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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1862

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Total Wreck of the S. S. Lord Worsley. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 September 1862 · page 3

DEAR SIR,—Perhaps the accompanying letters and extracts from my diary relative to the loss of the s. s. Lord Worsley on the S.W. part of the North Island, New Zealand, may be of interest to the public, and if…

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New Zealand. Total Wreck of the Steamship Lord Worslly. No Lives Lost

Empire · Monday 29 September 1862 · page 5

BY the Rangatira, which arrived on Saturday morning, we have received our files of New Zealand papers to the 20th instant. We deeply regret to have to record the total wreck of the intercolonial Royal Mail…

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Wreck of the Lord Worsley. [Abridged From Captain Vine Hall's Account]

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 1 October 1862 · page 5

"The Lord Worsley left Nelson at one p.m., August 31, for Sydney via Taranaki and the Manukau, with about 40 passengers, numbering on board altogether, with crew, between 60 and…

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The Maori Kingdom—the Wreck of the Lord -Worsley

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 October 1862 · page 7

THE wreck of the Lord Worsley has added not the least to the long list of shipping disasters which have been associated with the name of New Zealand from the days of TASMAN. We…

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Total Wreck of the S.S. Lord Worsley. To the Editor Of the Herald

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 October 1862 · page 6

DEAR SIR,—-Perhaps the accompanying letters and extracts from my diary relative to the loos of the s. s. Lord Woreley on the S.W. put of the North Island, Mew Zealand, may be of interest to the public, and if…

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The Wreck of the Lord Worsley: Latest Particulars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 October 1862 · page 4

THE Taranaki Herald of 13th ultimo says:— The captain of the Salcombe Castle saw the wreck of the Lord Worsley as he passed, on the 11th, The natives were busy removing the sails from the yards, &c…

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Loss of the Steamer Prince of Wales

Empire · Wednesday 8 October 1862 · page 5

WE regret to have to record the loss of the fine steamer Prince of Wales, belonging to the Australasian Steam Navigation Company, at Camden Haven, about 180 miles to the north of Sydney, and about midway between the…

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Total Loss of the Prince of Wales Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1862 · page 4

BY the arrival of the Diamantina (s.) from the Manning River, we have received the particulars of the loss of one of the finest steamships in the colony. The Prince of Wales was a new ship, built expressly for the A. S. N. Company, and only a few months…

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Wreck of the A.S.N. Co.'s Steamer Prince of Wales. Sydney Morning Herald Office. Tuesday, 8.30. a.m

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 8 October 1862 · page 3

The Diamantina arrived this morning bringing intelligence of the loss of the A. S. N. Company's steamer Prince of Wales, Captain Bell, at Camden Head, about twenty miles from the…

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Wreck of the Golden Gate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1862 · page 5

The steamer Golden Gate, which left San Francisco on the 21st July for Panama, was burnt to the water's edge on the 27th off Manseanellas. Out of 330 persons on board only…

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Arrival of the City of Sydney, at Adelaide. with the August Mail From England. Prorogation of Parliament. Turbulence in Ireland. Increase of Distress in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Forgeries on the Bank of England. Frightful State of Affairs in America. Conscription in the United States Dreadful Outrage at Athens, in Alabama. Suffering of M'clellan's Army. Defeat of Garibaldi in Calabria. Garibaldi Wounded and Taken Prisoner. Burning of the Steamer Golden Gate, and Loss of 339 LIVES. 25,000 Additional French Troops for Mexico. [From Our Adelaide Telegraphic Correspondent.] Adelaide, Tuesday, 3.30 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1862 · page 5

THE City of Sydney arrived at Glenelg with the South Australian mail at noon on the 7th; fine passage. The P. and O. Co.'s steamship Madras, Captain Stead, with English mails,…

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Wreck of the Golden Gate

Sydney Mail · Saturday 11 October 1862 · page 5

The steamer Golden Gate, which left San Francisco on the 21st July for Panama, was burnt to the water's edge on the 27th off Manseanellas. Out of 330 persons on board only…

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English News Turbulence in Ireland. Increase of Distress in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Frightful State of Affairs in America. Conscription in the United States Dreadful Outrage at Athens, in Alabama. Buffering of M'clellan's Army. Defeat of Garibaldi in Calabria. Burning of the Steamer Golden Gate, and Loss of 339 LIVES. 25,000 Additional French Troops for Mexico. Adelaide, Tuesday, 3.30 p.m

Sydney Mail · Saturday 11 October 1862 · page 5

THE City of Sydney arrived at Glenelg with the South Australian mail at noon on the 7th; fine passage. The P. and O. Co-'s steamship Madras, Captain Stead, with English mails,…

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The Chase of a British Steamer by a Federal Frigate

Empire · Tuesday 14 October 1862 · page 5

ADVANCES from Nassau state that the British steamar Herald was fired upon and chased into that port by the Federal frigate Adlrondac, and that tha mail steamer British Queen was boarded by the Federal steamer…

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Dreadful Shipwreck in India

Empire · Tuesday 14 October 1862 · page 8

The Bangalore Herald, September 9th, republishes the following, from the Times of India:— On the afternoon of the 16th instant, the havildar of Malgoond, near Rutnagberry, wrote to the police…

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A Mysterious Steamer. (From the Liverpool Albion, August 4.)

Empire · Thursday 16 October 1862 · page 2

ON Tuesday a fine wooden screw-steamer, about [?]00 tons burthen, known to the initiated as the "Eurics," and to the ignorant as the "290," built by Messrs, Laird, of Birkenhead, left the Birkenhead D[?]cks, and steamed…

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Total Wreck of the Steamer Lord Worsle", on the New Zealand Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 October 1862 · page 10

THE following particulars of the wreck of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Company's steamer Lord Worsley, have been furnished by Captain Vine Hall, general manager to the above company:—…

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The Maori Kingdom —The Wreck of the Lord Worsley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 October 1862 · page 11

THE wreck of the Lord Worsley has added not the least to the long list of shipping disasters which have been associated with the name of New Zealand from the days of TASMAN. We…

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Wrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 October 1862 · page 9

TOTAL LOSS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES STEAMER. —We have to record the total loss of one of the finest steamships in the colony on the morning of the 3rd instnat, when on her voyage from Sydney to Brisbane, with a full complement of passengers…

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The Wreck of the Lord Worsley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 October 1862 · page 4

WE have papers to the 4th instant from Taranaki. The Taranaki Herald of the 27th ultimo says:—We hear that the remainder of the property which was taken from the wreck of the Lord Worsley and lodged under the care of W. Kingl…

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