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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 17
Further particulars by the R.M.S. Britannia show that the ship Templemore from Wallaroo to Queenstown, with wheat, struck an iceberg off Cape Horn on March 3, and became a total wreck. All hands,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The magisterial inquiry into the stranding of the barque Freetrader, at Wanganui Heads, has been concluded. Judgment was given against the captain and mate, and the former's Certificate was suspended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT an early hour yesterday morning a double collision occurred in the harbour, by which two small coasting vessels were damaged. It appears that about 6 a.m. the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Meeinderry, trading between Adelaide aid the West Coast, has gone aground at Denial Bay. RAILWAY REVENUE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTER the lapse of a little over six weeks the Government steam hopper Castor, which was sunk by collision with the steamer Time at the entrance to the harbour, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Federal, belonging to, the same company as the Norkoowa, also arrived yesterday, and she has still her union crew on hoard. Last evening it appears the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Since Saturday the Newcastle lifeboat crew and the members of the Rocket Brigade have bean on duty ready to proceed to the assistance of any vessel that might require their ald…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The shipping inspector at Brisbane (Mr. C. E. Fison) has reported to the Marine Board the result of a preliminary inquiry held by him into the stranding of the steamer Kurrara on V Reef, Hannibal Group,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. George E. Clarke, S M., of Carnarvon, has addressed the following letter to the master warden of the Hobart Marine Board:—"I have been round the coast touring the beach to see if I could find any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During Sunday night and early yesterday morning the storm which raged on Saturday and Sunday continued with unabated violence, and caused some damage. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner Goldfinch is overdue at Karatonga, and is believed to have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some interesting discoveries have been among the islands in Bass Strait. Captain Madden, of the steamer Yolla, which has arrived at Hobart from the Straits Islands, reports having found at Surprise Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—An American schooner which was engaged in fishing in prohibited waters it Nova Scotia has been seized by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWS has been received here of a most sensational shipping disaster. The Saucy Jack, a Sydney-owned vessel, was driven ashore at Coff's Harbour, near Nambucca, and became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A wire from Adelaide received yesterday, states that the ship Beaconsfield was ashore at Shoal Water Point, near Franklin Harbour, since 4 p.m. on Wednesday. She in loaded with timber, bound for Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ship Beconsfield, with 1,000,000ft of timber for Broken Hill, has gone shore at Shoal water Point, near Franklin. The cargo is being unloaded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE news of the safe arrival of the crew of the brigantine Saucy Jack at Trial Bay after a perilous voyage in an open boat was received with satisfaction in Sydney last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The old P. and O. steamship Khiva, which was engaged by a Bombay firm to take pilgrims to Mecca, has been totally lost. The following is the account given:—She left Bombay on the 12th ult. with 979…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following statement, dated Arakoon, Friday evening, has been forwarded to Sydney by Captain Edward Anderson, in charge of the brigantine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The little ketch Amelia, which for several years traded between this port and Lake Macquarie, was driven ashore at Seal Rocks during the heavy gale which raged on this coast on Sunday week. The…
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