The First to Build a Lifeboat
ABOUT the year 1784 there lived in Long Acre, London, a coachbuilder, Lionel Lukin by name. This honest man, knowing very little of the sea…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895
257 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 13
The Wreck of the Catterthun. Discovery of the Vessel
THE steamer Mermaid, which in conjunction with the steamer Sterling, had been engaged in searching for the sunken wreck of the steamer Catterthun, in the vicinity of…
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The schooner Norman, which left Wollongong at 10 a m yesterday for Sydney, ran ashore on Bellambi reef The steamer Dunmore and tug Carbine went to her assistance. The crew abandoned the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Catterthun Marine Board Inquiry. Mr. Lanfear Examined. Sydney
THE inquiry by the Marine Board into the circumstances attending the loss of the steamer Catterthun commenced this morning. Captain Hixson, the president,…
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THE Marine Board's inquiry into the wreck of the s s. Catterthun was continued this afternoon Captain Vine Hall said he searched the spot…
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The steamer Talune arrived last evening from New Zealand via Sydney Captain Phillips reports that on September 1, at 10.30 a.m. in latitude 36deg 17in south, longitude 159deg 31in east, 432 miles…
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The ship Rousneff which arrived yesterday from London, reports that on August 10, at 1.80 p.m., in lat, 30deg south, 23deg cast, a spar was passed to leeward. apparently a vessel's topmast, with rigging…
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THE Marine Board inquiry into the loss of the steamer Catterthun off Seal Rocks on. August 8 was resumed to-day. Pistro Luis, fisherman through an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Morayshire
The steamer Morayshire arrived at Adelaide on Friday. She is a brig-rigged steamer, built to specially suit the colonial trade the Merayshire left London on July 21 with a full cargo of 4000 or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Linlithgow.—from Rangoon
The Linlithgow, a steel cargo steamer of 3133 tons net register, reached the barbour last night from Rangoon. The vessel called at Sydney yesterday morning, for orders, and she was there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Virawa.—cargo Shifted.—a Disabled Steamer
The steamer Virawa of the British-India Steam Navigation Company's fleet reached the harbour on Saturday from Calcutta via Rangoon, Penang, Singapore, Thursday Island, and Townsville. Since…
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The schooner Aladdin, which reached Sydney on Sunday from Lord Howe Island, brought word of the foundering of the schooner Zeno off that island on the 17th instant. The Zeno was on a voyage…
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THE Marine Board inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Catterthun was adjourned this afternoon for a week. No evidence was given to-day. When the board met the president…
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The Sydney Marine Board yesterday delivered their finding regarding the loss of the schooner Norman, which happened off Bellambi Reef on August 28. The board, while expressing sympathy for Captain…
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LONDON, Monday.—During the passage of the steamer Iona from Leith to London a fire broke out on board, and despite all attempts to extinguish…
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The Sydney Underwriters' Association has received advice from New Zealand that portions of a vessel's lifeboat had been found on the beach on the south side of Hokitika. The bow portion of the gunwale…
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Captain A. Russell, of the Wesleyan Mission schooner Meda, writes from Port sandwich, Mallicolo, New Hebrides, under date 29th August, that he had met with a succession of strong head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Ketch in Heavy Weather
The well-known ketch Lizzie Taylor, bound from Penguin (Tas.) to Adelaide, put into Melbourne on Wednesday, to effect repairs, and replace some sails which were carried away during tempeatuous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →History of Newcastle. Local Steamship Companies. The First Lifeboat Service. Coal Mining Attracts Capital. No. X.
A LITTLE has already been said of the early shipping of Newcastle, and it has been considerably augmented by letters from old residents, some of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CABLEGRAMS. Wreck of a Spanish Cruiser Many Lives Lost
LONDON, Friday.—News is to hand that the Spanish cruiser Sanchez Barcaistequi came into collision with a steamer, name unknown, and was…
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