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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea
21 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
The mail steamer Souchsys, Oaption Blick, arrived at the bar at 5.30 p.m. from Batavia, bringing English news to January 16. She made the passage hence to Koepang in 21 days 18 hours, of which she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →" AN Old Commander" sends the following remarks to the Editor of the South Australian Register, suggested by the calamitous wreek of the London. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A RELIC of the past is seen in a man bearing upon his face and body the impress of many years. This man walks the streets daily, bearing the marks of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We regret to record the total loss of the Tiger, schooner, at Bulli, about 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. It appears that she was moored by two warps to a buoy at some distance from the Bulli jetty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is our painful duty to again record one of those terrible catasrophes which from time to time break in upon the community, blanching the cheek, and making the stoutest heart to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When the news reached Sydney on Thursday morning of the total wreck of the A. S. N. Company's steamer Cowarra, bound for Brisbane and Rockhampton, it was expected that fell particulars of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To describe a wrecked ship as "cast away" is a very common figure of speech, but the phrase might be used in its most significantly literal sense in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE regret to record the total loss of the Tiger, schooner, at Bulli, about 3 o' clock on Wednesday afternoon. It appears that she was mo[?]red by two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is a statement of loss of life from the wrecks that are known to have taken place on the adjacent coast :— Cawarra, 59; William Watson, 2; ketch,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following telegram was received from Grafton, dated 20th July, from J. R. Myhill, Grafton, to Captain F. Hixson, Sydney:— Casualties of shipwreck on the coast, between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following extract from a letter, dated the 17th July, addressed to a gentleman in Sydney by a magistrate on the Manning River, discloses further calamities resulting from the late storm:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INTERMENT OF THE BODIES.âDirectly it was arranged that the numerous bodies lying at the Hospital should have a public funeral, no time was lost in giving the matter publicity. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first mail via Panama arrived per steamer "Rakaia" yesterday at 10 a.m. with news from England to the 2nd, and from New York to the 11th June. The news from Europe contains no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE first Mail via Panama arrived per steamer "Rakaia" yesterday at 10 a.m. with news from England to the 2nd, and from New York to the 11th June. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The war news is important The Prussians, in Bohemia, were making victorious progress, and had taken Gitschin by storm, and the junction of the Prussian army, under the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following news of a dire disaster is from the China Mvil of May 31st:— The loss of the Aremon barque Libelle, from San Francisco to Hongkong, which sailed in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The branch mail steamer Balclutha, Captain Wall arrived at Glenelg Pier, at 1 p.m. after a passage of 98 hours from the Sound—the passage to the Sound occupied 123 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday evening the AdolphuS, schooner, belonging to Captain Towns, but under charter to Mr Cook, left Wollongong with 144 tons of coal on heard, bound for Sydney. There was a very gentle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Illawarra Mercury of Friday contains the following particulars of this occurrence:—On Thursday evening the Adolphus, schooner, belonging to Captain Towns,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Alexandra. Captain Brown, arrived of Glenelg at 11.30 a m., 97 hours from the Sound. The upward passage was 96 hours. The P. and O. steamer Avoca, Captain Farquhar,…
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