Cape of Good Hope. the Wreck of the "Richard Dart."
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1850 · page 2
A letter from one of the survivors of the wreck, which we subjoin, gives further particulars of the disaster, and miseries which followed it. It is the plain story of an intelligent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of the Steamer "Phœnix." (From the Herald, March 21.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 3
We regret to state that the rumours which have been current in Sydney for some days as to the loss of the steamer Phœnix turn out to be well founded. Our readers will remember…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Shipwreck on the Coast of Africa.—horrible Recital
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 May 1850 · page 4
The Messager du Midi, of the 30th October, relates the following account of the shipwreck of the brig La Lucie, of Agde, on the coast of Africa. The narrator is one of the three men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Extracts. [From Our Own Files Per "Kate."] Wreck of the "Orion" (Glasgow and Liverpool) Steamer.—about Fifty Lives Lost. (From the Observer, June 24.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1850 · page 3
The Orion, a regular packet between Glasgow and Liverpool, sailed from Liverpool on Monday afternoon, the 17th instant, and was wrecked on Tuesday morning, between one and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Jenny Lind. (From the Moreton Bay Courier, Nov. 9.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 November 1850 · page 4
Last Tuesday night a boat, schooner rigged, and a smaller boat rigged as a cutter, arrived in the Brisbane River, having on board the captain, officers, passengers, and seamen of the barque…
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