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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 19
The twenty-first annual meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales was hold at the Town Hall, Sydney, last night. The great hall was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The commander of the s.s. Umzinto (Captain De Gruyter) informed a Durban "Mercury" representative that, when nearing Farquhar Reef, which is, roughly speaking,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cable advices from Tasmania give particulars of the loss of the American schooner C. C. Funck, a well-known trader to, Newcastle. The story of the disaster is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the year the wreck, on the coast of New Zealand numbered 48, representing 20,357 tons, as against 60 wrecks, representing 22,058 tons, in the previous year. The number of total wrecks within…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Linda, ketch, entered Tamar Heads on Sunday morning last. Captain Dargaville reported to the pilot in charge that about nine or ten days ago the American barquentine C. C. Funk was wrecked on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is no further information from Flinders Island in connection with the wreck of the American schooner C. C. Funk. Joh[?]nn Petersen, one of the survivors, lef Launceston for Melbourne on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On July 6th the British India Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Umta, built and engined by Messrs. Alex. Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, went down the Clyde on her trial trip. The Umta is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Amy, which wan sent from Launceston to the scene of the wreck of the schooner C.C. Funk, has returned to Launceston. One body was discovered, but was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The names of vessels that have come to grief at or near the entrance of this port within the last twenty years make a rather formidable list. It can…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—The French cruiser La Perouse has been caught in a tidal wave at Madagascar and wrecked General Galliene, the French…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Limited, have lunched from their naval construction works at Barrow-in-Furness a large four-masted twin-screw steamship, adapted for carrying and laying submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A collision occurred in Sydney harbour yesterday morning during a dense fog by which the Government steamer Kate was sunk. It appears that the Port Jackson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advices to hand state that an inquiry has been held into the Bourgoyne disaster. The report goes fully into details, and is supported by proofs completely vindicating the crew of the Bourgoyne on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—During a dense fog in the English Channel, a collision occurred between Hamburg vessel and a schooner. The latter was sunk,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Metemmeh, on the Nile, about 100 miles to the north of Khartoum, was found in a state of absolute desolation. The streets were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steam yacht Nellie has returned to Launceston from Flinders Island. A few days before the steamer's arrival on Thursday two bodies were recovered 20 miles north of where the wreck occurred,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—The ship Firth of Cromarty, which sailed from Glasgow to Sydney, has gone ashore at Crosewall Point, Wigton, Scotland,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Port Elizabeth, July 18 (Reuter).—The Portuguese barque Emilia, which struck on Thunderbolt Rock, near Cope Receiffe, was successfully towed clear of the rocks and into the bay, where she was anchored…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ship Firth of Cromarty, bound from Glasgow to Sydney has gone ashore at Corsewall Point, on the coast of Wigtown, Scotland and is expected to become a total wreck. The whole of the passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Queen of the South, which has arrived at Wellington from the east coast stations of N.Z., brings news of the finding of wreckage on the…
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