DEPARTURE.—DECEMBER 31. William Iv, steamer, Chatfield, for Merimbula and Eden. CLEARANCES.—DECEMBER 31
Empire · Friday 1 January 1858 · page 5
CREOLE, schooner, 144 tons, Carte, for Hobart Town [?] Newcastle, in ballast. ALEXANDER, barqne, 421 tone, Dougherty, for South Seas. VIXEN, sohooner, 120 tons, Bennett, for Launceston…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escape Rrom Fire of the Steamer Sarah Sands. From the Mauritius Commercial Gazette, November 23.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1858 · page 4
iron steamer Sarah Sands left Portsmouth on the l6th 1st for Calcutta, with 366 men, besides officers, of the 54th ment. The reached the Cape on the 15th October, and after ng there continued her voyage. On the afternoon of the 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire on Board the Steamer Sarah Sands. To the account of this disaster in the Herald of yesterday, we are enabled to add some additional particulars from a later issue of the Mauritius Commercial Gazette, which says: —
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1858 · page 4
Further information has now reached us of what took place on board this vessel, which is of Interest, not only to all directly concerned, but to the public generally. In the first place we hasten to rectify an error which is contained in our last number. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Summary for Per Mail Steamer Columbian
Empire · Saturday 9 January 1858 · page 5
OUR last summary of intelligence was prepared for the mail steamar European, which left this port on her voyage for Suez on the 11th of December, We now compile the following review of the month which has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Columbian Mail Steamer. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1858 · page 4
SIR,—Permit me to suggest, through your paper, the importance of the above steamer's departure being delayed for some few hours, giving the mercantile public the chance of replying to correspondence anticipated by the Simla due soma timo to-morrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mails by the Columbian. the mails by the European and Australian Royal mail Company's steamer Columbian, will be made up at this office This Evening, the 12th, at 6 o'clock
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1858 · page 4
Besides the usual mails for Melbourne, the following mails will be despatched, viz.—To or through the United Kingdom via Marseilles and via Southampton; to France and other continental states (in a closed mail to France); to the northern countries of…
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Empire · Tuesday 19 January 1858 · page 3
On Thursday last, in pursuance of advertisement, a public meeting was held at the Brighton Hotel, Wollongong, to consider the necessity of securing better steam communication with Sydney. The meeting was called…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Statistics of Wrecks. (From the Times, 7th October.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1858 · page 3
THE following is a synopsis of the wrecks and casualties which have taken place during the past year on the coast and in the seas of the British Isles. The Register, which is accompanied by an engraved…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1858 · page 4
THE Hobart Town Courier, of the 22nd instant, says:—The chief and second officers of the Varna, a Glasgow vessel of 551 tons burthen, with twelve of her crew and one passenger, arrived in this port last night about nine o'clock, the vessel having been…
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Empire · Thursday 28 January 1858 · page 5
Statement made at the "Sailors' Home," this 21st January, 1858, by the mate and crew of the barque Varus, of Greneck, bound to Melbourne, with a general cargo, ana one passenger, Hugh Matthew…
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The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 8 February 1858 · page 27
THE tobart Town Carrier of the 22nd instant, says:—The chief and second officers of the Varnas a Glasgow vessel of 551 tons burthen with twelve of her crew and one pasenger arrived in this port last nigh about nine o'clcok t he vessel having been…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Summary for England Per Mail Steamer Simla
Empire · Wednesday 10 February 1858 · page 2
OUR last monthly summary of Colonial intelligence was prepared for transmission by the Mail Steamer Columbian, which left this port on the 13th of January, on her voyage to Suez. We publish to-day complete…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer City of Sydney
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1858 · page 4
To Captain R. T. MOODIE, Commander City of Sydney steamer. [Copy.] 25th December, 1857. DEAR SIR,—On the termination of a speedy and agreeable passage to Sues in the steamer City of Sydney, under your command, we…
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Empire · Thursday 25 February 1858 · page 5
Can we diminish the number of shipwrecks, which [?] annually on our coast? Is the large catalogue of casualties we have so frequently to lamont the result of violent gales, or do these terrible accidents arise from pr[?]ventable causes? Turning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →E. and A. E. M. Company's Steamer Victoria
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1858 · page 3
A MEETING of the consignees of goods which should have arrived by the above vessel, but which have been left behind at Suez, was held yesterday, at eleven o'clock, at the Chamber of Commerce. Henry Prince,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1858 · page 5
AN adjourned meeting of the consignees of goods by the above vessel, was held yesterday at eleven o'clock, at the Chamber of Commerce. Henry Prince, Esq., took the chair…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1858 · page 4
AN adjourned meeting of the consignees of goods by the above vessel was held yesterday, at eleven o'clock, at the Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Henry Prince took the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Summary for England Per Mail Steamer Emeu
Empire · Wednesday 10 March 1858 · page 2
OUR last Summary of Colonial intelligence was published on the 10th of February last, for transmission by the [?]ail steamer Simla, which left this port on the 11th February. The mail steamer Emeu leaves with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mormon Rebellion.—180 U. S. Troops Killed. (From the Alta California, December 21.) BY the steamer Commodore, which arrived on the 4th, we are in receipt of the following dispatch from Portland, Oregon:— Portland, November, 27th, 1857
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1858 · page 4
Editors Alta.—By the steamer Mountain Buck, which arrived yesterday from the Cascades, we have a report that an express had arrived from Colonel Johnson, of the Salt Lake expedition, with intelligence…
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Empire · Thursday 8 April 1858 · page 5
Intelligence reached Wellington early on Monday morning last, to the effect that the American whaling ship Alexander, Captain Dougherty, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, had been wrecked near Cape Campbell, in Cook's Strait. The following particular[?]…
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