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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
19 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
Carbondale, Illinois, October 28.—One of the most terrible disasters that ever occurred on the Western waters took place at Noely's Landing, below Geand Tower, on the Mississippi River,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Avoca left Galle on December 13th, and arrived at King George's Sound on the 15th. Passengers for Sydney:—The Bishop of Auckland and his lady, Mr. and Mrs. Carcier,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A letter received in Mattapoisett, by Mrs. Mary A. Paine, from Captain J. P. Rounseville, of the schooner Susan N. Smith, of Boston, gives the following sad account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Trio, Captain G. Ricketts, left the Manning River about 6 a.m. on the 26th ultimo, for Sydney, with a cargo of 40,000 feet hardwood timber, for Messrs. J. Booth and Co., of Balmain. Captain Ricketts reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire King (s.), which arrived from the Manning River via Port Stephens, brings intelligence of the wreck of anotber of our coasting fleet, caused by the severe S.E gale which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Within the past twenty-four hours a southerly gale of unusually terrine violence has been raging along our seaboard. Although for the past few days a, heavy sea has been running…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Sydney special correspondent forwards us an extra or second edition of Tuesday's S. M. Herald (printed in New Zealand he believed), which contains the news brought by the first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On April 7, at a meeting of the Institution of Naval Architects, in the Hall of the Society of Arts, Mr. Rundell, in replying to the remarks made by the previous speakers, said he thought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following more detailed particulars respecting the wreck of the abovenamed schooner have been kindly supplied by her late commander, Captain Geach:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday last our little township was enlivened by the launch of the first steamer built on this river. At two p.m. a large number of persons congregated on the premises of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bertha sailed from the Mersey on Monday, the 5th, with eight souls on board—the captain, three hands—and four passengers— wind W.S.W., promising a fine passage across…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We learn from three of the seamen who arrived by the French man-of-war yesterday, and who were, besides one passenger, the only men saved from the wreck, that the barque…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Considerable excitement was caused both at We[?]mouth and Portland on July 18 by the appearance of a very fine Prussian steamer, which had put into Portland Roads to avoid being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An almost unprecedented disaster occurred off the Mersey recently. The steamer Chilian, belonging to the West Indian and Pacific Roy[?]l Mail Company, but which had been chartered by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Sunday evening we received the following important war telegram from our Sydney telegraphic correspondent:— The Californian mail steamer has arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have just received from our Sydney telegraphic correspondent the following important mail telegram:— The Alexandra arrived at Glenelg at half-past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain Black, of the barque Gazelle, which has just reached New York from Martinique, reports a lamentable shipwreck and loss of life in the Atlantic Captain Black states that on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We regret to have to record another terrible shipwreck and loss of life—this time on the Irish c[?] The Cambria, belonging to the Anchor line of steamers, running between New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday forenoon, about a quarter to twelve o'clock, the barque Rialto, 303 tons, Captain Hodge, from Melbourne, was sighted from Flagstaff Hill, and Nobby's at a distance of three or…
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