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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 19
The steamer Airlie brings news that the Japanese ma[?] war Puso ran on a rock near Nagahama, in the Kits division of Iyo province, and sank, at 6 p m. on October 29. The Fuso used to enjoy the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A S[?]OUS accident occurred to the Stockton ferry steamer Adeline on Saturday afternoon, which fortunately was unattended by fatality, but was nevertheless a narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quite a fleet of vessels arrived here during yesterday morning from Sydney, and inquiries were made as to whether any floating wreckage had been soon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE pilot steamer Captain Cook, which was dispatched from Sydney on Monday afternoon in search of the missing seamen from the wrecked brig, returned to Port Jackson at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON inquiry at the Sailors' Home yesterday it was learned that Captain Gallant had passed a better night, but was still in a weak condition consequent upon his long immersion in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday morning last a schooner was launched from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. David Drake, at Bald Rock, Balmain, before a large concourse of visitors. As the vessel glided gracefully off the ways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWS has just been received from Bundaberg that the A.U.S.N. steamer Ranelagh, which anchored near Burnett Heads, dragged her anchors and went ashore on the rocks. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The Messrs. Napier, the Clyde shipbuilders, have launched the first of three Japanese steamers intended for the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWS is to hand of the total [?]oss of the Adelaide S. S. Co.'s steamer Lubra, on Jurien Reef. From a statememt by the captain it appears that about Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A message from Perth state that Mr. W. E. Moxon, local manager for the Adelaide S.S. Company Captain Owen, the outdoor superintendent for the company, and Captain Russell, Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As the non-arrival of the steamer Rob Roy at Rockhampton from Brisbane caused considerable uneasiness, the Government dispatched a steamer from Rockhampton to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TELEGRAMS from Bundaberg state that the. Ranelagh now lies firmly upon the rook. She has settled down at an angle of 12 degrees. The [?]all force of the current is pressing her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE diver patched the hole in the Ranelagh's side to-day, bat cannot discover whether there are any others until the flood waters abate. It is considered that if the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—A cable from New York states that a body of 100 Spanish officers broke into and wrecked the officers of several news-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHEN the steamer Tangier arrived at Fremantic on Thursday from Newcastle, inquiries were made as the report that the steamer had passed the crow of the foundered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PRELIMINARY investigation has been opened at Fremantle before the harbour master (Captain Russell), and the Collector of Customs, in connection with the wreck of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another hole has been discovered in the Ranelagh. A general average of 25 per cent. has been struck upon the cargo. The Katoomba will take the northern cargo, and the Taldora stanes by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—The Japanese transport Vara was wrecked on the Island of Pickadores. Eighty-five persons were drowned and five saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE four-masted fore and aft schooner King Cyrus, of San Francisco, was towed into Port Jackson last night leaking so badly that the pilot deemed it prudent to put her on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The R.M.S. Britannia brings word that H.M.S. Edgar, sister ship to the Royal Arthur, on her way to the China station, called at Colombo and reported having an exciting adventure while coming through…
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