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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
305 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 16
Additional particulars are to hand concerning the loss of the Norwegian barque Lakme, which occurred recently off Reuiffe lighthouse (Cape Colony). Early in the morning the lighthouse-keeper wired that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—A French barque has been captured by Moorish pirates. A Spanish steamer, which attempted to rescue the barque, was fired upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was launched on Saturday morning from the yards of Messrs. Young and Co., Rozelle Buy a handsome double-ended screw steamer, built to the order of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the meeting of the Sydney Marine Board yesterday the master of the s.s. Chindera, Captain John 8. Pearson, was called upon to explain the wreak of that steamer. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram posted at the telegraph office yesterday states that the ketch Idea, bound from Port Macquarie to the Bellinger River, while beating north missed stays and went ashore about one mile south…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Later particulars to hand state that the steamer Idea, which went ashore at the Bellinger on Wednesday night, is expected to break up as the sea rises, and her cargo has been landed on the beach. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There was launched from the yard of Mr. Rock Davis, of Blackwall, on Wednesday a steamer built to the order of the Graziers' Butchering Company, Brisbane, from the designs and under the supervision…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An ingenious Swede deserves well of his country, and of ours, says a London journal, for an invention respecting which more will be heard. Though the suggestion comes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The large steamer Indianapolis, chartered by the Adelaide Steamship Company, was arrested by the order of the Vice-Admiralty Court, at the instance of the owners of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Italian wooden barque Monte Tabor went ashore on Highland Beach, near the entrance to New York Harbour, on Sunday, September 13th, about midnight. As soon as her master, Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A CABLE received from Noumea by the church authorities states that the Presbyterian Missionary Society's steamer Dayspring has been totally wrecked off the northern and of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A CABLEGRAM received here yesterday afternoon noon reports that the boat's crew of the Presbyterian mission steamer Dayspring, which was in charge of Captain Bibbing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Messageries Maritime's steamer Armand Behic arrived here to-day with the captain and other of the crew of the wrecked mission steamer Dayspring. The men had suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALL anxiety concerning the safety of the missing boat from the wrecked steamer Dayspring was set at rest on Saturday by the arrival of the boat at Cape Capricorn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday night Captain Slocum's yacht Spray was blown by the south-westerly wind on to the Pier beach, Manly. The yacht was high and dry all day. Captain Slocum, with the aid of some men,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A valuable addition to the harbour fleet is the steamer Marie, which has just been completed by Messrs. Callen Bros. to the order of Captain D. Williams. The vessel is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with the vessel reported ashore on the Island of Bubari-tari, in the Gilbert Group, news by the island steamer Archer states that the natives report that the wreck is that of some old craft. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Jones, of the Japanese steamer Yamashire Maru, entertained a large assemblage aboard in the Brisbane River yesternight. The guests included nearly all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE steamer Tyrian arrived at Brisbane on Wednesday with Messrs. W. J. Carmichael (chief officer) and D. Gow (second engineer), of the mission…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three casks, with boards nailed to them in the form of a raft, were washed ashore four mile north of the Clarence Heads on Friday. A piece of bamboo, which was probably used for a mast, wan fastened to…
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