Eight Days on a Wreck Without Food
A LETTER received in Mattapoisett, by Mrs. Mary A. Paine, from Captain . 1. Rounseville, of the schooner Susan N. Smith, of Beston, gives the following sad account of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1870
19 stories in Illawarra's papers
Wreck of the Trio, Steamer
THE steamer Trio, Captain G. Ricketts, left the Manning River about 6 a.m. on the 28th Ultimo, for Sydney, with a cargo of 40,000 feet hardwood timber for Messrs…
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ON Tuesday morning last, about ten o'clock it was rumoured la Kiama that two wrecks had taken placeâone at the entrance of the Minanamurra River and the other on Porter's…
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THE following particulars of this wreck have been furnished by the Port Macdonnell correspondent of the Mount Gambier Standard:—…
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The brig Florence Pope, of Newport, Bristol Channel, 207 tons register, Captain Herman, an Englishman, master; Edwd. Wm. Crosbie, of Dublin, first mate; John…
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Seldom, if ever has any part of the South Coast been the scene of such serious and sad destruction of life and property as a point called Red Head near Ulladulla, during the past week. The name of the…
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CONSIDERABLE apprehension of unknown disaster was excited on Saturday morning last first by the non-arrival at the expected hour of the Illalong steamer on her return trip from…
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There can be little, if any, doubt now that the schooner Hannah, which was a regular trader between Shoalhaven and Sydney, foundered or was otherwise lost near Bulli during the late storm. The Hannah…
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We published the following as an "extra" on Thursday last:— On Friday morning, Mr. Robinson, of the Berringer, arrived at Ulladulla, hearing the…
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A SEVERE gale from the south-east, accompanied by very heavy rain, swept over the Isle of Man on Sunday last. The force of the gale was felt in Ramsey Bay,…
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William Sharp, able seaman, one of the five survivors of a crew of sixteen hands belonging to the Victoria, of North Shields, which was wrecked on the Goreleston Sands, at Yarmouth, a few…
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The special reporter of the 'Empire' has furnished that journal with the following additional particulars relative to the wreck of the Walter Hood :— Since ray return to Sydney from the scene of the…
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THE Emma No 8, James Maratta captain, bound from Now Orleans to Cincinnati, laden with groceries and pig-iron, left Memphis at midnight on Friday,…
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DID it come from the wreck? Oh, yes that it did, It lay on the beach neglected; So I picked it up: for a time it was hid,…
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O'er the waters wild, care[?]ing— Drove the gallant ship that night,— For within her hearts unfearing Beat with hope and with delight;…
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THE following is the report of the Marine Board on the wreck of the schooner Dawn:—"Marine Board Office, Brisbane, July 28th, 1870.—The Board having…
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By the steamer Dorwent, which arrived in port yesterday, there have come her from Launceston Captain Lakie and his crow of the barque Cassina, lately lost or…
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The following shocking occurrence is related by the Bourke correspondent of the Dubbo Dispatch:—On Sunday, the 14th August, a terrible accident…
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THE morning breaks, and the sunbeams Embellish, with colours bright, The broad expanse of the coeam, And clothe it with golden light…
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