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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 18
BY the English mail particulars were received of the loss of the iron ship Port Douglas, near Port Elizabeth on June 21. On that date a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The captain of the Orizaba, on arrival at London from Australia, reported :—June 16, 4 45 am. passed hull of wooden sailing vessel, covered with barnacles, 60ft in length, showing 12ft above water,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News from Capetown states that the Adolf Tidemand, a large Norwegian ship, with general cargo, grounded at Reuben Point, on the African coast. Attempts to tow her of at latest advices had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A wire from Arakoon posted at the local telegraph office last evening read as follows : —"The Government tug Mikado broke from its moorings on Sunday night, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This vessel left here on Saturday for the Richmond River, but owing to a telegraphic interruption it is not known whether she has reached her destination, or whether she has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another wreck, reported from Capetown, is that the Swedish barque Friedheim. The vessel, in attempting to enter the harbour at Kaysna (South Africa), struck on a rock and became a wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A small steamer, named the Kate, owned by Mr. Callen, and employed in towing lighters, swamped at her moorings on Sunday night, and now lies submerged about 40ft from the wharf at Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Melbourne Court of Marine Inquiry has investigated the charge of misconduct and careless navigation preferred against Captain T. W. Lockyer in connection with the grounding of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Heroine, at the Tweed River, dragged her anchors and afterwards slipped her cable and beached two miles north of Point Danger on Sunday evening. All hands saved. She has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Advance, belonging to Sydney, a vessel of 55 tons register, which left Sydney for Newcastle some days ago, and had to make Botany for shelter, is ashore on Lady Robinson's Beach. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The annual demonstration in aid of the funds of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was held in Glasgow recently, and was favoured with delightful weather. The feature of the proceedings was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Sydney Marine Board dispatched the pilot steamer Captain. Cook to search for the overdue vessel Larnaca this morning. The latter vessel left Adelaide for Sydney in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Landana from Mauritius, is loading 3500 loads of karri at Albany for London. She is a new vessel, built by Sir Payten Dixon of Middlesbore', and is on her maiden trip. Her fleet run was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A quantity of wreckage, apparently belonging to a large ship, has been washed ashore on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. There is nothing to identity the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Annie Brown, which arrived in Fremantle on July 15 from Greymouth (N.Z.). with a cargo of lumber, went ashore on the South Beach a few hours after the anchor was dropped in Gage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Port Phillip was launched on the Tyne on the 17th of last month to the order of Messrs. William Milburn and Co., for the Australian trade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A serious accident, resulting in the loss of four lives, occurred on board the steamer Prodane, Captain Macgregor. The vessel left Sunderland, bound for Naples, with coal, but off the Kentish Knock the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A GERAT deal of excitement was created in shipping circles this morning by the telegraphed news of the loss of Messrs. Huddart, Parker and Company's Sydney-New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →INRORMATION was received in the city this morning that the German-Australian Steamship Co.'s steamer Solingen had taken the ground on a reef off Watson's Bay in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →REPORTS regarding the loss of life in connection with the wreck of the steamer Tasmania off Table Cape, New Zealand, have been most conflicting. It was at first stated that…
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