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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
257 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 13
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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A DISASTROUS wreck has occurred at Struis Point, near Capetown, the British ship Dundrennan having gone ashore. All the crew, with the exception of three men, are believed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SOME consternation was caused here yesterday morning on receipt of a wire from Sydney stating that the latest addition to the Aberdeen White Star line, the steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received by the Wesleyan Mission that the mission schooner Meda arrived safely at Samarai, British New Guinea, on the 9th instant, from New Britain, having on board 39 natives, being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The Gravina, a Spanish steamer, has been wrecked on the Island of Luzon, one of the Philippine group, during a cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Launceston Marine Board has received an intimation from the New Zealand Marine Department that the Government is willing to pay Captain Harwood, of the barque Alaster, £100 for the rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PROBABLY the last has now been heard of the ill-fated Dundrennan (writes the Cape Times). The wreckage, principally deck woodwork and spoilt cargo,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Thursday.—The Borneo, a great cargo steamer, of 5000 tons register, built for the Puninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The three-mooted schooner Rio which is still in command of Captain Dunn, arrived in port yesterday afternoon from Napier, after a passage of 18 days. The ship left port of departure on the 11th ins ant,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—News to hand reports that the French steamer Dom Pedro struck upon a submerged rock and foundered immediately off the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Colima, 2906 tons, has been wrecked off the Mexican coast. One hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney-owned schooner Jane had the misfortune to be dismasted in a squall off Catherine Hill Bay yesterday, and had to put into Newcastle to repair the damage. On entering the port the little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A STIFF southerly blow swept along the coast yesterday, and brought up a nasty sea to-wards the afternoon. As the storm increased all vessels bound southward met the full force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A wire received from Launce ton yesterday stated that the ketch Strathmore parted both chains at Cape Portland on Sunday night and went ashore in Little Mussel Rae. There were no hopes of saving her, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Norwegian barque Derby (Captain Abrahamson), which left Algoa Bay in ballast with a Guam clearance, went ashore on the evening of April 27th about six miles to the west of Cape Receife. Of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Damascus, of the Aberdeen line, is expected at Sydney. Captain Alexander Douglas, R N , is in charge, having with him an chief officer Mr. A. Walker; second, Mr. D. Piggie; third, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The little schooner Tottie, which left here on Friday coal laden for the Bellinger, reached the entrance of the river yesterday, when she had the misfortune to get ashore. A wire received lust evening stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Kelloe returned to Sydney yesterday from her cruise to the Solomon Group. The vessel from Sydney and Cooktown arrived at the Solomons on May 30 after a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A report from Hobart says that the crew of the wrecked ketch Strathmore (Little, Mussel, and Rose) were brought on by the steamer Warrentinna. They state that the vessel's chains parted during a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report to hand states that the Pacific mail steamer Colima founded off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico, on May 27. Only 14 of the passengers and five of the crew are known to be saved. They…
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