stores, &c., for £33. Of the cargo 150 bags of floor washed up have also been sold. The wreck has completely broken up…

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The Florence Treat Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 December 1893 · page 4

At Swatow, on September 26th, the wreck of the Florence Treat was sold for about 120dol. Some 25 to 30 hardwood logs from this vessel have been cast up on the beach…

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Wreck of the Ship Jason. Twenty-six Lives Lost. a Disastrous Voyage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 December 1893 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday.—The ship Jason, bound from Calcutta to Boston, was wrecked yesterday off Cape Cod, Massachussetts, and 26 of the crew…

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The Steamer Willow Branch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 4

The steamer Willow Branch, which arrived at Adelaide from Java, sugar laden, on Thursday morning, belongs to the Nautilus Shipping Company, of Sunderland. Having discharged at Japan—where…

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Wreck of the Lena and Lilian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1893 · page 4

Word of the wreck of the Ketch Lena and Lilian is to hand. A wire received from Mr. W. Champion, of H.M. Customs, Barranjoey, states that the ketch Leona and Lilian, with a cargo of sawn hardwood,…

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Total Wreck of a Local Vessel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1893 · page 8

WORD was to hand yesterday of the loss of the locally-owners, barque Braziliera at North China. Mr. John Henderson, the owner, received a notice from Lloyd's yesterday…

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Seizure of a Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 December 1893 · page 5

EARLY yesterday morning Mr. Marshall, Bailiff for the Vice-Admiralty Court of Sydney, seized the New Zealand schooner Waitemata under a warrant issued in Sydney…

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Floating Wrecks in the Atlantic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 8

AT a meeting of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce recently, Mr. Otto Jaffe moved a resolution requesting the Government to co-operate with the…

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Wreck off Cornwall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The coastguardsmen at Boscatle, Cornwall, have effected a gallant rescue of a shipwrecked crew. An Italian…

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S.s. Tenterden Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1893 · page 4

On Saturday the following telegram was posted on the notice board at the local telegraph office:—"Macdonald Bay, S.A., advises: Steamer Tenderden, from Melbourne, gone on reef between jetty and…

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The Steamer Tenterden Aground. Not in Danger at Present. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1893 · page 5

MESSRS. M'ILWRATIH, M'EACHARN, AND Co.'s steamer Tenterden has gone ashore on a reef between the lighthouse and the jetty at M'Donnell Bay. She was proceeding from…

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The Dangers of Japanese Coal. Unpleasant Experience of a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1893 · page 7

THE cargo steamer Carradale, which had been expected at Auckland for some time put in an appearance last week. The steamer, which is…

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Foundering of the S.S. Alert. Only One Survivor. Two Bodies Washed Ashore. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1893 · page 5

NEWS of the foundering of Messrs. Huddart, Parker and Co.'s steamer Alert was received here this morning from Sorrento. The vessel was a constant trader between Melbourne…

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Wreck of the Eillan Donan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1893 · page 4

A wire from Auckland states that the schooner Eillan Donan has been wrecked at New Caledonia, but all hands were saved. The Eillan Donam left Noumea about the 8th inst., the same time as the…

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