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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 10
LONDON, Sunday. — News from South Africa states that the British cruiser Magicienne captured the German East African steamer Bundersrath…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The seizure of the German steamer Bundesrath in Delagoa Bay, for alleged running of contraband of war, is calmly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Franklin has arrived at Mackay, bringing the captain and three of the crew of the wrecked schooner Eclipse. The schooner was wrecked off Pine Island, where, with help from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The British authorities have seized the Hamburg steamer Hans Wagner in Delagoa Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Harris, of the schooner Eclipse, interviewed, said that he anchored off Percy Island on the 26th December. The wind was blowing a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The P. and O. Company's new steamer Assaye, which was launched recently from the yards of Messrs. Caird and Company, is a vessel of 7300 gross tons, and has bunker and reserve space for 2000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Creswell, C.M.G., superintendent of the Life-saving Service at Port Adelaide, has received a telegram from the harbour-master at Franklin Harbour stating that Mr. Robin on a farmer, had found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—The British authorities at Aden have detained the German steamer General, bound for East Africa. Her cargo is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Morgenbladet" publishes the following from Nansos, on the Norwegian coast:—The steamer Zurich, of London, bound for London from Arch-angel, with a cargo of timber, was wrecked in a gale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday.—The Hamburg steamer Herzog, bound for Delagoa Bay, has been seized and brought to Durban…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—The Channel Islands mail steamer, Ibex, struck on the Black Rock, off the coast of Guernsey. The steamer afterwards sank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Townsville states that the steamer Queen Christina, bound from Shanghai to Newcastle, in ballast, is ashore at Libour Reef, 500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Townsville last week a Court of Inquiry found that the wreck of the schooner Eclipse was unpreventable and that no blame was attachable to the master, Captain Harris. The master's certificate and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—The German steamer General, which was recently detained by the British authorities at Aden has now been released…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—The Orient line R.M.S. Ormuz collided with the steamer Glasgow in the English Channel. The Glasgow foundered. The crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Queen Christina, which on the 23rd ult., during a hurricane, went ashore on Lihou reef. 500 miles from Townsville, is now regarded as a total wreck. She was bound from Shanghai to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has been received from Hobart stating that the schooner Loweah, recently built and launched for Risby Brothers, Hobart, timber merchants, had dragged ashore at Port Davey and become a total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The story of the wreck of [?] steamer Hupeh, particulars of which came to land last night by the steamer Chingtu, from China, forms a thrilling tale of the sea. Laden with sugar, and having on board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The remainder of the crew of the Queen Christina arrived at Townsville from Lihon Reef yesterday. The captain thinks that she is a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Barratta returned last night from the wreck of the steamer Queen Christina on the Lihou Reef. Captain Bruce, of the Christina, reports…
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