From Australia to England by Mail Steamer. (From the Home News, January 27.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1871 · page 4
The Peninsular and Oriental Company have raised their rate of passage from London to the colonies as follows:—To Melbourne and Sydney, via Southampton, first-class, £85; second, £50;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(From the Mercantile Advertiser.) Another Steamer Blown Up. Memphis (Tenn.), January 27th
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1871 · page 2
The steamer W. R. Arthur, from New Orleans for Louisville, which left here at a late hour last night, exploded her boilers fourteen miles above here, at one this morning, tearing away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Voyage of the Steamer Saxonia. (From the Herald's Telegrams.) Newcastle
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1871 · page 4
There was a heavy easterly gale all night. No steamer from Sydney this morning. A boat painted lead colour, with black top side, and no name, was picked up on the south…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Screw Steamer Queen of the Thames
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1871 · page 3
The H.R.N.S.N. Company's new paddle steamer Maitland, which arrived in Sydney from Plymouth (via Cape of Good Hope) on Sunday, brings intelligence of the disastrous wreck of the screw steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the Suez Mail, at Adelaide. Latest News to May 11. the Queen of the Thames Wrecked. Exhibition Opened 1St May. the Budget Unpopular. Irish Royal Residence Rumoured. Wool Sales Improved. Australian Meats for the Navy. Civil War Continues in France Government Troops Winning. Paris to Be Assaulted Immediately. Severe Cannonading Continues. Archbishop of Paris Released. the English Strikes Arranged. Breach of the Mississippi Embankments. Carlist Disurbances in Spain. Mercury Office, Monday, noon
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1871 · page 2
We have just received the following mail telegram from our Sydney telegraphic agent:— The Rangatira arrived off Glenelg at six on Sunday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slavery in the Pacific Islands. the Schooner Challenge Case. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1871 · page 6
At the Sydney Water Police Court, on July 25, Alexander Longmuir, master of the schooner Challenge, appeared on remand, charged with having, in April last, unlawfully assaulted a man, name…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Slavery in the Pacific Islands. the Schooner Challenge Case. (From the S. M. Herald, July 27.) [Continued From Supplement.]
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1871 · page 2
On July 26, Alexander Longmuir was charged, on remand[?] with committing an assault on the high seas. The case for the prosecution closed on the previous day, and Mr. Darley addressed the bench on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Capture of the Schooner Fanny, and Massacre of Her Crew by Natives of the Sandwich Islands
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1871 · page 3
We have been favoured (says the Fiji Times of the 5th instant) with the following particulars of a dreadful tragedy, by a gentleman who accompanied the Strathnaver in her recent labor cruise:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the Californian Mail. the Nebraska Arrived in Sydney. News to the 16th August. Fears of Trouble in France. an Imperial Army Revolt, and an Orleanist Coup D'etat Dreaded. Difficulties at Berlin. Prospect of War Between China and Western Towers. Cholera Os Hull Steamer, Asd at Paris. Bismarck Declares Against the Papacy. (Fron our Syaney Telegraphic Correspondent) Monday Evening, recd, at 9.40
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1871 · page 3
London, August 16.—Advices from Paris say that the city is in a very excited situation. Threatenitg trouble apprehended from various sources…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Total Wreck of the Barque Catherine, Off Redhead. (From Yesterday's Newcastle Pilot.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1871 · page 2
Shortly after ten o'clock on Tuesday morning the firing of guns from the Signal Hill conveyed to the citizens the unwelcome intelligence that a vessel was in distress off the coast, and a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Catherine Wreck. Behaviour of the Lifeboat and Her Crew. (From the Herald's Newcastle Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1871 · page 2
The behaviour of our lifeboat and its crew at the wreck of the barque Catherine yesterday is deserving more than a more passing notice. The signal gun on Flagstaff-hill gave the alarm of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preservation of Life in Shipwreck
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1871 · page 3
In consequence of various experiments which have been made at Portsmouth and elsewhere, with Rogers's apparatus for saving life from shipwreck, a committee has been formed, under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southerly Gale. Perilous Position of Two Schooners, a Barque, and Ketch. (From the Newcastle Pilot of yesterday)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1871 · page 2
Early on Tuesday morning a change took place in the weather. A gale set in from the southward, and accompanied by heavy driving showers of rain, at intervals continued until the afternoon, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sinking of the Barque A. H. Badger, by the Steamer Nevada. (From the Evening A News of Tuesday.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1871 · page 4
The mystery attending the fate of the barque which the mail steamer Nevada reported having been in collision with, was cleared up this morning by the arrival of the Alice Cameron with the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the Suez Mail, at Adelaide. News to 30th September. Queen's Health Improving. Further Advance in Wool. Brights Health Restored. Marquis of Normanby Our Next Governor. a Sheriff Convicted of Forgery. Wreck of Ship Underley. Heavy Failure. Spread of Potato Blight. Sham Campaign at Aldershot. French National Guard Disarming Quietly. Mont Cenis Tunnel Opened. Murder of an Indian Judge. Alliance Between Germany and Austria. Consols Lower. N. S. W. DEBENTURES 102½ Produce Firm. Cholera Not Yet in England. Threatened Difficulties About French and Prussian Treaty. Mercury Office, Tuesday morning
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1871 · page 2
We have received the following important telegram from our Sydney Correspondent:— The Geelong left Galle on the 2nd, and reached the Sound on the 19th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Barque Corypheus in Marshall's Archipelago. (From the Rockhampton Bulletin)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1871 · page 2
The barque Corypheus, of London, 296 tons register, Captain Rae, left Foochow (China) on the 14th July last, bound for Melbourne. Her owners were Messrs. Dalgety, Blackwood, and Co., of Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Shipwreck. (From the New Zealand Herald. Nor. 8.) the Captain Saved After Being One Hundred and Nine Days on the Wreck. Passengers and Crew Starved
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1871 · page 4
By the arrnval of the Nebraska we have received, through the courtesy of Mr. Craig, the following particulars of the wreck of a brig, and the fearful sufferings of the crew and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Rangoon. (From the Ceylon Observer, November 4.) Point de Galle, November 2nd, 1871
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1871 · page 2
The hour appointed for the Rangoon's departure was 6 p.m, and at that hour, although she had not received the local mails on board, she weighed anchor in order to clear the harbour with daylight. Arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Excursion From Morpeth
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1871 · page 3
The excursion which had been arranged in Morpeth in connection with the Public School, to take place on Tuesday, d[?]ly came off, but owing to a multitude of counter attractions the…
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