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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1850

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Vice-admiralty Court of New Zealand. (From the New Zealander, December 22.) Auckland, December. 19, 1849. BEFORE His Honor William Martin, Esq., Judge of the said Court. the Schooner Sir John Franklin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 2

This Court sat for the first time in this colony for the trial of a suit instituted by Mr. William Wright, of Sydney, (the holder of two bottomry bonds for£156 5s. and £48 10s…

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Vice Admiralty Court of New Zealand. Auckland, December iy, 1849. Before His Honor William Martin, Esq., Judge of the said Court. the Schooner Sir John Franklin

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 14 January 1850 · page 11

This Court sat for the first time in this colony for the trial of a suit instituted by Mr. William Wright, of Sydney, (the holder of two bottomry bonds for £156 5s. and £48 10s…

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Dreadful Mortality on Board the "Star of China" schooner, 101 tons. Sailed Hence for California on the 28Th June, with 68 EMIGRANTS

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 19 January 1850 · page 2

A LETTER, of which we subjoin an extract, has been received in Sydney from a passenger on board the "Margaret" brig, which sailed from this port for San Francisco on…

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California. Straws Prom the Gold Coast. (From the Polynesian.) Arrival of Mail Steamer—Detention of Mails —Anxiety for Letters—Scene at the Post Office—New Speculations—Complaints of Passengers in the Pacific Steamers—French Interference—New Steamers—Lumber— Building—Rain—Wind—Rail Road through the Sierra Nevada—Death of Captain Warner. San Francisco, Nov. 5, 1849

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1850 · page 2

Dear Polynesian,—You know the stir an arrival from "the States" used to produce (and perhaps does still) at Honolulu, after a months dearth of news—but that stir was…

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Services of H. M. Steamer "Fury" Against Pirates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1850 · page 3

Our former Nos. have laid before our readers the operations of the pirates in the Chinese seas, and shown what rapid strides they have made of late, towards rendering trade even when carried…

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Services of H.m Steamer "Fury" Against Pirates

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 9 February 1850 · page 40

Our former Nos. have laid before our readers the operations of the pirates in the Chinese seas, and shown what rapid strides they hare made of late, towards rendering trade even when carried…

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Piratical Seizure of the Schooner Helen. (From the Wellington Independent, January [?]6)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1850 · page 2

THE Napi, schooner, arrived on Monday from Russell, bringing as passenger Captain Griffiths, late of the schooner Helen, of Sydney, which had been piratically seized and…

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Piracy on Board the Schooner Helen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1850 · page 2

We have made enquiries relative to the piratical seizure of the schooner Helen, and the facts appear to be thus. The schooner belonged to Messrs. Tebbutt and Inder, and was…

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Wreck of the Brig Richard Dart. (From the Cope of Goo[?] Hope Shipping Ga[?]ttc, 16th November.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1850 · page 2

THIS larnentable event has excited such great and painful interest, that we have taken pains to procure as full and accurate an account of it as possible. The following particulars have been furnished to us, and their…

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Wreck of the Richard Dart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1850 · page 2

The following letter from one of the survivors of the wreck of this unfortunate vessel contains a deeply interesting account of that awful calamity, and the sufferings of those who…

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Piratical Seizure of the Schooner Helen

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 16 February 1850 · page 51

The Napi, schooner, arrived on Monday from Russell, bringing as passenger Captain Griffiths, late of the schooner Helen, of Sydney, which had been piratically seized and…

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Wreck of the Brig Richard Dart

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 16 February 1850 · page 50

This lamentable event has excited such great and painful interest, that we have taken pains to procure as full and accurate an account of it as possible. The following particulars have been furnished to us, and their…

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Description of Schooner Helen. Brigantine Rigged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1850 · page 2

Length—in deck from inner stem to inner stern post, 71 feet one-tenth. Breadth—In midships, 17 feet three tenths; depth of hold, 7 feet; carvel built; (fiddle head made of cedar)…

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Piratical Seizure of the Schooner Helen. (From Yesterday's Government Gizette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1850 · page 2

INFORMATION having recently been communicated to this Government, that the schooner Helen, Griffiths, master, was piratically scized on the 25th November last, whilst proceeding, from this port to Moreton Bay…

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Piratical Seizure of the Schooner Helen

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 16 March 1850 · page 75

Information having recently been communicated to this Government, that the schooner Helen, Griffiths, master, was piratically seized on the 25th November last, whilst proceeding from this port to Moreton Bay:…

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Seizure of the Schooner Helen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1850 · page 2

THE following letter from the Colonial Secretary to the Underwriters of the schooner Helen, has been handed to us for publication:—…

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Loss of the Steamer Ph[?]enix

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1850 · page 2

We regret to state that the rumours which have been current in Sydney for some days as to the loss of the steamer Phoenix, turn out to be well founded. Our readers will remember…

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Seizure of the Schooner Helen

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 81

The following letter from the Colonial Secretary to the Underwriters of the schooner Helen, has been handed to us for publication :—…

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Wreck of the Phœnix Steamer

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 2

The phœnix steamer has been lost on her return [?] from the Clarence, on the coast within a few miles of the Heads of that river. The disaster [?]ed on the 3rd instant, when it will…

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Loss of the Steamer Phoenix

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 86

We regret to state that the rumours which have been current in Sydney for some days as to the loss of the steamer Phoenix, turn out to be well founded. Our readers will remember…

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