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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
305 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 16
At Onehunga, New Zealand, one night recently the Northern Co.'s steamer Kanieri, lying alongside the wharf, was on fire. The steamer was engaged in coaling up to a late hour. It is supposed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Brassey's yacht Sunbeam, which is at present in Tasmanian waters, went ashore on Saturday near Government House, Hobart. H. M. S. Karrakatta got under steam to tow her off the rocks. Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—News has been received to-day of the wreck of the ship Ealing, on the coast of Nova Scotia. After the ship had struck, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hawaiian anthorites have seized the schooner Henrietta, with a big consignment of contraband stuff, in the shape of opium. It appears that the schooner, which was a stranger to Honolulu,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Asphodel, hence to Western Australia, has been detained at Sydney to have her hold ventilated in accordance with the Passenger Act. Upon inquiry on board it was learnt that before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report from Bellambi, received yesterday, stated that the steamer Aldinga, from Wollongong party loaded with coal troops the Bellambi reef at daybreak and became a total wreck. A wire from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report from Wellington says the barque Halcione has disappeared altogether. Heavy grinding on the reef had apparently torn the bottom out of her. A considerable quantity of cargo drifted about between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Mitchell, of the ship M. E. Watson, which has arrived at Melbourne from New York, reports seeing, on the 13th inst., a piece of wreckage consisting of a vessel's yard about 60ft long. The yard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steam collier Aldinga, 440 tone, went ashore on the Bellambi Reef at 4 o'clock this morning. She left Wollongong at 11.50 p.m. last night for South Bulli, and during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lund line steamer Bungaree is expected at Sydney from London via intercolonial ports. She arrived at Adelaide last Friday, having occupied 43 days 17 hours' steaming time from London via Las…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wreck of the barque Halcione at Wellington Heads has been sold by auction. The hell, spars, anchors, and gear of the vesssel were knocked down to Mr. Russo at £14 10s. The cargo, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Romeril, of the Kahu, who has arrived at Christchurch, reports that during the last few weeks a quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at the Chatham Islands. There is nothing to identify…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAPTAIN BOYLE, of the steam collier Aldinga, which went ashore at Bellambi yesterday, reported the occurrence to the Marme Boarrd to-day, and an inquiry is to be commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A remarkable affair is reported from Palmer, one of the more remote islands of the Canary group. On the arrival there of one of the Spanish line of steamers from Havana, to land some of her 800 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following telegram was received from Gladstone yesterday morning:—"The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Glanworth, bound from Rockhampton to Glastone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A wire woo received yesterday from Bellinger Heads to the effect that the ketch Petrel whilst attempting to Bail in over the bar on Monday morning, went ashore on the north head. She was, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Celtic King cleared at the Customs yesterday for London, via Sydney, with the following cargo:—1010 bales wool, 4709 carcases of mutton, and 2 hogsheads of wine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Wollumbin, which during the past two years has been engaged in the Sydney-Newcastle and Byron Bay trade, was totally wrecked yesterday morning on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. W. H. Smith and Sons' steamer Era arrived in port last evening from Sydney, where she has just left dock after general overhaul. Whilst in dock the vessel was cleaned, painted, and decorated,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →INSPECTOR LYNCH received a wire yesterday from the police constable at Catherine Hill Bay to the effect that the wreck of the steamer Wollumbin at Norah Head had been…
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