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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea
20 stories in Illawarra's papers
This fine steamer left Grafton on Wednesday afternoon about 3 o'olock, bound for Sydney, and on attempting to cross the bar at the mouth was wrecked, as briefly stated in our last issue. Wiring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following is the result of the magisterial inquiry field before Mr. T. S. Hewitt, J. P., on the body of Mr. Weston at Iluka on December 28:—"I am of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the meeting of the Marine Board yesterday, the case of Captain Kish, of the wrecked steamer Plutus was concluded. There were present — Captain Hixson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following statement of the pilot's crew re their conduct on the occasion of the wreck has been published by them, after hearing of the use that has been made of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAPTAIN HINSON (president), Captains Broomfield, Robertson, M'Lean, and Jenkins, and Commander Lindeman attended at the Marine Board meeting yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FATHER and I embarked in the s.s. New England at Brushgrove, Clarence River, on Wednesday, Decemberr 27, about 9 a.m. Soon after the steam reast off and moved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE heavy swells of a south-east sea Rolled up to the "Bar," where the "wreck" should be ; And the reef-buoy rose, in sullen pride,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ONE thousand seven hundred and ninety actual shipwrecks were reported throughout the world last year representing an aggregate tonnage of 631,326 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The directors of the P. and O. Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following particulars of wrecks on the coast of N.S. Wales during the year 1882 are published in Friday's "Government Gazette":—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the Water Police Court, before Mr. Buchanan, S.M., John Garde, master of the steamship Illawarra, was charged by Sub-inspector Donahoe with having on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INTELLIGENCE was received in town yesterday morning from Botany of the total wreck of the steamer Pioneer, which, for a considerable time past has been engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For a considerable time past. Mr. W. J. Smith, of Woollahra, has devoted his energies to the praiseworthy object of perfecting life saving appliances for use at sea;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE was a very large attendance on Saturday at the sale of the wreck of the four-masted ship George Roper, and the bidding commenced briskly, starting at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Reek, which has arrived in Hobson's Bay, had an extremely narrow escape from foundering when near Wilson's Promontory on Friday last (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bega shows that the coasting trade of the colony is bow assuming great importance, and that superior vessels to those formerly employed will have to be brought into repuisition if these who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEARLY two years ago one fine morning I sat on the promenade deck of the steamer, City of Brussels, speeding towards Old England. I said to the captain, who sat near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Dispatch reached Wollongong on Saturday forenoon to enter on her work in connection with the part. She came across a vessel off Coal-Cliff that was bound for here, and taking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the year 1846 a small steamer was built in the eddy just above the railway suspension bridge to run up to the Falls She was very appropriately named the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Commissioner of Trade and Customs in Victoria has received the subjoined communication from Miss Carmichael, one of the two survivors from the wreck of the…
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