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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1845

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Wreck of the Mary--seventeen Lives Lost

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 28 June 1845 · page 303

The Mary for London, with a valuable cargo, and a total crew and passengers of fifty-nine souls on board, left Sydney May 19th. It was the intention of the owners…

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Shipwrecks

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1845 · page 1

The past week has been singularly, prolific in details of the horrors of the sea: there being no less than four losses of ships, and one accompanied with a dreadful, loss fo life, reported…

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Narrative of the Wreck of the Barque Mary, on Saturday, May 24, 1845

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 July 1845 · page 2

The Mary sailed from the Heads of Port Jackson on Monday Morning, the 19th of May, and the wind being unfavourable for New Zealand, Captain Newby coasted to the south, and attempted the passage through Bass's…

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Wreck of the Mary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 July 1845 · page 2

WE copy from a Van Diemen's Land paper the following letter respecting the unfortunate loss of the Mary:— To the Editor of the Launceston Examiner…

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Wreck of the "Mary."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1845 · page 2
Also in The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List

WE have received a letter from Captain New by, from which we learn that an enquiry into the loss of the Mary had very properly been ordered by the Van Dicmen's Land Government…

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Narrative of the Wreck of the Barque Mary, on Saturday, May 24, 1845

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 12 July 1845 · page 176

The Mary sailed from the Heads of Port Jackson on Monday Morning, the 19th of May, and the wind being unfavourable for New Zealand, Captain Newby coasted to the south, and attempted the passage through Bass's…

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Wreck of the Mary

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 12 July 1845 · page 176

We copy from a Van Diemen's Land paper the following letter respecting the unfortunate loss of the Mary:—To the Editor of the Launceston Examiner…

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The Shipwreck of the "Mary."

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 12 July 1845 · page 2
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

Captain Collins, one of the unfortunate passengers by this ill-fated vessel, has addressed a letter relative to her loss, to the editor of the " Launceston Examiner." From the account this gentleman gives, it is wholly…

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Unseaworthy Ships.--wreck of the Barque Mary

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1845 · page 2

IN a recent number of this journal we submitted, in illustration of a subject demanding an immediate legislative enactment, the case of the Mary, whose wreck…

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Shipwreck and Loss of Life. To the Editor of the Launceston Examiner

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 12 July 1845 · page 4

SIR—I do myself the honour to forward to you by Captain Newby the particulars of the wreck of the barque Mary under his command. I shall feel obliged by your having the goodness to give the…

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Wreck of the Mary. Disposal of the Forty-two Souls Saved From the Wreck of the Barque "Mary," of Sydney, Up to This Date, July 16, 1845

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 July 1845 · page 2

PASSENGERS left at Launceston:—Cabin—Captain Collins, Mrs. Collins, Miss Elizabeth Collins, Miss Emma and Master Strathallan Collins, Sarah Sarson, attendant on Mrs. Collins—Total, six. Steerage passengers left at…

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Wreck of the Mary. Disposal of the Forty-two Souls Saved From the Wreck of the Barque "Mary," of Sydney, Up to This Date, July 16, 1845

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 26 July 1845 · page 189

Passengers left at Launceston: Cabin—Captain' Collins, Mrs. Collins, Miss Elizabeth Collins, Miss Emma and Master Strathallan Collins, Sarah Sarson, attendant on Mrs. Collins—Total, six. Steerage passengers left at…

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The Wreck of the "Mary."

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 26 July 1845 · page 3
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

Captain Newby, the master of this ill-fated and rascally barque, has returned to Sydney, and in a letter published in the "Herald," gives the following account of the disposal of the survivors of this awful…

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Shipwreck of Two Vessels in Torres Straits

The Sentinel · Wednesday 13 August 1845 · page 3

The steamer Thistle Brings account of H.M. cutter Prince George, Lieut. Aird, being at Twofold Bay, wind bound, and coming on to Sydney after taking in a supply of water, and that the Prince George reports…

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Shipping Intelligence. Shipwreck of the Barque Tyne. (From the Wellington Independent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1845 · page 2

IT is with deep regret that we announce the total loss of the barque Tyne, Captain Robertson, who had previously made three successful voyages to New Zealand, and who had deservedly obtained the respect and esteem…

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Shipwreck of the Barque Tyne

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 6 September 1845 · page 223

IT is with dee[?] regret that we announce the total loss of the barque T[?] Captain Robertson, who had previously made three successful voyages to New Zealand, and who had deserve[?]ly obtained the respect and esteem…

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Shipwreck of the Barque Tyne

The Sentinel · Wednesday 10 September 1845 · page 3

IT is with deep regret that we announce the total loss of the barque Tyne, Captain Robertson, who hail previously made three successful voyages to New Zealand, and who had deservedly obtained the respect and esteem…

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