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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1873

18 stories in Illawarra's papers

The Steamer Bulli

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1873 · page 3

A MOST valuable addition has been made to our colonial steam marine, by the arrival of the Bulli Company's new steamer Bulli, after a aplendid passage of sixty-three days,…

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Total Loss of the Coolangatta Steamer

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 March 1873 · page 4

It is with regret we have to record the total less of the I. S. N. Company's steamer, Coolangatta, familiarly known on the river as "the wheelbarrow," which has been employed now many…

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Loss of the Mission Schooner Day-[?]pcing

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 3

Like many other vessels that have been employed in disseminating Christianity amongst the [?]tives of the South Sea Islands, the schooner Dayspring of the Presbyterian mission, has found…

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News by the Last Mail. Wreck of the Emigrant Ship Northfleet. Three Hundred and Twenty Seven Lives Lost

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 4

The first intimation which reached Dover of what proved to be one of the most fearful ship-wrecks of modern date was the arrival in the barbor at 3 o'clock on January 23, of the good…

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Wreck of the Missionary Schooner Dayspring

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 4

THE captain and crow of the missionary schooner Dayspring, belonging to the Presbyterian Missionary Society, arrived yesterday from New Caledonia in the…

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The Wreck of the Mail Steamer Germany

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1873 · page 4

THE Germany left Liverpool on the 18th December. All went well until a approaching Gironde on the 21st, all lights being visible and a pilot on board from…

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Burning of the Steamer Henry A. Jones

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1873 · page 4

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 15—The steamboat Henry A. Jones, from Houston for Galveston, with a cargo of 442 hales of cotton, was destroyed by fire this…

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Cannibalism by a Shipwrecked Crew

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 May 1873 · page 4

One of the most extraordinary instances of human privation on record has been brought to light through Mr John Saville, first officer of the American ship, Golden Hind, who reached that…

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Original Poetry. the Wreck of the Northfleet

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1873 · page 4

"ENGLAND, farewell" echoed voices four hundred. "We seek a clime o'er the fathomless deop."…

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Wreck of the Fire King

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1873 · page 2

CAPTAIN W. O. Horsee, late master of the C. and R. R. S. N. Co.'s steamship Fire Ring, recently wrecked on the Manning River, arrived in Sydney at one o'clock on…

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News by the Last Mail. Wreck of the Atlantic Steamer

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1873 · page 4

On the first day of the month information was received from Philadelphia that the Atlantic Steamer, out eleven days, with, rough passage, falling short of coal on March 31, changed its…

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Wreck of the Leonidas

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1873 · page 4

BY the arrival of the schooner Cears, from New Caledonia, we have received intelligence of the total loss of the barque Leonidas, at the Balari Pass, New…

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Latest News From New Zealand. Total Wreck of the Steamship Rangitoto

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 August 1873 · page 4

McMECKAN, BLACKWOOD and Co 's fine steamer Rangitete was totally wrecked on July 30, on Jackson's Point, at the entrance to Queen Charlotte's Sound,…

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The Floating Wreck

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1873 · page 4

Away—a thousand leagues away—On the lone and wintry sea; One morn we spied at break of day, Adrift upon the lee…

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Wreck of the Pluto and Massacre of the Crew

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1873 · page 4

BY the arrival of H.M. schooner Renard we have been placed in possession of the following particulars respecting the wholesale and most terrible slaughter of the…

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Cruise of H.m Schooner Sandfly

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 December 1873 · page 3

THE second s[?] oner built by Mr. Cuthbert for the Imperial Navy, for the suppression of the slave trade, arrived yesterday evening after an absence of nearly six months. The…

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Cruise of H M. Schooner Sand[?]y

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 December 1873 · page 2

The second schooner built by Mr Cuthbert for the Imperial Navy, for the suppression of the slave trade, arrived on Monday evening after an absence of nearly six months The voyage is full of…

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The Pacific Mail Steamer Macgregor

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1873 · page 2

The Macgregor, the new steamship which is to take the first mails from Sydney to San Francisco under the new contract, arrived in Hobson's Bay on Saturday, and was at once taken alongside the…

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