Another Immigrant Steamer
A telegram has been received by the Colonial Secretary from the Agent-General in London stating that the steamship Warwick has been chartered by the Orient Company to…
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A Steamer on Fire. a Passenger Drowned
The Clarence and Richmond River Steamship Company’s steamer Tomki left Sydney for the Richmond River on the 2nd inst. All went well until about 9 p.m., the vessel then…
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The British India Steam Navigation Company’s s.s. Duke of Westminster, which had nearly completed her homeward voyage from Queensland ports, has run ashore on the const…
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Closely following upon the recent accident to the streamer Lismore, another marine disaster is reported from Port Macquarie. The steamer Richmond, belonging to Messrs…
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Intelligence is to hand of a disastrous calamity which took place to-day, involving great loss of life. The passenger steamer City of Columbus was wrecked while on her voyage…
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The most appalling shipwreck which has taken place this winter occurred on the 18th January at Martha's Vineyard, one of a group of islands off the coast of Massachussets. Of…
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A shocking accident occurred on board the steamer Buninyong at Sydney on Friday, by which a lady named Elizabeth Ward, a resident of Melbourne, lost her life. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Disastrous Shipwreck in America. New York, April 5
Intelligence is to hand of an appalling shipwreck, accompanied by great loss of life, has occurred on the coast of Nova The ship Daniel Steinmann went…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Earth Quake in England. Several Villages Wrecked. the Shock Felt Felt London. [By Sobmarine Cable.] London, April 23
The shock of earthquake which was felt in some of the eastern counties on the morning of the 22nd inst has proved to have been of a very destructive nature. The shock was felt…
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The steamship Daniel Steanmann, from Antwerp for Halifax, Nova Scotia, struck on the night of the 3rd April, off Sambo Head, about 20 miles from Halifax, and sank almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. Shipwreck at Fijl. Wellington
The Penguin, which bas arrived from Fiji, brings news that the iron ship Syria, Benson master, 1040 tons, from Calcutta to Fiji, with coolie immigrants, on Sunday night the 12th…
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A trial of a life-boat, built according to a new design, was made at Sydney H[?]ds on Saturday. The boat is supposed to differ in [?] from all other life-boats, in[?]smuch…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wreck of the American Ship Susan Gilmore. No Lives Lost
Great excitement was caused in shipping circles in Sydney on Friday morning, when news reached town that the fine American clipper ship Susan G[?]linore was a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Original Poetry. Wrecked by a False Chart
Dark night Lad closed round the prison calI, Where a guilty felon lay. The gallows was up, and he knew so well, He must die at the dawn of day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dreadful Shipwreck on the New Zealand Coast. Eighteen Lives Lost
The ship Lastingham, from London to Wellington, was wrecked during a heavy gale on Jackson's Head, at Cook's Straits, on the night of the 1st inst. Captain Alexander…
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From Auckland papers received by way of Sydney we take the following additional particulars with regard to the wreck of the ship Lastinghsm in Cook’s Straits, New Zealand :—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a British Gunboat.— Great Loss of Life. London, September 23
Her Majesty’s gunboat Wasp, Commander John Nicholls, four guns, has been wrecked off the Irish coast, near Donogal. Fifty of the officers and crew were drowned…
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The captain, carpenter, second mate, steward, and four hands, forming a portion of the crew of the ship George Gordon, of Glasgow, bound from Newcastle to Java, were picked up by…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Accident to a China Steamer. [By Telegraph,] Brisbane
News was received yesterday that the China Company's steamer Chang Chow, bound north to Hong Kong, struck on Breaksea Spit on Friday morning, and rapidly began…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →News by the Mail. Wreck of Her Majesty’s Gunboat Wasp. Loss of Fifty Lives
[?]A lamentable disaster has occurred off the north-west coast of Ireland. About 3 o’clock on Monday morning, 22nd September, Her Majesty’s gunboat, the Wasp,…
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