The Ship Run Down by the Great Eastern Steamer
The Receiver of Wreck of the port of Liverpool has forwarded to the Marine department of the Board of Trade the depositions of Captain Paton. The commander…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1864
26 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Wreck of the Zone
WE regret to record the loss of the schooner Zone. which took place off Nobby's, Newcastle, on Saturday last. Captain Lavett, Mr. Horton, assistant pilot, the Mate of the vessel and a seaman were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Life-boat Disaster at Newcastle
The fate of Captain Lovett, the late gallant commander of the Newcastle lifeboat, and of the unfortunates who were drowned with him, has excited the warmest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Total Wreck of the Mynora
We regret to record another misfortune that has overtaken the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company. It appears that the My[?] left Sydney on Monday last for Moruya at which place she arrived in safety…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total Wreck of the I. S. N. Co.'s Steamer Mynora
The Mynora (s.), 100 tons, Captain Barter, left Moruya at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 5th, bound to Sydney with the following passengers:—Mrs. Mears and four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of the Schooner Nightingale of Sydney
THE schooner Nightingale left Sydney on the 21st of January, bound to Port Denison. Nothing worthy of notice occurred until rounding Break sea Spit, off which she encountered a very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →America. Thirteen Days Later News. Liverpool and New York Steamer Sunk,—Loss of Passengers
Portland (Me.), February 23.—The Bohemian, from Liverpool, struck a rock four miles outside of Cape Elizabeth last evening, and sunk, two miles from the shore. All the cabin passengers were saved…
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On Friday afternoon intelligence was received that that the brig Grecian, of Hobart Town, and last from Sydney, was a total wreck on the Nine Mile Be[?]ch which lies between Red Head and Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of "The All Serene." Twenty-one Lives Lost—fearful Sufferings of the Survivors
By the Rotumah, which arrived in Sydney on Thursday, we have received intelligence of the total wreck of the All Serene from Vancouver's Island, and the loss of twenty-one lives. The Rotumah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Heavy Gale. Wrecks of a Ste[?]er and Three Sail In: Vessels, with the Loss of Ten Lives
The heavy gale which swept along our coast on the 2nd and 3rd instant has left a fea[?] record of its lat I effects. We are alrea[?]y in possession of the particulars relating to the loss of four ships, but it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Casualties by the Late Gale. Wrecks of a Steamer and Three Sailing Vessels, with the Loss of Ten Lives
The heavy gale which swept along our coast on the 2nd and 3rd instant has left a fearful record of its fatal effect. We are already in possession of the particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Total Wreck of the "All Serene." Twenty-one Lives Lost
It is our painful duty to record the total wreck of the All Serene, with the loss of twenty-one human beings. The details of the sufferings of the survivors,…
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We regret to record the loss of the schooner reaper in Bellambi harbour on Sunday morning last about 9 a.m. It appears that the unfortunate vessel sailed from the Naukuckerra, a branch of the Tweed, laden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shoalhaven. Wreck of the Pacific. Rumored Loss of Two Other Vessels. Flood Expected
A letter was received yesterday afternoon from Shoalhaven, stilting that the Pacific was wrecked on the 12th instant, on Crookhaven Heads. The beach below the Crookhaven Heads was strewed with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods.—wrecks, and Loss of Life
Thursday night closed in fine and starlight, giving not the slightest indication of the coming rain and storm. Friday morning broke with a light drizzling rain, gradually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Steamship Scotia
We glean the following from yesterday's" Herald.' The steamship Scotia was wrecked off Bluff Harbor, New Zealand. The passengers and crew were saved, and the cargo amounting to 1100 tons would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Storm Shoal Haven. Floods:—wrecks. and Loss of Life
Thursday night closed in fine and starlight, giving not the slightest indication of the coming rain and storm Friday morning broke with a light drizzling rain, gradually increising throughout the day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of the Ewald. Schooner
The vesel left Circular Head, Tasmania, on the 5th instant, for Sydney. Experienced very heavy S.W. Gales to the Howe, and bad a fine run up to within ten miles of Sydney lighthouse. It then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Confederate War Steamer Georgia in the Mersey
MUCH excitement was caused in Liverpool on Monday when it became known that the Confederate war steamer Georgia had quietly steamed up the river and taken up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Total Wreck of the John Williams Missionary Barque
The passengers and a portion of the crew of missionary barque John Williams, commanded by Captain Williams, arrived at Sydney yesterday, from the South Sea Islands, by the brig…
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