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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1845

70 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 4

Dreadful Shipwreck of a Dutch Indiaman

The Sentinel · Wednesday 26 November 1845 · page 3

A shipwreck with more heart-rending circumstances than has happened for some time was yesterday made known at Lloyd's, by the arrival of the ship Chance, Captain Roxby, from Sydney, in the London Ducks,…

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Dreadful Shipwreck of a Dutch Indiaman

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 29 November 1845 · page 297

A shipwreck with more heart-rending circumstances than has happened for some time was yesterday made known at Lloyd's, by the arrival of the ship Chance, Captain Roxby, from Sydney, in the London Docks…

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The Wreck Oy the John Hendrick, Dutch East Indiaman. (From the Times, August 5.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 December 1845 · page 2

WE are happy to state that the 11 men left by Captain R. M. Heckelbury, of the Dutch East indiaman, the John Hendrick, on the 30th of May, last, upon a rock near the Line, as was reported by the Times, were…

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The Wreck of the John Hendrick, Dutch East Indiaman

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 6 December 1845 · page 305
Also in The Star

We are happy to state that the 11 men left by Captain R. W. Heekelbury, of the Dutch East Indiaman, the John Hendrick, on the 30th of May, last, upon a rock near the Line, as was reported by the Times, were…

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Dreadful Collision of Steamers-- Awful Shipwreck, and Loss of 135 Lives

The Star · Saturday 13 December 1845 · page 4

On the night of the 11 July,, on the Black Sea, about forty miles east of the Bosphorus, two Turkish steamers, the Scutari, commanded by Mr. Dubbing, and the Medjehrai Tidjahret, commanded by Mr…

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Dreadful Collision of Steamers Awful Shipwreck, and Loss of 135 Lives

The Cumberland Times and Western Advertiser · Saturday 13 December 1845 · page 4

On the night of the 11 July, on the Black Sea, about forty miles cast of the Bosphorus, two Turkish steamers, the Scutari, commanded by Mr. Dubbing, and the Medjehrai Tidjahret, commanded by Mr…

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The Wreck of the John Hendrick, Dutch East Indiaman

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 13 December 1845 · page 2

Our readers will probably remember the narrative which appeared in the Sydney papers a few weeks ago, of the rescue of Captain Edelcubury and eight of his crew, from one of the barren rocks forming…

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The Schooner Frolic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 December 1845 · page 2

THE Frolic, Captain Pilfold, on arriving at Chilcott Island, found that the men wrecked there had been removed, as well as every moveable article from the vessel. She…

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The Schooner Frolic

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 20 December 1845 · page 317

The Frolic, Captain Pilfold, on arriving at Chilcott Island, found that the men wrecked there had been removed, as well as every moveable article from the vessel. She…

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