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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1857

199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 10

Wreck of the Lyonnais

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 21 February 1857 · page 3

It ls our palnful duty (says the New York Tribune)to record another terrible calamity at sea. The case in hand Is not unllike that of the [?]-faied Arctic. The Iron screwateamship Le Lyonnals. Captain Dovaulx, sailed from New…

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The Wreck Register for 1855

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 23 February 1857 · page 53

THIS important document has been recently published by the Board of Trade and presented to both Houses of Parliament. The facts it discloses are very interesting in their character. The register proceeds to state that the total number of wrecks and…

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Wreck of the Schooner Coila. (Per favour of the Empire.)

Empire · Friday 6 March 1857 · page 2

SIR.—We beg your insertion of the accompanying account of the loss of the schooner Colla. The letter from which it is taken, is lying at our office for the inspection of those concerned. (Cop.)…

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Parliamentary Paper. Shipwrecks and Disasters to Shipping. Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1857 · page 4

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 26th September last, " to inquire into and report upon the number of shipwrecks and other disasters to shipping which…

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Summary for England. Per Steamer "European."

Empire · Tuesday 10 March 1857 · page 4

SINCE the departure of the Simla, on the 11th of February, the community of New South Wales has not been agitated by any unusual event, nor has any remarkable development of…

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Shipwrecks on Our North-eastern Coast

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

WE, in our issue of Saturday, published the report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 26[?]h September ultimo, on the motion of Captain Towns, to inquire into and report upon the…

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The Schooner Jane. (To the Editor of the Mareton Bay Free Press.)

Empire · Wednesday 11 March 1857 · page 2

SIR.—I find sluce I came up from the schooner [?] stranded on the south-west and of Strandbroke Island, that [?] reports conceraing her have gained oredered in Brisbane, and to prevent such misstatemonts from obtaining…

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Wreck of the Whaling Brig Packet

Empire · Wednesday 11 March 1857 · page 2

We regret to have to announce the total loss loss of the [?] brig, Captain Davidson, on the Elizabeth Reef, during the gales. wich have Intely prevailed on the eastern coast of Australia The Packet was the property of Messrs. Mithell and Co., of…

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Stranding of the Brazilian-steamer Tyne

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 6 April 1857 · page 91

THE Brazilian mail-steamer Tyne was stranded, while coining up to Southampton, on the 13th of January. The following are the particulars of the disaster:— It appears that the Tyne experienced tremendous weather…

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Stranding of the Brazilian Steamer Tyne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1857 · page 4

THE Brazilian mail-steamer Tyne was stranded while coming up to Southampton, on the 13th of January, the following are the particulars of the disaster: — It appears that the Tyne experienced tremendous weather…

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Wreck of the William Denny Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1857 · page 4

BY the Gertrude, Captain Dunning, which arrived yesterday from Auckland, we have been informed of the particulars respecting the wreck of the William Denny (s.), which vessel ran on shore on the North Cape on the evening of the 3rd ultimo, on her…

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Stranding of the Brazilian Steamer Tyne

Empire · Tuesday 7 April 1857 · page 4

The brazilian mail-steamer Tyne, was stranded, while coming up to Southampton, on the 13th of Janury. The following are particulars of the disuster:- It appears that the Tyne experienced tremendous weather…

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Boss of the Wm. Denny Steamer

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 3

Our space will only allow a brief mention of the stranding of the fine ship. From the shipping report of the S. M. Herald we learn that the steamer went Ashore on tho North Cape on the evening of the 3rd ultimo, on her…

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Wreck of the Three-masted Schooner Archimedes

Empire · Monday 13 April 1857 · page 4

By the arrival on Saturay of the brig Hero, from Honolulu and Tahiti, intelligence has reached Sydney, of the total loss of the schooner Archimedes, which vessel left Sydney in January, 1856, in search of the barque Rovors Bride. For some months past…

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The Shipwreck of the Northern Belle. (From the Illustrated London News.)

Empire · Wednesday 15 April 1857 · page 3

What tribute shall we give the brave, who fight the glorious fight, who staud or fall in froedom's cause Defondors of the right…

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The Gold-fields of New South Wales. [From Our Special Commissioner.] [?]—The Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1857 · page 2

"THERE'S the second bell!" "Get on board!" "Good bye!" "Pleasant journey!" "Pleasant Voyage!" and at the last of these farewell greetings I turned my eyes upward to the skies, where the black…

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Steam-packet Shipwrecks

Empire · Monday 27 April 1857 · page 4

During the fourteen years the Royal Mail Steam packet Company has been established it has lost eight ships—three in the Gulf of mexico, one in the Bay of Blacay, one on the coast of Spain, and the rest in the West Indies. The value of these ships,…

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The Steamer Routes. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 21 May 1857 · page 5

SIR—As facts always have been stubborn things, may I direct the attention of the Panama advocates to the Times of February 20; there they will find that on the 19th of February there arrived at Southampton two…

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Steam-packet Shipwrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 May 1857 · page 4

DURING the fourteen years the Roval Mall Steam-packet Company has been established it has lost eight ships—three in the gulf of Mexico, one in the Buy of Biscay, one on the coast of Spain, and the rese in the West Indies. The value of these ships, with the…

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Steam-packet Shipwrecks

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 25 May 1857 · page 127

During the fourteen years the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company has been established it has lost eight ships—three in the gulf of Mexico, one in the Bay of Biscay, one on the coast of Spain, and the rest in the West Indies. The value of these ships, with the…

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