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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1859

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Wreck of the Melbourne. (Abridged from the South Australian Register.) Port Elliot, Friday morning, November 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 December 1859 · page 4

I HAVE just returned from the scene of another of the many casualities which have distinguished unfortunately the maritime histoty of this division of the province. I refer to the loss of the steamer Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon, upon her passage…

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Wreck of the Admella

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 5 December 1859 · page 196

Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief to enquire into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the Admella. To his Excellency Sir Richard Graves M'Donnell, Knight…

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Wreck of the Melbourne. (Abriaged from the South Australian Register.) Port Elliot, Friday morning, November 18

Empire · Monday 5 December 1859 · page 4

I have just returned from the scene of another of the many casualties which have distinguished unfortunolely the maritime history of this division of the province. I refer to the loss of the steamer Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon, upon her passage…

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Life-boat Regulations in Connection with the Sea Pilot Establishment at Watson's Bay. (From the Government Gazette, 6th December.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 December 1859 · page 4

1. The life-boat is to be placed in charge of one of the [?] swains, (the one the Pilot Board may consider suitable for the purpose). subject, however, to the authority and direction of the Senior Pilot, to whom he shall be responsible for the safe keeping…

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Life-boat Regulations, Watson's Bay. (From the Government Gazette,)

Empire · Friday 9 December 1859 · page 4

1. The Life host is to be placed in charge of one of the coxewains, (the one the Pilot Board may consider suitable for the purpose), subject, however, to the authority and direction of the Senior Pilot, to whom he shall he responsible for the safe…

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Wreck of the Mariana

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 December 1859 · page 6

THE Mariana, British barque, Captain Jamieson, was wrecked on a reef on the Raine Island passage, on the 5th October, on her passage from Kiapara, New Zealand, bound to Calcutta with a full cargo of timber. The following is Captain Jamleson's…

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Wrecks of the Barque Marina and Ship Sapphire, in Torres Straits

Empire · Saturday 10 December 1859 · page 4

The A.S.N. Company's steamship Eagle, Captain Chaifield, which arrived from Port. Curtis last night, brings the crew of the barque Marina, which was wreeked and Raine's Island, in Torres Straits, on the 5th October. The following particulars are…

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Life-boat Regulations in Connection with the Sea Pilot Establishment at Watson's Bay

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 12 December 1859 · page 199

1. The life-boat is to be planed in charge of one of the coxswains, (the one the Pilot Board may consider suitable for the purpose) subject, however, to the authority and direction of the Senior Pilot, to when he shall be responsible for the safe keeping…

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Wreck of the Mariana

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 12 December 1859 · page 200

THE Mariana, British barque, Captain Jamieson, was wrecked on a reef on the Raine Island passage, on the 5th October, on her passage from Kinpara, New Zealand, bound to Calcutta with a full cargo of timber. The following is Captain Jamieson's…

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The Empire Commercial Summary. Monthly Commercial Summary. Per Steamer Malta. Empire Office, Sydney, Dec. 12, 1859

Empire · Tuesday 13 December 1859 · page 5

BUSINESS during the past month has been quite at a stand-still, and the amount of transactions in articles of daily consumption has been but small. The dealers appear to have…

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Wreck of the Mariana

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 December 1859 · page 10

THE Mariana. British barque, Captain Jamieson, was wrecked on a reef on the Raine Island passage, on the 5th Ostober, on her passage from Kiapara, New Zealand, bound to Calcutta with a full cargo of timber. The following is Captain Jamieson's…

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Wrecks of the Barque Marina and Ship Sapphire, in Torres Straits

Empire · Tuesday 13 December 1859 · page 4

The A.S.N. Company's steamship Eagle, Captain Chatfield, which arrived from Port Curtis last night, beings the crew of the barque Marina, which was wrecked on Raine's Island, in Torres Straits, on the 5th October The following particulars are…

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The Wrecks of 1858. (From the Mining Chronicle, October 18.)

Empire · Thursday 22 December 1859 · page 4

THE annual wreck register, drawn up by the Board of Trade, contains this year, as usual, a large number of highly interesting statistics. At the outset, it is satisfactory to find that 1555 lives were rescued in 1858 by lifeboats, other boats, and ships, and by…

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The Burning of the Schooner Pearl, of Anatam, and Massacre of Her Crew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 December 1859 · page 6

We (Clarence Packet) arrived at the harbour of Randymoo, Island of Banyatta, on the 27th August last, having three natives of that place on board, whom we had taken from an island about thirty miles…

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Massacre of the Crew of the Schooner Pearl

Empire · Monday 26 December 1859 · page 5

THE following acoount of the massacre of the crew and burning of the schooner Pearl, of Anatam, has been furnished to our daily, contemporary by a lady whose husband was a passenger on board the Clarence Packet,…

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The Wreck Register and Chart for 1858. (From the Journal of the National Life-Boat Institution.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1859 · page 2

IN accordance with our custom for some years past, we present some facts connected with the Wreck Register and Chart, prepared annually by the Board of Trade for presentation to…

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