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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
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The Orient line steamer Potosi, 2703 tons, Captain A. J. Cooper, arrived at 11.40 p.m. Her dates are—London, June 9; Plymouth, June 12; Cape, July 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Orient steamer Potosi, which arrived at the Semaphore, Adelaide, on Sunday, made a passage of 37 days, including all detentions. The Right Rev. Dr. Pearson, the newly-consecrated Bishop of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On June 28, a terrible calamity occurred on Long Island Sound. The steamer Seawanahaka was burned to the water's edge off College Point, at 5 p.m. The Osseo saved…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following statement was taken at Stevens' Island by Captain Pennefather, J.P., of the Pearl (Q. G. schooner), from the chief of the island, Maroosh, a South Sea Islander…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Argus reports that the above vessel, which arrived in Hobson's Bay on the 22nd instant, brings English files to the 9th July, from which the following extracts, are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamar Sorata, of the Orient Company, is ashore at Cape Jervis, South Australia. The passengers are all saved. The t[?]gs so far were unsuccessful in the attempt to tow her off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The American ship Eric the Red totally wrecked to-day at Cape Otway. One passenger, the carpenter, and the steward were drowned. The ship was bringing exhibits for the Melbourne Exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The telegraph master at Cape Jervis explains why communication was stopped on Friday night. He had communicated all the necessary news to Adelaide, and he then…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The latest from Cape Otway states that Captain Payne searched the beach between Cape Otway and Blanket Bay, but nothing fresh was seen. Great pilfering was going…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following further particulars in reference to the Sorate have been received:- About two-thirds of the cargo are now out. The after hold is filling with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The schooner Venture, which arrived [?] the Solomon Group on Wednesday, bring[?] intelligence of the total wreck of the trading schooner Ariel, and the death of two of her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following telegram was received by the Post[?]ster [?]rom Caps Jervis to-day:—"There is no dif[?]rence in the position of the Sorata, except that she is leaking in the forehold, and all her compartments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain Jacque Allen, the master of the ship Eric the Red, which was wrecked on the Otway Beef last Saturday morning, left Portland by the 10.30 train yesterday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The latest news from the Sorata is that the night was nasty and the sea running high. It has been blowing pretty hard all night, and the wind this evening is now S.W. and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An unexpected source of danger in canal navigation has been demonstrated at Montreal. On June 30 the steamer Bohem[?]an, carring fifty passengers and an assorted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The pumps were busily at work on board the Sorata this morning. It has transpired that Morris, the engine-driver on board the launch, which sank yesterday, is drowned;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is nothing fresh to report about the Sorata. She appears to have settled down again. They have stopped the pumps in the after hold, on account of the vessel bumping,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Yatala, which was to have taken Captains Fowler and Begg to town from the Sorata, did not go last night, on account of stress of weather. The wind became gusty towards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is the latest report to hand in reference to the Sorata:—Nothing further can at present be done, nor is it even being attempted, to float the Sorata; and briefly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is a heavy sales at Newcastle, with tarrific sea. The old ship Sunannah Godeffroy, after being repaired, reft Newcastle for…
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