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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
181 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 10
One need not be a gambler to adept some of his jargon, as it is thus that one may best describe the general feeling on learning of the death of Bret Harte. Fame…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Elverland, the schooner which on Sunday was reported from South Solitary Island as dismasted, and heading south, and on Monday as having been in Low,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—The steamer Deptford is ashore at Las Palmas. The bottom of the vessel under the fore and main holds has been badly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Norman Bain, late master of the steamer Kingsley was called upon yesterday to show cause, before the Marlne Court, why his certificate should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maoris have reported that the side of a vessel and a quantity of timber had been washed ashore on the west coast of the North Island, in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The British torpedo-boat destroyer Recruit, while proceeding from the Isle of Man to Plymouth, during a thick fog, struck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The news has just been received that the Victoria Messrs. Huddart Parker and Co's new steamer, which is being built at Dundee by Messrs. Gourlay Brothers for the Australian-New Zealand trade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Adelaide Company's new steamer Tarcoola arrived in Port Jackson yesterday morning from London. The Tarcoola is a steel vessel of 1676 tons net and 2646 tons is gross She has length of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Turakina, a steel screw steamer just constructed by R. and A. Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co. Limited, Hebbarn-on-Tyne, for the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, of London, for their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 3 o'clock this morning the schooner Advance was wrecked off Henry's Head, just Inside the northern entrance to Botany Bay, and Captain John Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday afternoon the steamer Ra Elba met with two accidents within the space of about an hour and a-half, and sustained damage estimated at several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND (N.Z), Saturday Night. News has come to hand of the wreck, on Apitki, in the Paumotu Group, of the steamer Croix Du Sud, better known us…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News received from Adelaide accounts for the wreckage found on Kangaroo Island on Sunday. The ketch Ariel, which had been sheltering under Point Marsden, her sails having been blown away…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram received from Wellington (N.Z.), dated Monday, states that the Union S.S. Co.'s steamer Mawhera has run on a reef at Apataka Island, in the Paumoto Group, late at night, during a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The schooner Iris, which left Adelaide on Saturday for Western Australia, has had a rough time of it. The Omrah saw her in the Gulf flying signals of distress. The tug Surprise, which was despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 11 o'clock last night the coasting steamer Williams, engaged in the trade between Newcastle and Port Stephens, was towed into Newcastle harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News was received here last evening of the attending of the ketch Forest Queen near Port Stephens on Monday. The information was conveyed by Richard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Oakley, in port at Newcastle replenishing her bunkers before proceeding to South Africa with her cargo of New Zealand oats, took the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the heavy for to-day the steamer Gulf of Slam went ashore in the bay near Williamstown. The weather is mild and the water calm, and it is expected that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The German-Australian steamer Duisburg, which arrived at Sydney on Wednesday night from Hamburg via Port Elizabeth, has brought the news of the stranding of the steamer Clan Macgre or on…
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