Loss of a Sardinian War Steamer
A Sardinian war steamer, which was bringing to Constantinople a great number of sick from the ambulance at Balaclava, has foundered, and all on board perished…
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The Admiralty Register of Wrecks for 1854
THE Admiralty Register of the wrecks that have occurred on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year 1854 has just been published, by order of the House of Commons, accompanied by the Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the same period. We…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →The Hellespont Steamer
EXTRACT of a letter from steamship Hollespon, to her owners in Sydney, date, King George's Sound, February 29, 1856. February 28.—I have to advise the [?] arrival of the Hellespont at this port, at noon on the 27th, and all well, after a pleasant…
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THE following letter from Mr. C. E. Jacques, the Morpeth agent or the A. S. N. Company, in reference to the steamer trade of the Hunter during the past week, cading Saturday, the 5th, will be read with interest by our readers…
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THE United States Mail steamship Crescent City, commanded by Captain A. G. Gray, left New York on the 3rd December, with passengers and cargo for New Orleans, via Havana. A fair wind favoured her, and there was every appearance of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dr. Scoresby on the Return of the Steamer Royal Charter
Dr. Scoresby has addressed the following letter to the Secretary of the Underwriters' Association, Liverpool! "Royal Charter, Plymouth Sound, January 26, 1856. "Sir—The putting back of this spendid ship is a circumstance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trial Trip of the Persia. the Largest Steamer in the World. Glasgow, Wednesday Evening
Yesterday the magnificent from paddle steamship Persia, which has just been completed by Messrs. Robert Napier and Sons, for the Canard Company, made her first trip in sea water, subsequent to the adjusting of her compasses, by running some 20…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Shipwreck in the Hunter River
Shewing the necessity of immediately deepening the channel, or laying down buoys for the better guidance of strangers. A sturdy old ship, with a very sharp bow, From Sydney out out to sea;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loss of Her Majesty's Steamer Polyphemus. Admiralty, February 5th
The following telegraphic message has been received from her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, dated 4th instant. "The Polyphemus was totally lost on the 29th ultimo, south of Hasutholm Light, north-west coast of Jutland. The master and…
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THE United States Mail steamship Crescent City, commanded by Captain A. G. Gray, left New York on the 3rd December, with passengers and cargo for New Orleans, via Havana. A fa[?] wind favoured her, and there was every appearance of a…
Continued on Trove, page 80 →Manning River. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Total Wreck of the Gipsy, Steamer
This great calamity to the proprietors of the boat and the district generally, occurred as the ill-fated vessel was crossing the bar last Thursday, the 24th instant, about 3 o'clock p.m.; happily without the loss of a single…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Navigation of the Manning and the Wreck of the Steamer Gipsy. (To the Editor of the Empire.)
SIR—We are informed by your shipping report of this morning, of the loss of the steamer Gipsy at the month of the river Manning, usually known as the "bar" of that magnificent stream…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Auckland, New Zealand. a Cruise in the Local Steamer
THE Wonga Wonga, a new and beautiful iron steam schooner, of 108 tons register, having recently extended her trips from the river to the coast; and a double interest having been created in favour of Mongonui,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Use of a Line Thrown to Wrecked Vessels From the Shore. (From the Life Boat, 1st January.)
It is a commonly-received opinion, that if a line can only be thrown over a stranded vessel, the salvation of those on board her if almost secured It seems to be presumed that those at either end of this slender…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Williams Steamer. To the Editor of the Empire
SIR—On my arrival, this afternoon, from Morpeth, I observed in your issue of this day, a paragraph touching the non-arrival, at Newcastle, of the steamship williams, at 11 o'clock, on the morning of the 6th instant, and which, I understand, has caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Navigation of the Manning, and the Wreck of the Steamer Gipsy. To the Editor of the Empire
SIRâWill you allow me to reply to a letter which appears in the Empire of Saturday last, referring to the loss of the Gipsy steamer on the bar of the Manning River, the writer of which is either afraid of signing his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision Between the Steamer Thistle and the Brigantine Fortitude.—total Loss of the Latter, with Two of Her Crew
The arrival, on Saturday afternoon, of the Os[?]roy, from Newcastle, placed us in possession of particulars relative to a collision, which occurred early on Saturday morning, between the Thistlr, steamer, and the schooner For Rude, bound from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Use of a Line Thrown to Wrecked Vessels From the Shore
It is a commonly-received opinion, that if a line can only be thrown over a stranded vessel, the salvation of those on board her is almost secured. It seems to be presumed that those at either end of this slender…
Continued on Trove, page 95 →The Late Collision Hetween the Steamer Thistle and the Schooner Fortitude. Judicial Inquiry
YESTERDAY an inquiry wu held before the Steam Navigation Hoard of New South Wales, touching the circumstances attending the collision on the night of thc 9th May, between the steamer Thistle, Captain Wilson, and the schooner Fortitude, Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Steam Navigation Board. the Late Collision Between the Steamer Thistle, and the Schooner Fortitude. (Before the Chairman. H. H. Browne, Esq., J.P., W. S. Deloltte, Esq., J.P., and B. Darley. Esq., J.P.)
An investigation was held yesterday, before the Steam Navigation Board, relative to the late collision between the steamer Thistle and the schooner Fortitude, on the morning or the 10th instant, which resulted in the loss of the latter vessel together…
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