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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
313 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 16
THE French cable strainer Francois Arago, which visited Newcastle in November last after successfully laying the cable between Queensland and New Caledonia has arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Kergue[?]en, St. Paul, and Amsterdam Islands have depots supplied with stores and clothing for the use of shipwrecked crews. The following description is given of one of these depots:—"It is in a cave at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report to hand from New Zealand states that the steamer Kiwi, a coastal trader of 195 tons, owned by Messrs. Levin and Co., Wellington, has been wrecked at Glenbury an isolated sport on the East…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The little steamer Kingsley which arrived at Sydney on Thursday from Cape Hawke, had on board the crew of the ill-fated ketch, Forest Queen, which, it will be remembered, was caught in the easterly gale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. Stirling, wife of Captain Stirling, of the missing schooner Greecian Bend, writes that she has received word from Messrs. Murry and Co., that the vessel was bound to Napier, and not Dunedin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The well-known barque Fleur de Maurice has cone ashore at Durban Bay, South Africa, and is likely to become wreck. The vessel is the one in which the Victorian defaulted Kemp is supposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The barque Cape City, which was well known in this colony, has been wrecked. The vessel was on a voyage from Cheefoo to Amay with a cargo of beans and beaneake. She left Choefoo on February 24, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Aberdeen White Star Liner Thermopyle took her departure yesterday for London via ports. Her Newcastle shipment consisted of the following:—307 bales of wool, 6 bales basils, 8742 ingots copper,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Konoowarra, which was in collision with the ship Titania on Sunday night off the coast, arrived hero to-day, presenting a miserable appearance. She received a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday a wire was received from Bateman's Bay stating that the schooner Mary Warner foundered off Kialo at 10.15 p.m. on Friday about eight miles off the land. The crew were all saved. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Duco has arrived at Wellington with the crow of the ill-fated steamer Kiwi. Captain Campbell, of the latter vessel, reported that when be arrived at Glenburn from Veiling on it was blowing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By the steamer Kameruka, Captain Cooper and crew of the wrecked schooner Mary Warner arrived in Sydney yesterday morning from Bateman's Bay. The vessel, it appears, left Botany on April 12 for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE absolute necessity for the Newcastle pilots to be provided with a steamer similar to that used by the Sydney pilots is clearly exemplified on every occasion when bad…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A [?] received from Cooktown stated the steamer [?] had arrived there from China. She picked [?] crew of the schooner Clara Ethel off Claremont Island lightship. The schooner was bound…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MESSRS. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s excursion steamship Hygela grounded at Sorrento to-day, during a northerly gale. Soon after the passengers were landed in boats, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A report to hand from Auckland states that Captain Kennedy, of the Marine Department, states that the mast of a vessel, evidently the barquentine Grecian Bend is projecting 10ft out of 14 fathoms of water three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report dated Shanghai, March 17, says:—"The first petroleum tank steamer has arrived here. The Customs officials, however, refuse to permit the landing of kerosene in bulk. The British, Russian, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Sir Herbert Maxwell has returned to Melbourne after an absence of 93 days, during which period she made the round trip between Melbourne and South Africa. She left Melbourne last January…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquiry into the foundering of the wooden brigantine Mary Warner, 64 tons, off Big Buy, on Friday, April 20, was held this morning by the Marine Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The M. M. steamer Ville de la Ciotat left Melbourne on Saturday for Sydney. She left Marseilles on April 3 and reached Port Said on the 8th. The homeward bound cargo steamer Springfield had…
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