These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.
199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 10
On the arrival of the steamer Grafton, yesterday morning, from the Clarences River, Captain Wiseman reported that portions of wreck were floating about between and outside the Heads, and almost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the arrival of the steamer Grafton, yesterday morning, from the Clarence River, Captain Wiseman reported that portions of wreck were floating about between and outside the Heads, and almost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THIS morning, shortly after 7 o'clock, Mr. Pilot Jenkins started in his whale boat for the purpose of examining the shore near the heads, and, at about 11 o'clock, he arrived in Sydney and reported that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE INQUEST AND THE BURIAL.—We have been requested to state that the rem[?]inder of the bodies recovered from the wreck will be again open to identification at 9 o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A slight description of the locality where the late melancholy, catastrophe occurred may be interesting to those not acquainted with it. From the South Head on which the lighthouse stands, to the South Reef, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after daylight on Saturday, the Circular Quay became througed with persons desirous of going down to the Heads by the Washington and other steamers reported to have been chartered to visit the locality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE miraculous rescue of one of the seamen of the illfated Dunbar, the sole survivor from the week, has been the means of removing a portion of the mystery which previously shrouded this awful tragedy. As soon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yo Ocean Waves! what direful tales ye tell To those who watch thy angry billows swell: Long will the sound with anguish fill the heart And saddest music to the soul impart…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday, at 11 o'clock a.m., an inquest was held a Mrs. Stone's Inn, known as the King's Arms, Lower George-street, touching the death of the passengers and crew of the ship Danbar, lost at South Head on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Monday Morning.—Communications between this place and Maitland, by railway, are interrupted, and no intelligence was received here yesterday as to the further progress of the flood; the line beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We omitted to notice in our report of the late wreck, amongst the various endeavours made to save property and to render every assistance in rescuing the bodies, the services rendered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I presume the above heading will be a sufficient excuse for my addressing you. The wreck of the unfortunate Dunbar is supposed to have occurred on Friday last at 1 a.m.; at 10 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The body found on Monday evening has since been identified as that of Mrs. Meyers, of Goulburn, who was a passenger by the unfortunate ship Dunbar. The body of a child and the leg and thigh of a man have also been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—In moments of great peril there are generally two ways, the right way and the wrong. This was the case in the management of the Danbar. When, after sighting Botany, Captain Green was standing out to sea under close-reefed topsails, with on offing of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Since the occurrence of the awful calamity which visited our shores a few days ago, much discussion has taken place on the subject, through the columns of the daily papers, and at every corner of our streets. Some have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Freeman Brothers have taken a photographic portrait of James Johnson, the seaman who alone escaped on the night of the 20th August, when the Dunbar was wrecked. The picture,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR—Members of the Legislative Assembly are privileged men, and sometimes in the use of their liberty, they are apt to make too free with the character and conduct of persons who are not in a position to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[About midnight on Thursday, a splendid Newfoundland dog, the property of Mr Siddons, the Lighthouse keeper, rushed barking towards the cliffs, and from this circumstance Mr Siddons was of opinion, (since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR—Among the host of suggestions which have been made during the past week in reference to the late wreck, and the means which should be taken to prevent the recurrence of a similar catastrophe, none, I think, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We learn from the Melbourne papers received yesterday, the particulars of another melancholy disaster at sea, which occurred on the night of Monday last. We extract from the Age as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →