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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
313 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 16
AN inquiry was hold yesterday afternoon by the local Marine Board concerning the loss of the Melbourne owned barque Nicoya at New Caledonia, There were present: Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE inquiry by the local Marine Board concerning the loss of the barque Nicoya, at New Caledonia, last month, was continued yesterday. There were present:—Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Salvator, an American schooner of the four-masted order, reached the harbour on Saturday from Port Pirie. She is in command of Captain Tibbets, and has come here to load a cargo of Wallsend coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—The steamer Carradale, 2270 tons, of Sunderland, which left Wellington for London on November 7, has put into Rio Janeiro…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHILST at work yesterday on board the steamer Port Chalmers a labourer named George M'Master was rather severely injured. He was in the hold of the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Regarding the wreck of the Borough Belle, an official inquiry was held at Mackay. The Court found that no blame could be attached to the matter or the crew, and returned Captain Williams's certificate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE tug Bever brought down this afternoon the captain, his wife, and crew of the Danish barque Aurhaus, bound from New York to Brisbane, with a cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Sunday morning the ketch Sea Nymph returned to Sydney from New Britain via Johnstone River. The passage from Johnstone River is described by the captain as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 9 o'clock last night, as the steamer Industry was proceeding to sea, from the A. A. Company's wharf, she took the ground abreast of the Market wharf, and it was stated that she was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Koryo Maru, a steamer of 850 tons register, owned by Mr. Sugita Denyemon, of Takoaka in Etchu, and commanded by Mr. Oka Kinjiro, left Otaru on the 23rd December with 10 passengers, 900…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another large cargo boat has been added to the Australian trade. The steamer Buteshire, belonging to Messrs. Turnbull, Martin, and Co.'s line, has just arrived at Adelaide on her maiden voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage from the barque Aarhus in Moreton Bay is washing ashore at Maroochie. The wreck will be sold by auction on Tuesday next. The Marine Board inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owing to the boisterous weather which prevailed here yesterday the crew of the Newcastle lifeboat and also the members of the Rocket Brigade were on duty last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The wreck end cargo of the barque Aarhun in Moreton Bay, was sold by auction to-day for £350, The purchaser was James King, of Carter's Hotel, Sydney. The bidding was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On January 36 Messrs. William Dobson and Co. launched at Low Walker a steel screw steamer, built to the order of Messrs. Wm. Milburn and Co., for their "Port" line of steamers engaged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The four-masted ship Vanduara, 1916 tons, Captain Skinner, bound to Port Pirie, S.A. has been wrecked in a gale soon after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Buteshire has made her maiden voyage to Australia, arriving to-day. She is intended for the frozen meat trade, and is splendidly fitted. Captain B. Coull,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain A. Bergman, the late owner and master of the schooner Wrestler, in writing to a friend in Sydney, dated San Francisco, 8th February, gives brief particulars of the wreck of the Wrestler. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A wire received from Moruya on Saturday stated that the ketch Moruna, which had taken the ground on the bar had been successfully floated off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A wire received from For[?] esterday stated that the schooner Stanley, whils saying to cross in over the bar on Sunday evening, get up on the north beach about half a mile outside the river. So far no…
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