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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1853

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Auckland. Calamitous Shipwreck. (From the New Zealander, September 24.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 October 1853 · page 4

IT is with deep regret we have to state that the barque Helena, belonging to Mr. Macnamara, of Sydney, was totally wrecked in Waltakaro Bay, between Manukau and Kalpara, on the night of Friday, the 16th instant;…

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Wreck of the Barque Posthumous at Kiapara

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 24 October 1853 · page 319

The Posthumous was a well known vessel in the East India and colonial trade, of from 500 to 600 tons burthen. Originally built at Liverpool in 1798, she had withstood thirty-six years of bard wear, and tear in…

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Calamitous Shipwreck

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 24 October 1853 · page 319

It is with deep regret we hare to state that the barque Helena, belonging to Mr. Macnamara, of Sydney, was totally wrecked in Waitakare Bay, between Manukau and Kaipara, on the night of Friday, the 16th instant;…

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Wreck of the Helena

Empire · Monday 24 October 1853 · page 2

One of the most disastrous shipwrecks which has occurred on our coast for several years, that of the barque Helena, of Sydney, occurred on Friday week, in Waitakere Bay, about 13 miles south of Klapara, involving the…

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Wreck of the Exchange

Empire · Saturday 29 October 1853 · page 4

Yesterday, at about 11.30 a.m., the Brig Exchange, in attempting to work out of the Heads, got ashore on the South Head Reef. She was standing out on the port tack, with the wind from…

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The Steamer Sydney

Empire · Monday 31 October 1853 · page 2

The steamer Sydney arrived at Adelaide on the 17th instant, having made the passage from the Lizard in 69 days. She left the East India Docks on the 5th August at 2 o'clook a.m.; Greenhithe…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, October 31, 1853. 'Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I.' Wreck of the Emigrant Ship Tory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 October 1853 · page 4

IN our columns on the 20th of August ultimo, we invited particular attention to the result of the trial of Captain LANGFORD, late commander of the barque…

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Life Preservers in Shipwreck. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 5 November 1853 · page 3

SIR—Many years since when clearing my ship at a Custom House in the United States, the collector handed me with the ship's papers, a description of a "life preserver," which had been…

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Wreck of the Brig Exchange. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 7 November 1853 · page 2

SIR—Knowing the impartiality of your journal, and that your columns are ever open to the exposure of wrong, I beg leave to lay before you a few facts in regard to the late unfortunate wreck of…

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Wreck of the Steamer Juno—six Lives Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1853 · page 4

WE have already announced the unfortunate loss of this vessel, and by the arrival of the Phantom from the Manning River yesterday morning, which brought up the survivors of the crew, we are put in possession of…

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The Review of the Flee[?]. As Seen From the Odin War Steamer. (From the Times, August 12.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 November 1853 · page 7

SOME faint idea may be formad of yesterday's review from the aggregate of guns, horse-power, and tonnage in the fleet, and from the number of men required for the full…

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Wreck of the Countess of Derby, Bound for Cleveland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 November 1853 · page 4
Also in The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List

WE regret to have to report the loss of the Countess of Derby, bound from Sydney to Cleveland, while bearing up for the latter place through the south entrance of Moreton Bay, on Monday last. The Countess of Derby,…

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Wreck of the Countess of Derby, Bound for Cleveland. (From the Moreton Bay Courier, November 5th.)

Empire · Monday 21 November 1853 · page 2

We regret to have to report the loss of the Countess of Derby, bound from Sydney to Cleveland, while bearing up for the latter place through the Countess of Derby, Moreton Day, on Monday last. The Countess of Derby,…

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Wreck of the Countess of Derby. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 23 November 1853 · page 2

SIR—Under the impression that custom sanctions the commenting on even an extract contained in a public journal, wa beg to trespass on your courtesy, by requesting insertion in your…

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Wreck of the Osmanli, Steamer

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 10 December 1853 · page 6

The Hellespont reports that the Osmanli, steamer, has been wrecked off Kangaroo Island…

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Wreck of the Osmanli, Steamer, in D'estree's Bay, Kangaroo Island. (From the South Australian Register, December 6.)

Empire · Saturday 10 December 1853 · page 4

We deeply regret to record the loss of this splendid screw-steamer on its voyage from Melbourne to Port Adelaide. The following are the particulars, as far as we have been able at present to ascertain them…

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Wreck of the Osmanli. (From the South Auttralian Register.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 December 1853 · page 4

WE deeply regret to record the loss of this splendid scrow-steamer on its voyage from Melbourne to fort Adelaide. The following are the particulars, as far as we have been able at present to ascertain them…

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Wreck of the Meridian

Empire · Tuesday 13 December 1853 · page 2

As many persons in Sydney are variously interested in the calamitous wre[?]k of the Meridian, on her passage from London to this port, and as no full account of the disaster has yet been published in the colony, we extract…

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Wreck of the Osmanli, Steamer, in D'estree's Bay, Kangaroo Island

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 17 December 1853 · page 7

We deeply regret to record the loss of this splendid screw steamer on its voyage from Melbourne to Port Adelaide. The following are the particulars, as far as we have been able at present to ascertain them…

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