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199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 10
After a lapse of little more than two months since the wreck of the Dunbar, it again becomes our painful duty to record the loss of another equally fine ship, and as valuable a cargo, but happily (although attended by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Having to-day attended the funeral of our lamented friend Captain Hawkes, in coming out of the Cemetery gate, to my astonishment, I saw three hearses, containing the bodies of the drowned seamen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY morning, an inquisition was commenced at the King's Arms Inn, Lower George-street, before the City Coroner and a jury of thirteen, into the cause of the death of the persons who were lost in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Does not the wreck of the Catherina Adamson, show the necessity of telegraphic communication with the Heads? Had this been, there is little doubt but what more assistance could have been afforded in time to save the ship and passengers. Its evident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE inquest touching the death of the unfortunate passengers and seamen of the Catherine Adamson was resumed at nine o'clock, this (Tuesday) morning. The following witnesses were examined:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thomas Beaton, being duly sworn, deposeth: I was a seaman belonging to the ship Catherine Adamson; I have boon to sea twenty-one years, and am on able-bodied seaman; that was my first voyage in that ship; we came to Sydney Heads on the 23rd…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An inquest was held on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday last, at the King's Head Inn, Lower George-street, Louching the death of the pilot, and certain of the seamen and passengers' of the ship Catherine Adamson, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the morning of this day week, the alarming report of another shipwreck caused the most intense sensation among our citizens. The " Catherine Adamson," 688 tons, one of the best, if not the very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have been favoured by Messrs. G. A. Lloyd and Co. with the following details:—"In February last year the Chilian brigantine Sarah Ann left Valpariso for the South Sea Islands. She had on beard besides the captain and crew, several passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ANOTHER tempest has visited our harbor, leaving fatal traces of its presence, and again have the journals the melancholy duty imposed upon them of recording a fearful shipwreck, accompanied by loss of life. With the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following narrative has been handed to us for publication by a passenger in the Manuell Carvalle, from Tahiti:- In February last year, the Chilian brigantine Sarah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have been favoured by Messrs. G. A. Lloyd and Co. with the following details:—"In February last year the Chilian brigantine Sarah Ann left Valpariso for the South Sea Islands. She had on board besides the captain and crew, several passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 242 →On the morning of the wreck and for several days afterwards, the harbour in the vicinity of the point where the Catherine Adamson struck presented a scene of the most dismal character. The precise point on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE inquest held on the bodies of certain of the passengers and crew of the above vessel was resumed at six o'clock last evening. The following evidence was taken on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[The following statement, which was read in the course of the investigation into the causes of the late wreck, before the Light and Pilot Board, has been handed to us for publication.]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The adjourned inquest on, the bodies recovered fron the wreak of the Catherine Adamson was held last ovening, at 7 o'clock, a Mrs. Stone's Inn, Lower Georgestreet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I think every one who has read over your article of yesterday on the above melancholy subject must allow that your summing up of Captain Stuart's case is clear, just, and merciful. And now, what will the verdict of the public at large be! I will not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR.—If it is not intruding too much on your valubale space, I would wish to make a few remarks which recent casuslties in the various solonies have called forth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Principal event since the date of our last summary is another melancholy shipwreck, full particulars of which are given in this publication. The other news upon the whole is barren of interest to distant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EARLY on Saturday morning, October 24th, 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 gone in her…
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