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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
305 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 16
A valuable acquisition to the Balmain New Ferry Company's fleet was made yesterday by the launch of a new steamer from the yard of Messrs. S. Scott and Co., at Mort's Bay, Balmain. The new boat is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following notice was posted at the Exchange to-day:—"The ketch Sunbeam, which left Sydney on October 30 for Townsville, via Brisbane, with cargo of explosives,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The authorities at Jamaica have seized the filibustering steamer Annottabaya, on the ground that it was conveying arms for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →With reference to the missing ketch Sunbeam, which left Sydney for Brisbane at the end of October loaded with explosives, some wreckage was picked up near Nambucca 10 days ago, consisting of portions of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE pluck shown recently by the crew of the Bude (Cornwall) lifeboat Elizabeth Moore Garden, in rescuing the crew of the Danish brigantine…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Thursday.—The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Salier, which was formerly employed in the Bremen-Australian mail service of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Taviuni, which arrived at Sydney on Thursday from Fiji, brought news of the loss of a 10-ton cutter belonging to the natives of the island of Kudarn. She capsized off Vanua Levu, with seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with the wreck of the barquentine Delmira, which occurred on Wednesday night off Cape Palliser, it appears that Captain Hutchinson saved from the wreck £250 which he had on board to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—One of the boilers of the German mail steamer Saghalien burst soon after leaving Hongkong. Several of the stokers who were in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE annual meeting of the National Shipwreck Society was held to-night in the Town Hall. His Excellency the Governor, who presided was received by a guard of honour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The London Missionary Society's mission steamer John Williams is due at Cooktown from Samoa on the 27th inst but it is quite probable that she will reach the port a day or two earlier. After coaling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Warrnambool, which was reported disabled off Cape Otway on Sunday, arrived safely at Adelaide on Tuesday. The Warrnambool reached Albany on the 4th instant, and after taking in coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A cable from Auckland states that the Court of Inquiry into the loss of the barquentine Delmira has found that the casualty was caused by an insetting current and the wind failing. The captain's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rev. Mr. Chalmers, a well-known New Guinea explorer, writing to Mr. T. Pratt, the Sydney agent of the London Missionary Society, gives particulars of a narrow escape from wreck of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADVICES received by the English mail contain particulars of a serious fire which occurred on the steamer Worsley Hall on that vessel's last voyage frond New Orleans, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A COLLISION took place in the harbour this afternoon between the ferry steamer Manly and the steam collier Merksworth. The latter, coal laden from Catherine Hill Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The crew and passengers of the steamer Duke of Devonshire was released from quarantine to-day. TOWNSVILLE, MONDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The crew of the Japanese mail steamer Himeji Maru arrived at Hongkong just before the Menmuir left for Sydney, and reported their vessel a total wreck on Bombay Reef. The Himeji Maru was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A twin-screw steamer of 9400 tons displacement, built for the Messageries Maritimes at that company's yard at La Ciotat, and named the Laos, was launched on the 8th ult. She is the first boat with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWS was received in town on Thursday night that 16 men, comprising the entire ship's company of the barque Carrick, had landed at Eden at 5 p.m. on Thursday, and…
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