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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
278 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 14
In the thick, driving rain, with a fresh southerly, the coastal steamer Merimbula went ashore at 1 a.m. to-day at Abraham's Bosom, 10 miles north of Point Perpendicular, at the entrance to Jervis Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Supreme heroism by lifeboatmen during the year just ended has been recognised by the award of three gold medals—the V.C. of this particular service. In…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A telegram from San Francisco reports that two United States destroyers and a mine-layer are searching west of Honolulu for the steamer British Hussar…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Company's steamer Merimbula is ashore about ten miles north of Point Perpendicular, on the south coast of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ashore on a lonely Pacific reef, the American steamer Steelmaker is in need of immediate assistance. CAPTAIN WILLIAMS,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Passengers and members of the crew from the stranded steamer Merimbula arrived in Sydney from Nowra to-day. The general consensus of opinion among…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Future action concerning wrecked Merimbula was considered at a conference to-day between the Illawarra and South Coast S.S. Co. and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The American ship Steelmaker, bound from Noumea to Honolulu, has gone aground on the Mitchell Reef, in the Elice group. Her position is latitude 8.38 south,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Taken in tow off the Oregon coast on Friday in a battered condition, the five-masted schooner K. V. Kruze, 115 days out from Adelaide, broke the hawser, and has since completely disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. R. Anderson, Newcastle branch manager for Messrs. Scott, Fell, and Company, received a telegram last night from Captain Williams, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the end of an ill-fated voyage of 118 days from Australia, the fire-masted schooner, K. V. Kruse, battered by successive storms, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A collision was narrowly averted between the steamer Hunter, from Newcastle, and the Manly ferry-boat, Burra-Bra, in the fog on Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a heavy fog, the small coastal steamer Gosford a regular trader between Sydney and Gosford went ashore at Ettalong Gutter, near Ettalong Bech, near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Gosford remains on sandbank at Ettalong. After unloading more cargo an attempt was made to get the vessel off under her own steam on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After an unlucky voyage of 113 days from Adelaide, the schooner, K. V. Kruse finally tied up at the dock last night with her sails torn to tatters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The tragic accident on the barquentine. Forest Friend, now in Newcastle harbor, which resulted in the death of the captain, Edgar Adams, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Interstate Steamship Company's steamer Iron Chief, which ran on Mermaid Reef on the night of April 1, and was beached near Diamond Head next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After having been engaged for half; a century in the trade between Melbourne, Tasmania and New Zealand, the ketch S.M.H.T. is to be tied up at Yarraville…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society has awarded its gold medal to Miss Lucy Donaldson, of Brisbane, for her brave act in attempting to save…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The A.U.S.N. steamer Mareeba will be tied up indefinitely. When the vowel was due to sall for Melbourne yesterday it was…
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