The New “Road Steamer.”
THE advantages of drawing loads on common roads by steam instead of horse power are, under certain circumstances, so great that efforts have been frequently made to…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1869
14 stories in Mid North Coast's papers
Steamer’s News (Received on Friday.)
A TEA-MEETING was held in Sydney on Monday night for the [?] taking a formal farewell of the Missionaries about to proceed to the South Sea Islands. The John Wesley was expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer’s News Received at 9 o’clock on Friday night
ANTICIPATING the arrival of the steamer, we kept our columns open to a late hour of Friday night, and are glad to fee enabled to present the following synopsis, of the news…
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THE schooner Lizzie Blair from Sydney, in ballast, drifted on the South Spit of the Richmond River. When last heard from she was making much water, and was likely to become a total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer’s Mail. Received at 10 o’clock last night
THIS mail by the LUNA reached Taree late last evening, and was brought to Tinonee by our own special messenger. She left Sydney oil Monday afternoon, and crossed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer’s Mail. Received at 9.30 last night
THE Lana left Sydney at 8 p.m. of Thursday. We received our letters and papers at half-past nine last night. Her passengers are Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Lipscombe, Mr. G. Murdoch,…
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THE Queen, in consideration of the official duties of the Prince of Wales in connection with the Throne, has made him a large allowance from her private purse…
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THE Governor reached Armidale last Tuesday. Great preparations had been made for his reception. Six hundred pounds were subscribed at a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Balclutha
Some talk of Alexander, And some of H[?]rcules, And many a great commander As glorious as these ;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Ketch. All Hands Lost
WE have received, at the very last moment, news that a ketch from some of the northern ports (probably from Camden Haven or Port Macquarie,) was seen to founder at sea on Monday…
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A TELEGRAM has been received by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary from the Hon. Arthur Hodgson, Colonial Secretary of Queensland, dated from Townsville, and conveying some…
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ROBERT HARVEY has been found guilty of manslaughter in the South Sea Islands. Clarke was tried for the murder of his wife on Tuesday, and Dennis [?] on Wednesday. The former…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck and Massacre of the Crew of the Cutter Sperwer
BY permission of the Hon. Colonial Treasurer we are enabled to furnish some items of intelligence from Somerset, gathered from official letters from H. M. Chester, Police Magistrate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision at Sydney Heads. Total Wreck of the Prince Patrick Schooner
AT about three o’clock on Friday morning, 17th instant, the schooner Prince Patrick and brig Drover were proceeding out through Sydney Heads, both vessels being bound to Newcastle…
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