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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 14
A wire from Adelaide states that the schooner Gr[?]ce Darling is a shore on the Spitt, Queenscliff, but is in no danger. The vessel was bound for the West with a large general cargo and three passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Reuter's correspondent telegraphs that the British cruiser Thets righted the German merchantman Kaiser in the Mediterranean…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The debate on the Transvaal matter still continues in the Assembly, thanks to the veluble traitors who desire to impress the country with the reasons for their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Orders have been given at last for the breaking up of the Fulda, which is now being reduced to scrap iron at a shipbuilding yard on the Wesser. The Fulda, originally built for the North German Lloyd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capetown files by the Aberdeen give the finding of the Court of Marine inquiry into the loss of the Aberdeen, steamer Thermopylae, which was wrecked at Capetown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The New Zealand Company's steamer Tekoa, which went ashore at Cape Horn, has arrived at Monte Video…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Hesketh went ashore on Thursday morning on the north beach at Greymouth, near where the Mapourika grounded, while attempting to take the bar. It is doubtful if she can be towed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The adjourned inquiry into the loss of the steamer Mermaid was continued at the Custom House yesterday before the Marine Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—The United States authorities have seized the British steamer Labuan for blockade running…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious collision recently occurred off the Tyrne, and resulted in the loss of a Danish steamer, two of whose crew were severely injured. The steamer Kronen, well known as a regular trader to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The decision of the Court which inquired into the wreck of the brigantine Stanley at Red Mercury Island, on September 10 last, was delivered at Auckland recently as follows:—" Considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This morning will arrive in Newcastle, on her maiden voyage to this port, the new steamer Wallsend. The Wallsend was specially built to the order of the Wallsend Coal Company by Messrs. Murdoch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The British cruiser Magicienne, Captain P. F. Tillard, fired blank cartridge at the French steamer Cordoba, 70 miles from Delagoa Bay, to cause…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—News from the Philippines states that the United States cruiser Charleston has been totally wrecked on the coast of Luzon. The crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Having on board a party representing owners, builders, and friends the steel screw steamer Star of Australia proceeded to Belfast Lough on her trial trip. The vessel is the fifth built by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—It now appears that the Charleston struck on an uncharted rock. The crew were a week ashore, and suffered great hardship before they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Works, Mr. O'Sullivan, is in receipt of a report from Mr. H. D. Walsh concerning the wrecks which, now ornament the Newcastle Harbour entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—The Atlantic liner Canada, 8000 tons, has been chartered as a transport…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Auckland on Thursday the Nautical Court of Inquiry was held concerning the loss of the ship Pleiades, wrecked recently at Castle Point. The Court found that Captain Barton was guilty of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A now departure is being made by the Hamsburg-American Company, who have ordered from Blohm and Voss a steam yachl, 400ft long, to carry first-class…
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