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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

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[From Metropolitan Papers.] Wreck of a Spanish Warship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—All doubts as to the fate of the Spanish warship Reina Regente, which was reported to have been lost during the late gales…

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The Steamer Gulf of Genoa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 4

The Gulf of Genoa is one of the fine cruisers of the Gulf line which has done much to ensure rapid communication for cargoes and reasonable freights on the oversea traffic To the equal to the requirements of…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. the Gambier Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 5

The appeal of Howard Smith and Sons against an order that they should pay £3000 to the Customs Department for blowing up the wreck of the Gambier, was concluded this…

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A Large Vessel Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 4

The barque Castle Holme, which has arrived at Port August, sighted a large vessel ashore at Shoal-water Point on Wednesday at noon. She was too far off to signal. At daylight on Thursday the vessel…

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The Steamer Woolloomooloo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 4

The Lund's line steamer Woolloomcoloo on her last outward voyage broke the low-pressed cylinder. The machinery was repaired sufficiently to recommence work, and the voyage was completed under difficulty…

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Loss of a Spanish Warship Foundered in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 5

MADRID, Monday.—It now transpires that the Spanish warship Reina Regente, which foundered recently with all hands, was caught…

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The Steamer Anglian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 4

Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co's steamer Anglian arrived yesterday morning, from Sydney. On Saturday last she reached Sydney, after a smart and pleasant trip from New Zealand. The vessel…

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The Schooner Vailele

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1895 · page 4

The schooner Vailele, which left here on Saturday afternoon for Sydney, encountered a very stiff blow off the port. She cleared Nobbys shortly after 5 p m, and about half an hour Nobbys shortly it was…

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The Wreck of the Highmore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 4

The Spartan, which arrived at Port Elizabeth on the 4th ultuno, brought Captain Molgraf, three officers, and 15 men of the ship Highmore, which was wrecked on January 19 on the Island of Gloriosa, off…

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Wreckage Picked Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1895 · page 4

A report received by the steamer Birksgate, from Lord Howe Island, announces the finding of a quantity of wreckage belonging to the well-known schooner St. Kilda. Captain Nichol, who resides at…

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Wreck of a Yacht

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1895 · page 4

A wire received from Jervis Bay last evening stated that the yacht Czarina, which was lying in the Bay, became a total week on Bowen Island at 5 p.m. on Saturday. All hands were saved…

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Wreck of the Cutter Carina

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 4

The cutter Carina, not the Czarina, was wrecked at Jervis Bay on Saturday. The Carina was well-known in Port Jackson. She was imported from England a few years ago by Colonel Gascoigne, A.D.C. to Lord…

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Action by Japan. a British Steamer Seized

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Intelligence from the East states that the Japanese have seized the British steamer Yuksang, near Taku, at the mouth of the…

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Colonist Wreck Broken Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1895 · page 5

THE boisterous southerly weather and heavy seas which have been experienced along the coast for some days have broken up the wreck of the Colonist which lay on the oyster bank…

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British Steamer Confiscated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The British steamer Yeeksung, which was recently seized by the Japanese near Taku at the mouth of the Peiho River for…

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Curious Accident to a Lifeboat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1895 · page 8

BEFORE leaving Dover for Ramsgate one afternoon recently, the crew of a Ramsgate lifeboat, which had a fearful experience by the Goodwin…

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Devonport:ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 4

The barque Devonport, from Melbourne to this port, is ashore. The following wire was received yesterday:—"Circular Head, 10 a.m.—An easterly gale blowing. The barque Devonport, from…

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Wreck of the Bonanza

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 4

The Port Elizabeth "Herald" publishes an interview with Captain Stetson, late of the Bonanza, an American barque that Was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony. The ship wan being taken into the…

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The Devonport Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 4

Captain Greenwood, of the barque Devonport, which was driven ashore at Stanley on April 19, reports that the vessel mode her first appearance at the port of Stanley on Easter Monday. Owing to the…

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Meritorious Services of a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 4

In the Court of Admiralty, London, Mr. Justice Day, sitting with Trinity Hunters, recently, had before him the claim for-salvage services rendered by the Meteor to the four-masted iron sailing shin…

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