Supposed Wreck
The steamer Bombala, which arrived at Melbourne from Sydney on Monday, brought news of a supposed wreck. It was stated that when the vessel was off…
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
265 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
The steamer Bombala, which arrived at Melbourne from Sydney on Monday, brought news of a supposed wreck. It was stated that when the vessel was off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Macpherson, a Port Darwin diver, returned a few days ago from the wreck of the Thomas Andreas a coastal steamer, that foundered off the mouth of the Daly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after midnight last night the lookout man it Rottnest sighted a steamer heading for Fremantle and flying signals of distress. As the vessel came…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs, Burns, Philp, and Co.'s new schooner Lily, which has been constructed for their island trade, was yesterday despatched from Sydney for the Solomon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The British steamer Mount Royal, of 7045 tons, has been wrecked in the Skeena River, British Columbia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new steamer Kempsey, built for N. Can's coastal co-operative Macleay River service, arrived at Fremantle on Tuesday night. The new vessel is en route from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A new steamer for the A.U.S.N. Company's Melbourne to Cooktown service is in course of construction. Though somewhat shorter than the Kanowna and the Kyarra, the new vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It appears, after all, that only half the story was told about the wreck of the Northern Company's coastal steamer Kia Ora, about which I wrote in my last letter. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →LONDON, Friday.—Herr T. W. Tietjen's yacht Hamburg has been totally wrecked while racing between Heligoland and Ostend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The barque Woollahra, of 942 tons, which left Wellington yesterday for Sydney, via Kaipara, went ashore at Cape Terawhiti, about 29 miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Gileb[?] Wat[?] and Sanderson, Ltd., have received by the l[?] English mail particulars of a new steamer which Messrs. W. Lund and Sons are building for the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Norwegian steamer Fido, 1448 tons, in charge of Captain Larsen, stranded at about 7 o'clock last night on a reef outside Cook Island, abreast of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Kia-ora wreck continues, and some very hard swearing has resulted. Which side is right, and which wrong,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Union Steamship Co. of Now Zealand has contracted with Messrs. W. Doxford and Sons Sunderland, for the construction of a turret deck steamer of about 4000 tons, She…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judgment was given yesterday by the Marine Court in the case of the wreck of the barque Woollahara, which went ashore at Terawhitt, a few miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The scow Surprise was totally wrecked at Ohare. The captain, mate, and two of the crew are believed to be drowned. The fifth man reached the shore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—It is estimated that 69 lives were lost by the wreck of the steamer Columbia, off Northern California. One hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Burns, Philip and Co. have been advised that their Island steamer Ysabel has gone ashore at Namu Island, in the Marhsall Group. No details, of the mishap have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Zealand coast lately has been acquiring an unenviable reputation for wrecks. Before the inquiry into the wreck of the Kia Ora was concluded,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A cable message received in Melbourne to-day states that the Russian ship Orient, which left Melbourne on June 6 with a cargo of wheat for East London,…
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