The Peril of the Steamer Queensland
A passenger, writing on the 27th September, from the A.S.N. Co.'s s. City of Brisbane, supplies the Herald with the following detailed particulars of the disaster:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1872
33 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. Chapter Ix. a Change of Masters at Ardgowan
That the astounding news had spread through the mansion-house of Ardgowan was evident from the fluttering and commotion ohserrable as the two brothers and the overseer crossed the hall. A knot…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. CHAPTER XI.—(Continued.)
Milley sat, following him to and fro with her eyes listening in great affright to his foaming words, but of course wholly unable to comprehend their meaning. She understood this far, however, that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the Suez Mail. Latest News to Sept. 26. Wool Has Advanced. All Produce Firm Except Copper. Geneva Commission Award Given Against England—twelve Million. Mr. Cowper Recovering. Steamer Atrato Nearly Wrecked. Endeavours Io Recover Java Cable. Meeting of the Three Emperors-grand Fetes. Cookbubn Opposed to Geneva Award. Strikes Continue Numerous. Coal Imported From the Continent. Outbreak of Rinderpest. the Queen Was Well. the Princess of Wales Returned. the Wheat Harvest Deficient. Mercury Office, Friday afternoon 5.30
We have received the following important mail telegram from the Associated Press, Sydney. The Baroda mail steamer arrived from Ceylon, at King George's Sound on Friday, and left on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. CHAPTER XIV.—(Continued.)
The morrow came—bright and calm as the days which had preceded—and at an early hour in the forenoon they left their lodgings and went down to the harbour, where Dan had his boat launched, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Metis
The Metis was lately altered from a freight to a passenger boat, and cost 175,000 dollars. The cargo was principally fruit. Most of the passengers obtained tickets on board, and no list of names is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and often Pariodicals.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. Chapter Xvi. George's Introduction to Ardgowan—he Overhears an Important Conversation, and Forms a Delightful Acquaintance
As the coach proceeded along the road which winded through Glenfask, George, with a conscious and determined resolution, withdrew his mind from brooding over the subject which had of late so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FICTION. (From English American, and other Periodiculs.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. Chapter Xvii. George Falls in Love, and Unexpectedly Encounters Friends
With his introduction to Adrgowan, George seemed to have entered on quite a new life. A set of experiences hitherto foreign to him came suddenly upon him, developing the qualities and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. Chapter Xix. Love Reveals Itself—a Disagreeable Interruption—the Outcast
"Lilias—dear Lilias, for heaven's sake tell me the cause of this," cried George, who was nearly as agitated as the fair girl herself. Yet, anxious and alarmed as he was, he felt a delicious pleasure in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. Chapter Xxi. a Dark Eclipse, Followed by a Wonderful Breaking of the Light
What a frightful horror of soul had come upon George Eglantine. To see Lilias Gibson in the company with another lover was to feel as if the stability of the universe had given way, as if the basis of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. Chapter Xxiii. a Terrible Interview
Late though the hour was at which they parted, Stephan Gibson and Nathan Garrett were seated to-gether in the front room of the mansion at a comparatively early hour on the following morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) the Foster Beother; Or, The Orph[?]n of the Wreck. Chapter Xxvii. the Journey Southward—the Lunatic Asylum —A Meeting of Friends
For very many miles of the journey southward, George sat by himself on the top of the coach buried in thought, and heaven knows his materials for thought were neither scanty nor unimportant. Not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) the Foster Brother; Or, The Orphan of the Wreck. Chapter Xxxi. the Inn on the Moor
" Another providence, Harry," said George, as they struggled in silence through the snow, the intensity of their feelings raising them almost beyond the sense of fatigue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →