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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 17
The week of this vessel (says an English exchange) lying off Sandgate, about which so much anxiety prevailed a short time since, in regard to the effect of the explosions in connection with her dispersal, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The missing schooner May Newton is 63 days out to-day from Strahan to Maryborough, and any hopes for her safety are fast being dispelled. Captain M'Donald, of the schooner Yolande, which is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's R.M.S. City of Peking, bound from Yokohama, Japan, to San Francisco, is 10 days overdue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Croydon Lass has just been abandoned as a total wreck on the New Zealand coast. The vessel went ashore on the South Beach while [?]entering the Waitara River recently, and as she was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Particulars of a terrible tale of the sea have just been received. The ship Thekla, bound from Philadelphia to Havre, encountered severe weather, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday morning the schooner Aratapu reached the harbour from Kiapara with a consignment of 100,000ft of timber. Captain M'Lean is in command, and she comes to the care of Messrs. F. and H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—The eight survivors of the ship Thekla, which was wreeked on the voyage from Philadelphia to Havre, have been arrested on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE disappearance of the ketch Agnes Rose formed the subject of an inquiry this afternoon at the hands of the Marino Board. This vessel at the hands of the Marine Board. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new steamer Sterling, which was built recently at the Melbourne Coal, Shipping, and Engineering Co.'s works, Williamstown, has just completed her maiden trip. Captain Deane, who had her built, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The lifeboats of the loyal National Lifeboat Institution of which there are now 305, have been unusually busy during the past year, which has been a stormy and unsettled one. The boats, manned by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The little schooner Mary Wadney, in command of Captain Whitton, reached the harbour yesterday afternoon from Melbourne. She loads a cargo of coal here for Wanganui. On the run round a good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is a copy of telegram from the secretary of the Marine Board, Sydney, to the Treasurer, Hobart, received on Saturday:—"Second mate of steamer Kameruka stated saw vessel like…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A CABLEGRAM states that the Anchor liner Trinacria has been lost off the historic shores of Corunna, in Spain, and that 37 of the crew have been drowned. It is noteworthy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer Trinacria, of the Anchor Line, has become a total wreck off Cape Villano, Spain. Thirty-one of those on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News was received this afternoon of the total wreck of the steamer Tweed, which went ashore at Byron Bay last week. Captain Hall, marine underwriters' surveyor, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inquiry concerning the missing ketch Agnes Rose was resumed by the Sydney Marine Board yesterday afternoon. Sarah Lloyd, the owner of the vessel, gave evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A WIRE received from the Clarence River states:—"Pilot M'Cauley, of the Clarence River, reports that some small pieces of wreckage, including a name board with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. W. Gammell, harbourmaster at Wallaroo, sent [?] following telegram to the secretary of the [?]ctorian Marine Board on Thursday morning:—Captain Crocker reports Maldon Lewis ashore on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Particulars were received by the Standard Insurance Company of New Zealand on Monday with reference to the stranding of Mr. Alexander Kethel's schooner White Cloud at Broulee, near Moruya. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →YESTERDAY word was received of the loss of the schooner Daphne, and that only one of the crew survived. The Daphne left this port on the 5th instant for Dungeness and…
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