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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1872

21 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

The Adventures of a Road-steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 January 1872 · page 3

AN interesting account is given by the Scotsman of a feat, without parallel, lately performed by a large road-steamer—namely, running from Ipswich to Edinburgh by road,…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Suez Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 3

THE following was issued from this office as an extraordinary on Thursday morning:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The Australasian Steam Navigation…

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The Romance of the Wreck Returns

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 February 1872 · page 4

WE recently noticed some of the statistics of the latest wreck returns, and commented on some of the considerations they obviously suggested. Blue-books are proverbially dull…

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Wreck of the Brig Maria. (From the S. M. Herald’s Telegram.) CARDWELL, 4th

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1872 · page 2

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…

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Wreck of the Brig Maria

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 March 1872 · page 2

CARDWELL, 4TH.--The brig Maris, bound for New Guinea from Sydney, is a total wreck on the Bramble Roof, about thirty miles from here. Twenty-eight of the passengers have arrived in…

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Wreck of the New Guinea Expedition. Cardwell, 4th

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 3

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 beats. Forty-seven in…

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Wreck of the Maria. (Telegram to S. M. Herald.) Brisbane, 5Th

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 3

A TELEGRAM has been received to-day by the Colonial Secretary of Queensland from the Police Magistrate at Cardwell. It states that the Tinonee came to anchor last night, and that the pilot…

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The Wreck of the Maria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1872 · page 4

FROM the Cleveland Bay Express of the 9th inst. we (S. M. H.) take the following particulars of the wreck of the Maria. Mr. Hargrave arrived in Sydney yesterday by the steamer Boomerang…

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Wreck of the Huntress.—sufferings of the Crew

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1872 · page 3

BY the arrival in harbour last evening of the p.s. Duke of Edinburgh from Russell, we have been placed in possession, by Captain Farquhar, of the following particulars of the…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Suez Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 10 April 1872 · page 4

THE following was issued from this office as an extraordinary on Monday morning:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The Australasian Steam Navigation…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Suez Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1872 · page 2

THE following was issued as an extraordinary from this office on Saturday afternoon:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH]…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Mail Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1872 · page 4

THE following was issued as an extraordinary from this office yesterday morning:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The mail steamer arrived at Melbourne…

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Terrible Wreck. —The Only Survivor Saved by a Newfoundland Dog

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 5 June 1872 · page 4

A SEAMAN of the barque Fils d' Orson, which touched at Sable Island off the Nova Scotia coast, February 14, for water, brings a painful story of the wreck of the Lily Parker,…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Mail Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 June 1872 · page 4

THE following was issued as an extraordinary from this office yesterday afternoon:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The Australian Steam Navigation…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Mail Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 4

THE following was issued as an extraordinary from this office yesterday morning:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The Australian Steam Navigation…

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Horrible Massacre of the Crew of the Schooner Lavinia at the Solomon Islands

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1872 · page 2

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 end of the Florida Island, Solomon Group, and fished…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Mail Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 4

THE following was issued as an extraordinary from this office yesterday morning:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The Australasian Steam Navigation…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Mail Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 4

THE following was issued as an extraordinary from this office yesterday morning:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The Australasian Steam Navigation…

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Latest European News. Arrival of the Mail Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 October 1872 · page 4

THE following was issued as an extraordinary from this office yesterday afternoon:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The Australasian Steam Navigation…

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An English Steamer Sunk by Spaniards

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1872 · page 7

Mr. Mc Naughton, the chief engineer of the steamship Jesmond, furnishes a thrilling narrative of the sinking of an English steamer by Spaniards at sea, The steamer was on her,…

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