SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Chapter Three Oyster Bank's First "Kill"
The first vessel wrecked on the notorious Oyster Bank was the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953
106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 6
SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Years Take Toll Of Ships Chapter Four
Between 1816 and 1838 many ships were wrecked on the Newcastle coast, particularly the Oyster Bank. Others were stolen by convicts and never heard of again…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lifeboat Crew Saved Many Chapter Five—
It is difficult to record the stories of many of the brave rescues in which the lifeboat and its crew participated due to the meagre details that are available, but from 1859 to 1864 upwards of 70 lives…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle
A lifeboat built in Sydney in 1855 was defective and had to be disposed of Then it was that an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle William Skilton—Lifesaver Chapter Six
One of the best known lifeboat men of the early days was William Skilton. On Nov. 7, 1856, the barque ELEANOR…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Chapter Seven Ship 'Lived' To Sail Again
On May 12, 1862, the full rigged ship Queen of England (1100 tons ), in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Cawarra Was Worst Wreck Chapter Eight
Thursday, July 12, 1866, will ever be remembered by the residents of Newcastle, for it was on that day that the ill-fated steamer Cawarra was wrecked on the Oyster Bank and 60 lives were lost. Of all the long list of shipping disasters on the northern coast, this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Chapter Nine "Cawarra Gale's" Heavy Toll
Yesterday's chapter described the worst shipping disaster on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Tragedy Of The Zone Chapter Ten
The wreck of the schooner Zone on Saturday, March 19, 1864, was responsible for the loss of three residents of Newcastle,—gallant members of the lifeboat crew…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ship Wrecked off Newcastle Lifeboat Crew Reorganised Chapter Eleven
On Feb. 27, 1867, Mr. James Hannell presided over a meeting held in the courthouse with the object of organising a proper lifeboat crew…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Six Die in Lifeboat Capsize
LONDON, Oct. 27. A.A.P.—Six members of the crew are believed to have drowned when a lifeboat capsized in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Chapter Twelve
At daybreak it fought its way out of the harbor when it was rumored that a large ship was in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Chapter Thirteen Saga Of The Sixty-Milers
The story of the little coastal vessels is one of the most stirring tales of our shipping history. Many incidents of hardship, adventure and grim tragedy can be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Tragedy Of The Lost Ships
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the sea is that of some small ship that leaves port and is never heard of again. The records of the early…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Sinking Of Barque Ann
During the gale of July 1876, the steamer Ajax left Newcastle for Port Stephens to aid a schooner in distress and arrived there to find that the bargue Ann had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle No Aid Given Yarra Yarra Chapter 16
Very similar to the wreck of the Cawarra was the tragic loss of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ship Wrecked By Explosion
BOSTON, Mon. (A.A.P.)—Explosion and fire wrecked the Norwegian freighter Black Falcon here today with an estimated death-roll of from 15 to 21…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Susanne Godeffroy Tragedy Chapter. 17
Though totally unfit to encounter even the most ordinary perils of the sea, the American sailing ship Susanne Godeffroy was expected by her owners to do so and paid the inevitable…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle City of Newcastle Wreck Chapter 18
It is difficult to realise that a large steamer crowded with passengers and cargo could go ashore on the jagged rocks beneath the towering cliffs of Shepherd's Hill, Newcastle, without the loss of a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Loss Of Susan Gilmore Chapter 19
Below the towering cliffs on Shepherd's Hill, Newcastle, about 50 yards from the scene of the wreck of the S.S. City of Newcastle there is a tiny stretch of sand known…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →