The Adventures of a Road-steamer
AN interesting account is given by the Scotsman of a feat, without parallel, lately performed by a large road-steamer—namely, running from Ipswich to Edinburgh by road,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1872
11 stories in Riverina's papers
An Incident at the Wreck of the Sussex
QUITS a sensational episode occurred a short time since between the wreck of the Sussex and the shore. Mr. S. Brearley and Mr. A. White were proceeding in the lifeboat from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Brig Maria. [By Electric Telegraph.] From Cardwell and From Brisbane. Cardwell 4th
THE brig Maria, bound for New Guinea from Sydney, is a total wreck on the Bramble Reef, about thirty miles from here. Twenty-eight of the passengers have arrived in two…
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A SEAMAN of the barque File d'Orson, which touched at Sable Island, off the Nova Scotia coast, February 14. fur water, brings a painful story of the wreck of the Lily Parker, Captain Fletcher, of Swansea,…
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And the night was dreary, and lone, The stars came out one by one; And my poor, breaking heart felt relieved. To know that the day was done…
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A SEAMAN of the barque Fils d'Orson, which touched at Sable Island off the Nova Scotia coast, February 14, for water, brings a painful story of the wreck of the Lily Parker,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Disaster to the Queensland Steamer
THE Queensland left Brisbane at half-past 10 o'clock on Monday night, and passed Richmond at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday. About midnight the wind inereased, and there blew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the English Mai L, Via Suez. Settlement of Alabama Claims. England Pays Fifteen and a Half Million Dollars Indemnity. Arrest of Communists Ceased. "Metis" Wrecked—80 Lives Lost. Death of the King of Sweden. Wool Higher
THE mail steamer has arrived at Adelaide. The Queen is in Scotland. The Princess of Wales has returned to England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manifest of the Steamer Victoria
G. FORSYTH AND CO., Wagga Wagga: 2 cases spice, 3 ditto oilmen's stores, 1 bundle perambulators, 1 P. parcel, 1 package, 1 ease raisins, 1 ditto cocoa, 1 ditto chocolate, 1…
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The Metis was lately altered from a freight to a passenger boat, and cost 175,000 dollars. The cargo was principally fruit. Most of the passengers obtained tickets on…
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THE New York Times gives the following account, furnished by a passenger who was on board the Metis with two lads six and eight years old:—"I ran…
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