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199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 10
SIR,—Knowing that you are over foremost in applauding the real of those who have distinguished themselves in the ordinary walks or life, how much more, then, will your admiration, and that of the public be brought forth, when I relate an act of heroism of one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAPTAIN Sturley, of the Queen of Perth, which arrived on Sunday from the Chatham Islands, has politely handed us the accompanying details respecting the loss of the above vessel. They appear in the form of a statement made before an officer…
Continued on Trove, 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 have taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DURING A.VIOLENT GALE, GRADUALLY DRIVING HIS VESSEL TOWARDS THE SHORE, HER COMMANDER APPEARS TO HAVE THOUGHT IT. THE SAFEST COURSE TO MAKE FOR THE HABOUR; BUT, IN THE DARKNESS, TO HAVE MISTAKEN A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—One of your correspondents, I think, (though it may have been yourself,) within a few days after the late catastrophe suggested the erection of some Monument near the spot, commemorative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,[?]I have the honor to furnish, for the information of the Honorable the Treasurer and Secretary for Finance and Trade, the following Report of the circumstances connected with the discovery of the wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—I have the honour to furnish, for the information of the honorable the Treasurer and Secretary for Finance and Trodey, the following report of the circumstances connected, with the discovery of the wreck of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Since the occurrence of this most lamentable event a great deal has been written on the subject of some other than the present light on the South Head, and though all appear to agree that some other than that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We find in the last number of the Mudgee Newspaper the following letter from Mr. Henry Tebbutt, formerly of Sydney, who is one of the survivers of the wreck of the Edward Lombe:—I am one of the survivors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE wreck of the fine vessel Duroc will take its place of honour amongst the most memorable on the sinister page of maritime history. Never since the Medusa has naval catastrophe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Permit me thus publicly to tender you my most heartfelt acknowledgment, and warm admiration of the prempt humanity which brought you alongside the Nora Creina, steamer, in answer to our signals of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →She reds the midnight ses With the land upon her fee! Fond hearts hoped soon to be At home again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting (convened by advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald) of the personal friends and passengers who had sailed with the late Captain Green, was held yesterday afternoon, at the Exchange Buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I bog to contradict a false report in your issue of this day, concerning the loss of the whaling barque Pacific, Captain Sherman, of New Bedford, United States. On the morning of the 22nd of May last, I ran into Milford Haven during a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In your journal of this morning, "A Late Arrival" expresses a wish to be informed if there are any of the survivors of the wreck of the Sovereign (at Moreton Bay) at present alive and residing in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—As a letter that was left for insertion in your paper on Monday last, referring to a mistake made by R. T., in allusion to the wreck of the Sovereign, in his communication of that day's issue, has not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The only account of the loss of the Erin which we have noticed in any of our exchanges we give below from the Ceylon Bimonthly Examiner of the 12th, and the Observer of the 8th June. The opium saved from the wreek has come on here, and will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT is our painful duty to report another disa-s trous shipwreck at the Heads, within a period of sixty-five days of the destruction of the Dunbar, which, as our readers will recollect,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EARLY on Saturday morning, Sydney was thrown into a state of considerable excitement and alarm. The loss of the ill-fated Dunbar, with so many familiar friends and acquaintances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EARLY on Saturday morning, Sydney was thrown into a state of considerable excitement and alarm. The loss of the ill-fated Dunbar, with so many familiar friends and acquaintances…
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