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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 18
THE ship Duncow, under the charge of Captain Graves, and bound for Port Pirie from Puget Sound, has been wreaked on the south coast of Kangaroo Island. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the voyage of the barque Loch Cree, which arrived at Hobart from London on Hay 27th, on March that 6 a.m., in lat. 13.58 N., and long. 26.30 W., a large wooden cooper-bottom vessel, bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advices from Cape Hawke state that the ketch Ability has broken up. The Favourite is still in the same position with her bulwarks washed away, and partly embedded in the sand. On Tuesday night the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The complaint made by the navigating officer of the Orlando against the navigation of the steamer Time was brought before the Marine Board to-day. Captain Fischer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A wire from Inskip Point states that the steamer Derwent broke her shaft shortly after crossing the bar on Sunday, and had to return to anchorage inside. The pilot steamer Llewellyn went to her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Marine Court of Inquiry held at Wellington to inquire into the wreck of the ship Zulieka on April 16, found that the wreck was caused by the vessel making more leeway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French steamer St. Pierre met with a mishap off the coast of Noumea recently. The vessel was on a coasting trip, when she lost her propeller blades. She was 300 miles from Noumea at the time, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BY the White Star liner Damasous news was received yesterday of the total loss of the barque Cambusnethan at Algoa Bay on May 8th. The vessel was returning to Algoa Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Katoomba, from the Islands, brings news of a serious accident which happened to Captain Thomas Williams, of the Ysabel, at Hog Harbour, in Espiritu Santo, on the 2aith April. The Ysabel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The chief officer of the steamer Augusta, trading between Byron Bay and Sydney, reports that during the steamer's trip north on Thursday, June 10, he sighted a fishing boat floating bottom up about two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—A violent gale swept over the Irish Sea and west coast of England yesterday, causing great damage to shipping and loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although the days of the old-fashioned lifeboat with its crew or hardy veterans or ready volunteers are not yet numbered, there are signs of change in design, and we are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A letter received in Sydney yesterday dated Borley Point, near Ulladulla, the 19th instant, and signed "Captain Gittins, master of the Bonnie Dundee, schooner," states that on the 18th instant at 4 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the 6th ultimo there was launched at West Bay City, Michigan, the Thomas Cranage, the largest vessel probably ever built of wood, and certainly the biggest wooden steamer afloat, her dimensions being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The builder of the five-massed schooner Frank A. Palmer, which has been lately launched at Bath Maine, announces that he intends to produce another schooner even greater dimensions next winter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the 14th May Messrs Gourlay Bros, and Co., Dundee, had a trial with the steel steamship Excelsior, 300 tons, built and engined by them for Mr. G. W. Nicoll, of sydney. She is intended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the P. and O. steamer Aden, which is a week overdue. The company's officials hope…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bucknall steamer Basoto, Captain William Ladds, which loaded wool at Sydney a few months ago, arrived at Capetown recently, and reported having had a nasty buffeting at sea. She left Port Louis,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday, 11.55 a.m.—Intelligence has just been received that the P. and O. steamer Aden, bound from China to London, which is 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—A telegram received through Reuter's Agency gives further particulars of the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Aden, from…
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