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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1828

10 stories in Sydney's papers

Melancholy Shipwreck

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1828 · page 3

The schooner Elize, Captain C[?]y arrived last evening from Nowhere, brought to part of the passengers, together with Captain D[?], and part of the [?] of the [?] [?], which was [?]ked…

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Dreadful Shipwreck. (From the Sheffield Courant)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1828 · page 2

On the 11th of July, the Dorothea, Captais Mayer, from Memel, bound to Lubeck, was capsized by a violent gale, 15 miles from the roads of W[?]ickselmunde, near Dantsie, with seven passengers on [?]d,…

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Descent of Niagara by the Schooner Michigan

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1828 · page 3

BUFFALO, SEPT. 9.—For several days previous to the 8th, the stages became crowded as well as the canal boats, so much so tha[?] it was difficult to find a conveyance to the…

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Wreck of the Dove Cutter. Belonging to Mr. Thomas Street, of Darling Harbour

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1828 · page 2

The insertion of the following letter, with which we have been favoured, turnishes the account of the wreck of the above vessel, with the loss of seven persons:—…

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More Shipwrecks.[?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1828 · page 2

The Alfred wh[?]er, belonging to Jones and Walker, conveys m[?]choly tidings to the Colony. Our marit[?]me interests are always suffering severely from shipwreck. The…

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Further Particulars of the Late Disastrous Shipwrecks

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1828 · page 2

The Missionary schooner, Herald, made the entrance of the river' Hokianga, on Tuesday, 4th May, and attempted to pass the bar with a light wind from S. W. and the tide ebbing…

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Wreck of the Brig Woodlark

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1828 · page 2

In reference to the wreck of the Woodlark, which we slightly noticed in our last, we have been furnished, by the Captain, with the following additional particulars:—"The…

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Journal. Wreck of the Brig Woodlark—sufferings of Her Crew and Passengers. (Concluded from our last.)

The Australian · Wednesday 9 July 1828 · page 4

Saturday, 26th,—Continued our course without landing. Sunday, the 27th—Finished the remains of [?] landed, but could not fine water or…

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Domestic Intelligence. Schooner Snapper, Dec. 3rd. 1828. to the Editor of the Monitor

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 13 December 1828 · page 3

SIR, Thinking it my duty for the information of the public, and shipping in particular, to publish an account of the death of part of my crew, at the Fugee…

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Domestic Intelligence. Schooner Snapper, Dec. 3rd. 1828. to the Editor of the Monitor

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 15 December 1828 · page 3

SIR, Thinking it my duty for the information of the public, and shipping in particular, to publish an account of the death of part of my crew, at the Fugee…

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