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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
370 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 19
Newcastle was visited yesterday by a terrific gale, which in the opinion of all nautical men was more violent that the great "Dandenong" gate of 1876. The breeze,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new schooner Joseph Sims, which has been built at Sydney for Mr. J. Sims of Kalapsi is now ready for sailing, having cleared the Sydney Customs yesterday for Lyttelton. Captain Rennie, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While the steamer Tynemouth, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 827 tons, was lying it anchor in the Mersey, she was accidentally run into with forte by the Cork steamer Gleamyre as the latter was leaving the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. J. and A. Brown's steamer Duckenfield, which left for Sydney on Thursday night, and for whose safety great fears were entertained because of the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peter O'Sullivan, a youth of 16 years of age, who belongs to Prospect, near Port Adelaide was coming on to Newcastle to get a boat for Port Pirie He is the son of an old…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—The American cruiser Annapolis has captured the French liner Lafayette, after an exciting chase. The Lafayette was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The "East London Daily Dispatch" reports that the steamship Clan Lindsay (Captain Schofield) left East London for Durban, and went…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I have just returned from the wreak after a tedious journey occupying the whole day. We left Woy Woy early this morning, and proceeded by boat to a point of land near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The worst fears regarding the local trading steamer Maitland, which left Sydney on Thursday night, and encountered the fall force of terrific gale, have been realised,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The terrible gate from the south-east was severely felt here during the last three days. The ketches Coral,. Merlin, Lena and Lilian, schooner Amelia White, and stoamer Ethel,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Nairnshire, from Rockhampton, arrived in Sydney yesterday morning, and met the full force of the S. to S E gale of the past few days. At noon on Saturday, when 20 miles north of smoky…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. John Reid, total agent for the Melbourne Steamership Company, received a wire yesterday from the pilot at Port Macquarie to the effect that the steamer Brisbane, from Melbourne to Newcastle, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Victoria, which arrived at Sydney from Noumea on Sunday night, had a very perilous experience. They were off Port Stephens on Friday evening, when a terrific southerly gale came on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A rumour spread through the city to-day that Messrs. Howard, Smith and Sons steamer Tyrian was ashore in the vicinity of Port Stephens. Mr. Letheringten, the local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I left Sydney for Newcastle by the 9 o'clock train this morning, but seeing by the papers that the Maitland was supposed to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Nelson's Bay correspondent telegraphs:—The tug Champions has justsignalled re the Tyrian that they have no news of her. A heavy sea is running, and no boats are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A close search is being prosecuted by the police and local residents for the bodies of the victims of this terrible disaster, but to far only one additional body has boon recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—On this occasion I want to draw public attention to the antic disposition which all the parties connected with this institution think fit to put on on every critical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A wire received from Ballina yesterday morning stated that a schooner which was reported the previous night as being disabled, was at anchor in the bight about four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The work of searching the beach for the bodies of victims of this terrible calamity is still being continued by the water police, under Senior-sergeant M'Vane, and friendly…
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