Loss of the Schooner Morpeth Packet
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 September 1855 · page 4
THE following particulars concerning the loss of the above vessel, have been handed to us by Captain A. A. Doolittle, her late master. "On Wednesday, the 29th of August, sailed from Newcastle for New Zealand, with 110 tons of coals. Wind from the…
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Empire · Wednesday 19 September 1855 · page 4
SIR—Having, in my capacity as agent for Llyod's, and under instructions from Messrs. Griffiths, Fanning, and Co., agents for the vessel, proceeded with a steamer to assist the schooner Sylvio, which vessel ran on shore near the lower lighthouse at…
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The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 1 October 1855 · page 227
CAPTAIN CHLICOTT, late commander of the above vessel, arrived here last evening, by the Danish ship Cecrops, from Batavis. We have obtained from him, the following particulars concerning her loss:—The Phoenix left this port for Singapore on the 23rd of June…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 October 1855 · page 4
CAPTAIN Chilcott, late commander of the above vessel, arrived here last evening, by the Danish ship C crops, from Batavia. We have obtained from him, the following particulars concerning her loss:The Phœnix left this port for Singapore on the 23rd of June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Search by H.M. Steamship Torch. Report of Proceedings of H.M. steam vessel Torch, in search of the Survivors of the schooner Ningpo. Sydney, 1 December, 1854
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 October 1855 · page 2
Sir,—Having been ordered from my usual duties by the Senior Naval Officer, to perform a service for the colony, I consider it my duty to lay before you, for the information of his, Excellency the…
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Empire · Wednesday 24 October 1855 · page 4
Yesterday afternoon the steamship Persia, the first iron paddle-wheel liner built by the orders of the Messrs. Burns of this city for the Cunard, or British and North American Steam Company, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Robert Napier…
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Empire · Friday 2 November 1855 · page 4
It was stated in our issue of the 20th ulti[?] that a vessel named the Sisters, a Hawkesbury trader, was missing. Annexed are some further particulars on the painful subject:- To the Editor of the Empire…
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Empire · Friday 16 November 1855 · page 4
The following is the report of the survey on the life boat at Newcastle referred to by Mr. Flood, in the Legislative Council on a recent oceasion, and from which two brief extracts only were read. The signatures appended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer to Manly Beach. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 November 1855 · page 4
SIR,—Is there no [?] of indu[?] Mr. G. Smith, or some [?] owner of a [?] to run a [?] to that b[?] spot, Manly B[?] at [?] p.m. on Saturday The st[?]amer which [?] to run on that day and hour has been discontiened, and now only…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 November 1855 · page 4
NEWCASTLE, November 20.—Yesterday morning, the schooner Je[?]le, of Geelong, arrived off the port and before a pilot could get off to her she had rounded Nobby, and in attempting to stay her she lost her headway, and becoming unmanageable, Captain…
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Empire · Thursday 22 November 1855 · page 4
SIR—At about 5.30 a. m. of this day a vessel was signalled off the port, requiring a pilot, and soon after a boat left the shore with a pilot on board and the signal for a vessel requiring a pilot was lowered from the Hag-[?], and it is believed also from the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 November 1855 · page 4
SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 15.—By the arrival of the Royal mail steamship L[?] Plata we have received the particulars of the less of the Manchester, American ship, from the captain's son, one of two survivors of the ill-fated vessel:-…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 November 1855 · page 8
MR. GAVAN DUFFY'S valedictory address to his constituents of New Ross appears in the Nation, of Saturday, 18th August. It is a rather elaborate document, but its tone is, upon the whole, calm and temperate,…
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Empire · Monday 31 December 1855 · page 3
Amongst the many ways in which the commercial position of this colony has improved since the discovery of the gold fields, the rapidity with which our steam marine has increased appears the most prominent. A few years since our sea-going fleet of…
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Empire · Monday 31 December 1855 · page 4
Amongst the tanny ways in which the commercial position of this colony has improved since the discovery of the gold fields, the rapidity with which our steam marine has increased appears the most prominent. A few years since our sea-going fleet of…
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