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75 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 4
ON Thursday se'nnight, it is supposed shortly after twelve [?]o'clock when the terrible drifts of wind and sleet were at their fiercest, the Wiil-o'-the-Wisp screw steamer, of between 450 and 500 tons burthen, struck on a reef about 500 yards from the main portion…
Continued on Trove, page 112 →THIS fine steamer, which has recently been under extensive repairs, yesterday took a trial trip down the harbour, when a party of gentlemen were invited by the spirited proprietors to witness her performance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This fine steamer, which has recently been under extensive repairs, on Saturday took a trial trip down the harbour, when a party of gentlemen were invited by the spirited proprietors to witness her performance…
Continued on Trove, page 128 →As official investigation by the Trinity Board into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the ship Nashwault took place on Friday, at the Trinity House. Port Adelaide. Present—Captain Douglas (Master of the [?], in the chair), Captain Scott, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The most important news is that which relates to Cuba. The New York Weekly Herald of February 20th contains an enormous mass of intelligence respecting this matter. We have collated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BE ON YOUR GUARD.—Numerous shopkeepers have recently been imposed upon by means of spurious notes, principally purporting to be of £5 each, which are supposed to have been executed in Van Diemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—On Wednesday, the 11th instant, I was on a fishing excursion in the harbour of Port Stephen[?] but as the weather was boisterous, I walked across to one of the bays to the south of Point Stephens for the purpose of fishing off the rocks. We made the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE learn from the New Orleaas Delta, that the, United States mail steamer E[?] [?] C[?] Gray, from Aspinwall bound to Havana, was fired at off Ca[?] San Antoio on the night of the 6th. After the first shot, which fell about twen[?] yarda short of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Golden Age was wrecked off the Northwest Point of Kie[?]on Island, about 217 miles from Panama, on Sunday morning, at about 15 minutes past 2 o'clock, April 29th. She was under full headway, making ab ut fourteen knots an hour, when she struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Golden Age was wrecked off the Northwest Point of Kicaron Island, about 217 miles from Panama, on Sunday morning, at about 15 minutes past 2 o'clock, April 29th. She was under full headway, making about fourteen knots an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Saturday afternoon an inquest was hold, at Mr. Driver's, the Three Tuns Tavern, Elizabeth-street, before J. R. Brenan, Esq., and a jury of twelve, on the body of Hobort Hull, who died on the 21st instant, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Golden Age was wrecked off the Northwest Point of Kicaron Island, about 217 miles from Panama, on Sunday merning, at about 15 minutes patt 2 o'clock, April 29th. She was under full headway, making about fourteen knots an hour, when she struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 178 →WE learn from the New Orleans Delia, that the United States mail steamer El Dorado, Captain Gray, from Aspinwall bound to Havana, was fired at off Cape San Antonio on the night of the 6th. After the first shot, which fell about twenty yards short of the…
Continued on Trove, page 176 →FLYMOUTH.âThe greatest possible consternation was created in this town on Saturday, by the melancholy intelligence that the barqu John, of this port, Rawle, master, which sailed from here about four p.m. on Thursday last, with emigrants for Quebec, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Concerning the proposed lighthouse, the Courier observes—"His Excellency the Governor-General, in his Financial Minute, expresses a hope that the lighthouse and the floating light at Moreton Bay will be in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE.—On Saturday afternoon, while two men, named John Partridge and W. Milton, were walking through the Flemington Reserve, the latter fired a revolver at Partridge, and wounded him…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE following letter has been handed to us by James Kelham, Esq., Lloyd's Agent, to be published for general information. It is written by the master of the schooner Witness, which was unfortunately wrecked in Paliser Bay on the 29th June, and gives a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting, held on the 22nd instant, the following letter, having reference to postal communication, was read, and as the committee entirely concurred in the views which it contained, the secretary was…
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