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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 18
The Marine Board of New South Wales report the loss of 1[?] vessels and 5 lives during 1896, as follow : —January 23, Ald[?]nga, s, 259 tons, struck on edge of Bellambi reef, and became a total wreck. March 20 :…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE New Zealand Shipping Company's R M.S. Ruapehu, bound from London to Wellington with some 200 passengers on board, took the ground seven miles west of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Siegfried left Hongkong on the 22nd ult. for Sydney as an intermediate cargo boat for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The Siegfried is a German steamer of 1464 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—Later reports from New York with regard to the foundering of the filibustering steamer Commodore, while on the voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Barranjoey states that the steamer Princess sprung a leak off South Head on Tuesday night and was beached at Barranjoey, where her cargo was landed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As the steam collier Easby was turning round in the Yarra, Victoria, on Tuesday, prior to leaving for Newcastle, she ran stem-on to the ship Lake Superior, which was discharging cargo alongside the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Since the beginning of December 28 banks and banking firms connected with the National Bank of Illinois have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Friedrich der Grosse, of the Norddeutcher-Lloyd line, arrived in Port Phillip on Wednesday from Bremen. This vessel, which is on her maiden voyage, is the largest that has ever been in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Federal Steam Navigation Company have just had built a large steamer at Hebburn-on Tyne for the frozen meat trade between London and Australia. The launch took place on November 20, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday. — The steamer Langton Grange, which left Australian ports in November with a cargo of frozen meat and wool for London,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A WIRE received on Saturday from Macleay Heads stated that the ketch Forester, while being towed to sea by the tug Volunteer, took the ground on the south spit inside, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A TELEGRAM from Cunninghame (Vic.) states that the barque County of Antrim, from Maryport, bound to Brisbane with a cargo of steel rails had gone ashore about three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Orient Company's steamer Orient arrived this morning, and reported a sensational experience. She left Port Phillip on Saturday in continuation of her voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Esperance states that the mail packet Macgregor is again in trouble. She was preparing to get away for Eucla, when she grounded, swung round, and was beached 100ft from the shore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—Pratique has been granted to the transport steamer Nubia, which arrived at Plymouth some days ago with cholera on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The small steamer Manaia was wrecked near Opunake (N.Z.) on Thursday. The members of the crew were saved. The cause of the accident is attributed to the atmosphere being hazy, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram from Perth states that the steamer Croydon, which arrived there on Friday from Geraldton, reports a barque ashore on a reef about 20 miles south of Jurien Bay. All sails are flying,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The lifeboat of the R.M.B. Orient, which was used to convey provisions to the brig Phyllis, and afterwards cut adrift, has born picked up on the beach some miles north of Uladulla…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ketch Premier, which arrived in Sydney last week from Port Macquarie, was launched on the 7th November at Port Macquarie. She was built by Mr. John Munton for Mr. N. Cain, of Wauchope, Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The barque stranded in Jurien Bay (W.A.), as surmised, proved to be the Europe, an Italian craft of 755tons. She left Glasgow on October 11. The captain and first mate have arrived at Fremantle, and…
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