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West Coast Times, Issue 263, 27 July 1866, Page 3

Very sad and disastrous is the intelligence contained in the Sydney and Newcastle telegrams, which we published yesterday. The storm was indeed a fearful one, exceeding in intensity lhat which wrecked the ill-fated Dunbar. According to our advices fourteen vessels have been wrecked, of which three are steamers, and it is feared that another, the Corio, has foundered with all hands. The A.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Cawarra was wrecked a t Newcastle, and all the crew aud passengers drowned save one. The s.s. West Hartley went on shore at Lake Macquarie — no lives lost. The Bungaree tug steamer, whilst towing the barque Midas into Newcastle went on shore, dragging her charge after her. Happily, however, both crews were saved. Quite a fleet of sailing vessels have been destroyed. The Tiger, schooner, went on shore at Woollongong, and part of her crew were lost. The Lady Bowen stranded on Bradley's Reef, in Sydney harbor, and the brig Freak at Newcastle. Fourteen miles from Port Stephen's the Roderic Dhu was driven on shore, and the ship Esk, from New Zealand, became a total wreck just inside Sydney Heads. At Trial Bay the Carnation, schooner, came to grief. The William Watson, barque, was wrecked on the same bank as the Cawarra, and two of her crew were lost. The Caroline and Sea Gull, schooners, foundered off Newcastle, takiwg all hands down with them, and to close this melancholy catalogue the Lismore and Cheetah were both wrecked at Newcastle, and two of the latter vessel's crew drowned. We fear that these are not all, and that when our Sydney files come to hand they will tell a^tale of disaster and loss of life unparalleled in the annals of the colonies.