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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1857

199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 10

Mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer Simla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1857 · page 4
Also in Empire

THE mails by the European and Australian RoyalMail Company's steamer Simla for the United Kingdom, by way of Marseilles and,Southampton for France direct, and for the Continent Europe by way of France and by way of Trieste, will close…

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Mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer Simla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1857 · page 4
Also in Empire

THE mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's steamer Simla for the United Kingdom, by way of Marseilles and Southampton for France direct, and for the Continent of Europe by way of France and by way of Trieste, will close…

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Mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer Simla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1857 · page 4
Also in Empire

THE mails by the F[?]pean and Australian Royal Mail Company's steamer Simla for the United Kingdom, by way of Marseilles and Southampton for France direct, and for the Continent of Europe by way of France and by way of Trieste, will close…

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Mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer Simla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1857 · page 4
Also in Empire

THE mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's steamer Simla for the United Kingdom, by way of Marseilles and Southampton for Franco direct, and for the Continent of Europe by way of France and by way of Trieste, will close…

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Mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer Simla

Empire · Saturday 7 February 1857 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The mails by the European and Australian Boyal Moil Company's Steamer Simla, for the United Kingdom by way of Marseilles and Southampton, for France direct and for the Conti nent of Europe by way of France, and by way of Trieste, will…

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Mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer Simla

Empire · Monday 9 February 1857 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer Simla, for the United Kingdom by way of Marsoilles and Southampton, for France direct and for the Cunti pent of Europe by way of France, and by way of Trioste, will…

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Mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer. Simla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1857 · page 4

THE mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's steamer Simla for the United Kingdom, by way of Marseilles and Southampton for France direct, and for the Continent of Europe by way of France and by way of Triesto, will close…

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Mails by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company's Steamer Simla

Empire · Tuesday 10 February 1857 · page 4

The mails by the European and Australian Royal Mall Company's Steamer Simla, for the United Kingdom by way of Marselles and Southampton, for France direct and for the Conti nent of Europe by way of France, and by way of Tricate, will…

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Wrecks and Casualties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1857 · page 4

JANUARY 20.—Waterwitch schooner, wrecked on the island of Uea, New Hebrides. Crew saved, with the exception of some South Sea Islanders, whom the natives killed. January 20.—Flora Bella, from Melbourne to Sydney, with a…

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The Mail Steamer Simla. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 11 February 1857 · page 5

SIR—The splendid steamer Simla sails to-morrow in most beautiful order—more like a pleasure yacht than a mail steamer. Any person who has had the pleasure of a visit on board, must have been struck with the complete…

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The Wreck Register for 1855

Empire · Friday 13 February 1857 · page 4

This important document, says the Globe, November 21, has been recently published by the Board of trade, and presented to both Houses of Parliament. The focts it discloses are very interesting in their character. The register proceeds to state…

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Wreck of the Ship Lady Fitzherbert

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 16 February 1857 · page 48

THE following particulars of the loss of this vessel are furnished by her master to the owners, in a letter dated Kunda, October 29:—"I left the harbour of Cronstadt on Monday, the 20th of October, and the roads on Saturday, the 25th, at 10 a.m., with a…

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Shipwreck of the Lyonnais Steamer.—loss of 130 Lives

Empire · Thursday 19 February 1857 · page 4

On the 1stof November, the iron screw steamship Lyonnals built at Liverpool this year, and belonging to the Franco-Ameri an Company, sailed for New York for Havre, with 150 porsons on board, inclnding 30 cabin passongers. On the night of…

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Wreck of the Lyonnais

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1857 · page 4

IT is our painful duty (says the New York Tribune) to record another terrible calamity at sea. The case in hand is not unlike that of the ill-fated Arctic. The iron serew-steamship Le Lyonnais. Captain Devaulx, sailed from New York on Saturday,…

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