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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1857

17 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Shipwreck of the Lyonnais Steamer. Loss of 130 Lives

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1857 · page 3

On the 1st of November the iron steamship Lionnais, built in Liverpool this year, and belonging to the Franco-American Company, sailed from New…

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Dreadful Shipwreck. Total Loss of the Packet Ship " New York." —Terrible Suffering of the Survivors

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1857 · page 2

We regret to announce that the emigrant packet ship New York, which was on her return from Liverpool, with 200 passengers and a crew of 27 men, went…

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Colonial Intelligence. the Easterly Gale. Wrecks in Port. Loss of the Barque Fame, Dismasting of the Barque Indus, and Other Casualities

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1857 · page 3

DURING the whole of Monday and yesterday this port was visited by one of the severest easterly gales remembered for some years past, accompanied…

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Wreck of the Dunbar at Sydney Heads. the Inquest

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1857 · page 4

On Monday, an inquest was held at the King's Arms, Lower George-street, touching the death of the passengers and crew of the ship Dunbar, lost at the South Head, on the…

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The Locality of the Wreck

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1857 · page 6

A slight description of the locality where the late melancholy catastrophe occurred may be interesting to those not acquainted with it. From the South Head, on which the lighthouse…

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Wreck of the Dunbar at Sydney Heads. Awful Loss of Life

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1857 · page 6

AT an early hour, yesterday morning, news flew like lightning through the city of a large ship having been wrecked outside the Heads in the furious gale which raged throughout…

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Wreck of the Dunbar.--awful Loss of Life

The Yass Courier · Saturday 29 August 1857 · page 5

THURSDAY'S mail has conveyed a very melancholy account of the loss of the ship Dunbar from Plymouth at the Sydney Heads and the supposed destruction of every soul on board. It is indeed…

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Colonial Intelligence. Collision at Sea. Sinking of a Melbourne Steamer. Loss of Thirty-one Lives

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1857 · page 3

WE (Age) have to report the total loss of the steamer Champion, Captain Helpman, trading between this and Portland, by collision with the Lady Bird steamer…

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Burning of a Steamer on the St. Lawrence

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1857 · page 3

INTELLIGENCE has been received of the total destruction by fire, on the 26th of June, near Quebec, of the steamer Montreal, whereby, sad to relate, no…

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Total Wreck of the "Catherine Adamson," at the North Head.—21 Lives Lost

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1857 · page 2

WE regret to announce the loss of the fine ship Catherine Adamson, Captain Stewart.—The loss of life is most distressing. There cabin passengers, two servants, Mr. Pilot…

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Wreck of the "Catherine Adamson." Additional Particulars

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1857 · page 4

Captain Robson, one of the pilots at South Head, who rendered considered service to the wrecked vessel, gives the following particulars. He says:—"I was at the lightship…

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Colonial Intelligence. Wreck of the Catherine Adamson Loss of Twenty-one Lives

The Yass Courier · Saturday 31 October 1857 · page 6

AFTER a lapse of little more than two months since the wreck of the Dunbar, it again becomes our painful duty to record the loss of another equally fine ship, and as valuable a cargo, but…

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Wreck of the Catherine Adamson. Adjourned Inquest

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1857 · page 2

THE inquest held on the bodies of certain of the passengers and crew of the above vessel was resumed at six o'clock last evening. The Coroner stated that he had represented…

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Notes of the Late Wreck

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1857 · page 4

ON the morning of the wreck and for several days afterwards, the harbour in the vicinity of the point where the Catherine Adamson struck, presented a scene of the most dismal…

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The Late Wrecks

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 23 December 1857 · page 4

THE LATE WRECKS.—We understand that Mr. J. E. Graham, acting on behalf of Lloyds, has entered into an arrangement with two experienced divers lately from Melbourne…

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British Extracts. Wreck of the Steamship Central America, and Frightful Loss of Life

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1857 · page 1

FROM the American papers before us, we abridge the particulars of the loss of the above vessel, with upwards of 400 lives. The Boston Journal, of October…

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Wreck of the Steam-ship Central America, and Frightful Loss of Life

The Yass Courier · Saturday 26 December 1857 · page 3

From the American papers before us, we abridge the particulars of the loss of the above vessel, with upwards of 400 lives. The Boston Journal, of October 5. enters into…

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