The Adventures of a Road Steamer
An interesting account ia given by the Scotsman of a feat, without parallel, lately performed by a large road steamer—namely, running from Ipswich to Edinburgh by road, a distance of 450…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1872
19 stories in Illawarra's papers
Wreck of the Sussex at Bar Won Heads the Loss of the Boat's Crew
(From the Melbourne Telegraph, January 2) THE sailor Labdon, the only survivor of the missing boat's crew, which left the Sussex shortly after sale struck, arrived Melbourne…
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WE copy the following telegrams from Tuesdays Herald:—Cardwell, 4th. The brig Maria, bound for New Guinea from, Sydney, is a total wreek on the…
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After a protracted trial, extending over four days (observes the Argus) Captain Collard has been found guilty en one of the counts…
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The following telegraphic news appeared in last Tuesday's 'Herald.' Cardwell, March 4th The brig Maria, bound for New Guinea from…
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WE reprint the following further particulars, transmitted by telegraph to the S. M. Herald:—BRISBANE, 5th…
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WRECK OF THE MARIA — The Brisbane Courier or the 11th give the following telegram to the Hon. Colonial Secretary, from Cardwell, which furnishes some…
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The following is the official report of the trip of the Governor Blackall, in search, of the survivors of the brig Maria, which has been furnished by Lieutenant Gowlland to the Hon. Sir James…
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Cardwell, Monday evening, March 4 The boats have just returned from the wreck, bringing nine sticks of tobacco, a tooth-brush box of matches, a pannican…
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By the arrival in harbour last evening of the p.s. Duke of Edinburgh from Russell, Captain Farquhar, of the following particulars of the total loss of the schooner…
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A Rio Janerio Letter gives details of the loss of the steamship America, on her passage from Buenos Ayres to Montevideo, December 23d.—The America sailed…
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A SEAMAN of the barque Filis d'Orson, which touched at Sable Island, Off the Nova Scotia coast, Feb. 14, for water brings a painful story of the wreek of the…
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THE following telegrams were received by Mr. T. Bawden, M.P., the secretary of the Clarence and New England Navigation Company, on Thursday…
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THE barque Bella Vista, 166 tons register, owned and commanded by Captain George Graves, of this port, was totally wrecked on Sunday the 9th instant, on…
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The Schooner Lavinia arrived in port on Saturday morning from the Solomon Islands. During her cruise among the group a terrible catastrophe occurred to a number of her crew…
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GREAT surprise was expressed on Tuesday morning (says the Newcastle Chronicle), when it was known for a fact that this steamer had been taken by…
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SATURDAY'S Herald says—The barquo John Kuox arrived yesterday, bringing five passengers and three seamen belonging to the City of Newcastle, who were…
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INTELLIGENCE was received in town on Saturday that the schooner Mary Cumming, of this port, had got amongst the breakers off Cape Patten, and had been abandoned by the master…
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THE following additional particulars, respecting this unfortunate accident, appear in the Auckland papers to hand by the [?] Hero.—The [?] Taranaki met the…
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