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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
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THE Shanstons, from Mauritius, arrived at Melbourne, reports the loss of the clipper City of Venice. The City of Venice was a fine large forn clipper of 1199 tons, belonging to the wellknown "City" line of Messrs. Smith and Son, of Glasgow, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE unfortunate steamer Waimea, which was recently driven ashore on the north beach of the Richmond River, while attempting to leave that port, with a cargo of timber and maize, for Sydney—as reported in our issue of the 16th instant—now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CARDWELL, MARCH 4TH.—The brig Maria, bound for New Guinea from Sydney, is a total wreck on the Bramble Reef, about thirty miles from here. Twenty-eight of the passengers have arrived in two boats. Forty-seven in another and on rafts,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By telegram,learn that the Highlander, schooner, 93 tons, Captain H. Gray, from Sydney, in endeavouring to enter the Richmond River, went ashore on the North Spit: all lives saved. Our first telegram [?] Casino, stated that the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday morning last, the schooner Commerce, Captain Drewell from Sydney, and bound to the Richmond River, called off the Clarence Heads, and landed Captain and Mrs. Stoddard, chief officer, second mate, and a shipwreeked crew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are this week called upon to record the loss of another vessel on the Richmond River bar, and in this instance, it is a double loss, for though an old vessel, the Culloden had done good service for some months past, in towing in and out to sea, vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following telegrams were received by Mr. T. BAWDEN, M.P., the secretary of the Clarence and New England Steam Navigation Company, yesterday afternoon, notifying the total loss of the chartered steamer Clarence, near Port Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CAIRO, IILINOIS, APRIL 11TH—The steamer Oceanus, from Red River to St. Louis, when near Brook's Point, thirty miles above here, at four a.m., exploded her boiler, blowing her upper works entirely away. Immediately after which the wreck took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CAPTAIN C. H. Linklater and the crew of the barque Mary and Edith arrived in Sydney on Wednesday night by the steamer Havilah, from New Caledonia. They report the total loss of the vessel on a reef near Noumen. The vessel was sold, together…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following particulars respecting the lo[?] of the Clara Sayers, barque, bound to Mauritius from this port, appear in the Mauritius Commercial Gazette of the 4th April:—Captain J. Robb of the ship Pandora, from Calcutta to the Mauritius, reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CAPTAIN MURRAY of the Leslie, schooner, which arrived here to-day, from Cape Moreton, reports the loss of the London trader, Young Australia, Captain Cooper. She left Brisbane for London, with a full cargo of wool, preserved meat, cotton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are still without particulars as to the loss of the Clarence, as owing to Captain CURPHEY being absent at the scene of the wreck, there has been no communication received from him beyond the vague intelligence received by telegram. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have no additional intelligence as to the loss of the above vessel, but Captain CURPHEY having arrived in Sydney by the B[?]llina, the Steam Navigation Board of New South Wales has instituted an inquiry into the loss of the Clarence, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE C. and N. E. S. N. Company's steamer Helen M'Gregor, after having been lengthened thirty feet, arrived in port on Sunday evening. The alterations effected are such as to greatly facilitate her loading and discharging, being supplied with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Sunday, Senior Constable Bennett and several of the townsfolk started from Port Macquarie for the scene of the wreck, and during the week several persons from Kempsey have visited the place. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A BOARD OF TRADE inquiry which had extended over five sittings was concluded at the Greenwich police court, before Mr. Maude, the magistrate, and Captains Harris and Toynbee, nautical assessors, into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON the 26th April, the schooner Lavinia, Captain Brodie, of Sydney, on a beche-le-mer and trading voyage, anchored in a small bight at the eastern and of the Florida Island, Solomon Group, and fished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE schooner Restless, from Solomon's Group and bound to Sydney, foundered off the North Solitary on Saturday last. Two boats with Captain Bowman and mate, and the crew, consisting of twelve natives, arrived safely at the Clarence Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN," in the European Mail, gives the following chatty account of the launch of a new steamer for the Bulli Coal Company:—"I was asked to assist at this launch. The agents did a courteous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. M'NAUGHTON, the chief engineer of the steamship Jesmond, furnishes a thrilling narrative of the shilling of an English steamer by Spaniards at sea. The steamer was on her voyage home, freighted from…
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