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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1859

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Arrival of Mail Steamer at Kangaroo Island. English News to the 18Th June. Change in the British Ministry. the Italian War. the Austrians Defeated. French Operations in the Adriatic. Declaration of Russia

Empire · Monday 8 August 1859 · page 5

ON Saturday we received a telegram, announcing the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail-steamer Bombay, at Adelaide, with her June mails; and, as the successive…

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Of the Inter-colonial Screw Steamer Sur ADMELLA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1859 · page 4

NEWowing information was received last night by telegram S[?]aids:— will be station-master at the Mount Gambler electric telegraph [?]th Other received information from the lighthouse-keeper at…

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The Mail Steamer

Empire · Wednesday 10 August 1859 · page 4

THE Bombay, with the June mails, will probably reach Sydney about three or four o'clock this afternoon. The City of Sydney, which was to leave Melbourne four or five hours after the Bombay, will most likely arrive about the same time…

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Melancholy Loss by Shipwreck

Empire · Wednesday 10 August 1859 · page 4

ON reference to our telegraphic despatches, it will be seen that further particulars have been received of the wreck of the inter-colonial steamer Admella, at Cape Northumberland. The Admella was bound from…

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Loss of the Inter-colonial, Screw Steamer Admella

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 3

The following information was received on Monday night by telegram from Adelaide— "The station-master at the Monnt Gambler electric telegraph station has received information from the…

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Monthly Commercial Report. for the Mail Steamer, Salsette. Empire Office, August 12th, 1859

Empire · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 5

IN reporting an exceedingly dull and stagnant state of trade, during the past month, we notice with satisfaction a reaction during the past few days, caused chiefly by the satisfitctoiy nature…

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Later Intelligence—perilous Position of Survivors on the Wreck. Sea Coast. Friday, 1.5. p.m

Empire · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 4

The steamer Lady Bird is her, with the Portland lifeboat. They made an attempt to reach the wreck of the Admella in the lifeboat, but failed, with loss of their oars and some injury…

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Wrecks on the Coast

Empire · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 6

The Speculant, a schooner of about 150 tons, was wreck[?] on the beach between Newcastle and Port Stephans. The wreck was discovered by a portion of the vessel being recognised, and part or her name on the steruboard. No tidings of her crew…

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Loss of the Inter-colonial Screw Steamer Admella. the following information was received last night by telegram from Adelaide

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 15 August 1859 · page 132

"The station-master at the Mount Gambler electric telegraph station has received information from the lighthouse-keeper at Cape Northumberland of the total loss of the steamer Admella, close to the scene of the wreck of the Nene Valley. Only two of…

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[By Electric Telecrafh.] the Wreck of the Admella. Melbourne. Saturday Afternoon

Empire · Monday 15 August 1859 · page 5

THE steamer Lady Bird has saved thirteen persons from the wreck of the Admella. The names of the survivors are expected to be received shortly…

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[By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne. Monday Evening. the Wreck of the Admella

Empire · Tuesday 16 August 1859 · page 5

I AM happy to inform you that the survivors rescued from the Admella are all going on favourably. A numerously attended meeting has been…

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Wreck of the Admella Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1859 · page 8

BY the schooner Native Lass we have four days' later papers from Melbourne, viz., to the 12th instant, which enables us to supply additional particulars, to those already given in our own telegrams, of the…

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Shipwreck at Point Pedro

Empire · Thursday 18 August 1859 · page 4

The American ship Colorado, 1200 tons burthen, was wrecked off Point Palmyrah on the 24th instant. It appears that on the evening of the 22nd April, the Colorado was anchored off Point Palmyrah, and about one mile from the shore. She was in…

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The Wreck of the Admella. (From the Melbourne A[?] August 13.)

Empire · Friday 19 August 1859 · page 5

THE first telegram from Mount Gambier' bore date Monday, 3.30 p.m., and was to the effect that the Admella had struck on a reef off the Northumberland Cape lighthouse; that two of the crew had escaped, and had…

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Boat Upset by the Steamer Norah Creina

Empire · Saturday 20 August 1859 · page 4

A man and his wife, Marean, residing at Lane Gove, who earn a livelihood by bringing wood to Sydney, for sale, was run down in their boat by the Norah Creina on Wednesday night last, when, returning to Lane Cove. The particulars as related by the…

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The Wreck of the "Admella". Twenty-three Persons Rescued, the Bace Horses Reported Saved

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 August 1859 · page 3

From Monday's Melbourne Herald we copy the latest telegrams received from portland, and publiait another received at this office on Wednesday evening, from Melbourne, announcing a report of the three race horses…

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Wreck of the Admella

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 August 1859 · page 3

THE Herald of the 17th instant says:— The Queen's Wharf was yesterday the scene of an ovation to true British bravery and intrepidity, as gratifying as it was unusual. Shipwrecks have not…

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The Wreck of the Admella

Empire · Thursday 25 August 1859 · page 2

The Portland Guardian of the 17th instant, furnishes the following further partic[?] of the rescue of the survivors from the wreck of the Admella:- Uptill half-past 11 o'clock on Friday night, the…

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The Wreck: True Heroism (From the Age, 17th August.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 August 1859 · page 2

"TWENTY-TWO saved!" The electric wires on th[?] continent never before flashed such welcome tiding[?] as in the announcement on Saturday to the anxio[?] public of Melbourne and Adelaide. The rescue of a[?]…

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The Song of the Wreck. (From Melbourne Punch, August 18.)

Empire · Friday 26 August 1859 · page 2

In knots of two and three Whispering with bended neck, In lane, and street, and-shop. They told the tale of the Wreck…

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