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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
313 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 16
A TELEGRAM from Port Darwin states that the steamer Tsinan, from Hongkong, left for southern ports on Monday. She brought accounts of the plague raging in China,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A report dated Buenos Ayres, April 4, says:— H.M.S. Barraconta arrived at Monte Video from Rio with the small steamer Dona Joanna, in tow, seized in Rio Bay, with English colours to her mast, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co. have ordered the construction of a new steamer for the New Zealand frozen meat trade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A recent storm had the effect of throwing up some wreckage on the Portland Island. It consists of two pieces of topgallant rail and bulwarks, the pieces measuring respectively 26 and 12 feet in length. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT about half-past 10 o'clock on Thursday night the steamer Norkoowa took the ground abreast of the Stockton wharf, and remained hard and last throughout the night. Shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A CABLE from Napier, received yesterday by Messrs. Cuthbertson and Co., announced the wreck of the barque Alexander Newton, ad that the captain was drowned. The master's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the wreck of the barque Alexander Newton at Portland Island, thefirst mate's statement is to the effect that about daylight last Sunday morning the barque was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARIS, Monday.—It has transpired that the name of the man who stabbed President Carnot on Sunday evening is Santo, and that he is an Italian by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Lyttelton Harbour Board on Tuesday a letter was received from the harbourmaster, Captain Clark, stating that the lifeboat for Sumner ordered by the board had come from Auckland on June 5…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lund's liner Yarrawonga, under Captain Thomas. arrived at Adelaide on Sunday, having been only four months on the passage to England and back. The return trip was accomplished in 43 days,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In tow of the steamer Ivy there arrived at Sydney on Saturday the Tivo, a new fore-and-aft schooner, from Brisbane water. She was built be Mr. Rock Davis, to the order of Mr. Pope, and is intended for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram was received in Sydney yesterday afternoon stating that the London Missionary schooner Mary had been wrecked at New Guinea. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report from Launceston states that the brigantine Indians, of Auckland, laden with guano, is a total wreck on the south side of Cape Barren. The members of the crew are believed to have gone to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrible collision has occurred in the Black Sea between two steamers, the Vladamir and Columbia. The former sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report to hand from Auckland states that "A quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Taranaki, including a mast of American pine and deckhouse fittings of American clm. The wreckage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON the arrival of the German barque Seestern from Santos on Saturday news was brought ashore that a shipwrecked crew was on board. The rumour quickly spread, and it is needless…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE crow of the ill-fated Brazilian schooner Flash Light, who were rescued by the German barque Seestern off the coast of Brazil and brought on to this port, are still on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Sovereign, a vessel which for many years traded to Sydney under the command of Captain Caitcheon, and only a few months ago made a trip to the Island for Mr. G. J. Waterhouse, was on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A good deal of wreckage was lately washed ashore on the beach near Mahia, and the Tainui beach is strewn with the remainder. The Maories have picked up a chest which belonged to Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Era, of Howard Smith's line, arrived at Adelaide tm Sunday morning and anchored at the bell buoy to await orders, having on board about 2500 tons of genera cargo from Japan and Singapore…
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