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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1841

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The [?] [?], with Which Is Incorporated the Colonist. Saturday, January 15, 1841. "Sworn to no Master, of no S[?]t am I." Loss of the Steamer Clonmel

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 16 January 1841 · page 2

EXTRACT of a letter, dated Melbourne, 6th January, addressed to Messrs. W. Drake and Company, Sydney:— GENTLEMEN.—It is my painful duty to…

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Country News. West Maitland.—launch of the New Steamer "Huntress."

The Australian · Saturday 30 January 1841 · page 2

The anniversary of the colony was celebrated at West Maitland with mach hilarity indeed; I never witnessed so large an assemblage conduct themselves…

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Wreck of the Royal George—Another great Explosion Proposed. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1841 · page 4

Since our last notice of the operations the removal of the wreck has been going on regulaily at very slack tide; usually three times a day, with lillie interruption from…

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Loss of the Steamer Clonmel. To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1841 · page 3

SIR,—It is a matter of great supprise to me, as [?] to many of my fellow-colonists, that [?] particulars relative to the loss of the [?] have not reached us. A short paragraph…

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Original Correspondence. the Steamer " SIVEREIGN," To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1841 · page 2

SIR, In a young and rising colony like [?] it cannot but prove a source of " honest [?] and gratification, to every intelligent and flecting mind, to witness the triumphs of [?]…

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English Extracts. Distressing Shipwreck.— Loss of Life

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1841 · page 3

We deeply regret to have to report the total wreck of a vessel, attended with loss of life, on the Horse Bank at Lytham, early on Wednesday morning last. The unfortunate vessel was bound from Liverpool to Go[?]ingen, in…

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Total Wreck of the "City of Bristol" Irish Steamer, and Loss of Thirty-five Lives

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1841 · page 2

An account of the dreadful Shipwreck of the City of Bristol has reached town this morning. The correspondent of the Morning Post gives the following particulars; all that are hihterto…

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SHIPWRECK. Loss of the brig "Rapid."

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1841 · page 2

It is our painful duty to record the entire wreck of the [?] brig ' Rapid,' which vessel sailed from this port for China on the 24th of December last, under the command of our enterprising townsman…

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Wreck of the Brig "Rapid"

The Australian · Thursday 1 April 1841 · page 2

The following is an abstract of the Log look particulars of this unfortunate vossel's [?] which left this port for China on the 24th December last, under the command…

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Wreck of the Brig Rapid

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1841 · page 2

A melancholy letter, signed " A. Devlin," captain and owner or the late brig Rapid appeared in the columns of the Monitor, of Wednesday. It details all the circumstances con…

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Disastrous Shipwreck. Loss of Four Ships

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1841 · page 2

By the 'Orwell,' from China, we learn that that vessel, when in company with six others, in the Palawang Passage, encountered a typhoon, (violent storm) which caused the entire wreck of…

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Departures—wednesday. Marian Watson schooner, Watson, master, for Hobart Town. YESTERDAY

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1841 · page 2

GLENSWILLY, ship, M Neil, master, for India. JANE GIFFORD, barque, Mason, master, for India…

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Total Wreck of the Thames Steamer—loss of Sixty-four Lives

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1841 · page 2

FALMOUTH, Friday, ten o'clock p. m.—We have just learned, by way of Penzance, that the Thames steamer, which traded between London, Falmouth, and Dublin, whilst on her passage…

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The Wreck Ashore

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1841 · page 4

It was one of the gloomy and tempestuous days which characterize the climate of England, and in which, as in a stormy passage…

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The Sea-horse Steamer

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1841 · page 3

This magnificent Steam-ship has at length arrived in the Harbour of Port Jackson—she left Hobart Town on the 27th May and reached Sydney yesterday. She is a noble vessel of five…

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Extracts. Extraordinary Preservation From Shipwreck. (From the H[?]nts Independent.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1841 · page 3

On the 31st of October last, the brig Nerino, laden with oil and canvas, sailed from Dunkirk for Marseilles, Pierro Everard, master. Her crew consisted of seven persons, including the…

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Extracts Dreadful Shipwreck. (From the Boston Trans ript.)

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 16 June 1841 · page 4

LOSS OF THE BRIG "FLORENCE" OF NEW YORK, WITH HER SECOND OFFICER AND FORTYNINE PASSENGERS.—By Captain M'Curdy, of the brig Attention, arrived yesterday from St. John's,…

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Mostextraordinary Preservation From Shipwreck. (From the Hanis Independent)

The Sydney Herald · Friday 25 June 1841 · page 1

ON the 31st of October' last, the brig Merina, laden with oil and canvas, sailed from Dunkirk for Marseilles, Pietre Everard, master; her crew consisted of seven persons, including the master…

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Original Correspondence. 'Rose' Steamer. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 7 July 1841 · page 2

GENTLEMEN—Observing in the Sydney Gazette, of to day, a paragraph in which it is stated that owing to a misunderstanding between the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company, and Captain…

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Shipwreck

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1841 · page 2

We regret to have to announce the loss in Torres' Straits, of the ship 'Fergusson.' The 'Fergusson'sailed from Sydney in January last bound for India, whither she was conveying a…

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