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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
305 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 16
THE wreak of the mission steamer Dayspring will be long remembered in Newcastle as an event which cast a temporary shadow over homes in this city, but which, happily, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. W. W. Johnson's steamer Maggie Johnson did excellent work yesterday meeting the trains at Cockle Greek in the morning, from whence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advices by the English mail state that Mr. G. W. Nicoll, of Sydney, has contracted with Messrs. Gourlay, Brothers, and Co.. of Dundee, for the construction of a steamer for the coastal cargo and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Marine Board held an inquiry into the loss of the Presbyterian mission steamer Day-spring this morning. Captain Hixon presided. Present : Captains M'Lean,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →REGARDING a paragraph which appeared a few days ago in our columns, giving some particulars regarding heroic conduct on the part of Mr. William Skilton many years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Lass o' Gowrie, which has been recently purchased by Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons, Limited, left Sydney on Friday for Queensland ports, it bring intended that she shall take up the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last month a steamer which will dwarf the great majority of ships afloat was launched from the yard of Messrs. Harland and Wolf, of Belfast. She was built for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAPTAIN J.E.G. NERDRUM, with four Kanakas forming pars, of the crew of the ketch Siskin, arrived at Pine Island on Saturday and reached Mackay to-day. They report that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I do not wish to detract in the least from the heroism displayed by my old friend Skelton on that memorable occasion in taking off the crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Particulars received at South Shields of the foundering of the Tyne steamer Kylemoor in Sulina Roads after collision with the steamer March show that the former vessel was laden with 5000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A COLLISION occurred off Watson's Bay early this morning between the pilot steamer Captain Cook and harbour steamer Carrington, in which the latter was so badly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A WIRE received this morning from Port M'Donnell states that the steamer La Serena, from West Australia bound to Melbourne, had been spoken about 12 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday. —The Union, Steamship Company's new steamer Hawea, built for the New Zealand trade, has been launched at Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News from Fiji states that the Colonial Sugar Refining. Company's steamer Fiona, whilst proceeding from Ba to Labassa, grounded twice on a reef about 12 miles from the former place. She was towed off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has been received from Rockhampton that another case of smallpox has been reported on board the mail steamer Duke of Devonshire. The patient is a Chinaman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Duke of Duvonshire arrived at Moreten Bay this afternoon with a case of smellpox aboard, and was ordered to undergo quarantine at Peel Island, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] course of an interview with a press repre[?]Mr. Beckman, mate of the Siskin, who has [?]returned from the scene of the wreck by H.M.S. [?]says that there is nothing fresh to relate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Griffin, now on a beche-de-mer crusie, was in the vicinity of the Chesterfield Group just before H.M.S. Pylades arrived there and reported all well. She has not, however, been heard of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Launceston on Tuesday morning the river steamer Corio, whilst lying laden with general cargo and ready for a trip to the river ports, sank at the wharf in 10ft of water. It is surmised that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has been received of the wreck of the barque Leif, from Buenos Ayres, at East London on October 26. The vessel, whilst at anchor in the roadstead, parted her chain, and drove ashore, one of the crew…
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