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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1864

128 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 7

Total Wreck of the I. S. N. Co·'s S. Mynora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1864 · page 4

THE Mynora (s.), 100 tons, Captain Barter, left Moruya at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 5th, bound to Sydney, with the following passengers:—Mrs Mears and four children; steerage—Mrs. O'Nell and five children, two natives of India, and one Chinaman. The…

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Shipwreck of the German Emigrant Ship Wilhelmsburg. Loss of Three Hundred Lives

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 April 1864 · page 2

It has been briefly announced that an emigrant vessel which left Hamburg for Australia a short time since with about 400 persons on board, was lost on the coast of Holland during the recent…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer Madras, with News to 26Th February

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1864 · page 2

By the P. and O. Co.'s steamer Madras, which arrived in Fort Jackson at an early hour yesterday morning, we have the letters of our correspondents, and files of English papers to the 26th of February…

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Wrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1864 · page 7

TOTAL WRECK OF THE I. S. N. Co's s. MYNORA:—The Mynora ([?]), 100 tons, Captain Barter, left Mor[?]ya at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 5th, bound to Sydney, with the following passengers:—Mrs Mears and four children; steerage—Mrs. O'Ne[?]l…

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Loss of the Schooner Nightingale, of Sydney. (From the Port Denison Times, April 2nd.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1864 · page 4

THE schooner Nightingale left Sydney on the 21st January, bound to Port Denison. Nothing worthy of notice occurred until rounding Breaksea Spit, off which she encountered a very heavy gale from north-east. On the weather moderating, passed under Lady…

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Port Denison. Sufferings From Shipwreck. Exploration at Rockingham Bay

Empire · Wednesday 27 April 1864 · page 8

FEW subjects can possess greater interest for the Australian colonist than the details of the pro gress of early settlements in the wilds. We have received files of the Port Denison Times to…

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Total Wreck of the Grecian, and Loss of One Life. [From Our Newcastle Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1864 · page 4

ON Friday afternoon intelligence was received that the brig Grecian, of Hobart Town, and last from Sydney, was a total wreck on the Nine Mile Beach, which lies between Red Head and Lake Macquarie. The first mate and part of the crew walked into town,…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer Northam with News to March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1864 · page 2

BY the P. and O Co.'s steamer Northam, which came to anchor in Port Jackson about dusk on Saturday evening, we have the letters of our correspondents, and complete files of English papers to the 26th of March…

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South Africa. the Alabama at the Cape. Her Departure. Arrival of the American Steamer Kin Kiang. Narrow Escape of the Federal. (From the Cape Argus, March 26.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1864 · page 5

ON Thursday, the Confederate cruiser Alabama completed taking in coals and provisions. Although the vessel w[?] necessarily in a dirty state with the clouds of dust raised in the former operation, a good many of the inhabitauts of…

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Wrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1864 · page 9

FOUNDERING OF THE BARQUE PRINCE ARTHUR.—The Prince Arthur left Newcastle on the 21st ultimo with a cargo of 700 tons coal, bound for Dunedin, N.Z. Shortly after leaving, the vessel began to leak in the after part of the…

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Total Wreck of the All Serene. Twenty-one Lives Lost

Empire · Friday 3 June 1864 · page 5

IT is our painful duty to record the total wreck of the All Serene, with the loss of twenty-one human beings. The details of the sufferings of the survivors, written by the second officer,…

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Fatal Shipwreck

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 June 1864 · page 5

By the Rotumah which arrived in Sydney on Thursday, we have received intelligence of the total wreck of the All Serene from San Francisco, and loss of twenty-one lives The Rotumah…

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Another Account of the Wreck of the Ship All Serene, on Her Passage to Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1864 · page 4

THE All Serene, Captain M. Meyers, left Victoria. Vancouver's Island, on Sunday, the 29th of November, 1863, for Sydney, by way of Honolulu, with a cargo of pine lumber, and a heavy deck load of very large logs of timber that stood about seven feet above…

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Wreck of the Steamer Rainbow, and Loss of Seven Lives

Empire · Wednesday 8 June 1864 · page 4

THE effects of the late fearful gales at sea are now becoming known, and have been most disastrous both to life and property. At the height of the storm on the night of the 2nd instant, the paddle wheel steamar Rainbow was cast on shore in Seal Rock…

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Total Loss of the Steamer New Moon

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 8 June 1864 · page 7

Intelligence reached Sydney last evening that the steamer New Moon from M'Leay River was totally wrecked on the Seal Rocks on Thursday last. It appears that…

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The Late Heavy Gale. Wrecks of a Steamer and Three Sailing Vessels, with the Loss of Ten Lives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1864 · page 4

THE heavy gale which swept along our coast on the 2nd and 3rd instant has left a fearful record of its fatal effects. We are already in possession of the particulars relating to the loss of four ships, but it is to be feared that this melancholy news is only the…

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Total Wreck of the Jolia, Gazelle, and Woolloomooloo, and Loss of Three Lives

Empire · Wednesday 8 June 1864 · page 4

It is our painful duty to record the total wreck of the above, named vessels, and the drowning of Captain White and two of the crew of the Woolloomooloo, during the late tempestuous weither which has prevailed along the Eastern coast of…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer Bombay, with News to April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1864 · page 5

BY the arrival this morning, at 3.30 o'clock, of the P. and O. Co.'s steamer Bombay, we have the letters of our Correspondents, nnd English papers to the 26th of April…

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The Late Gale. Wrecks of a Steamer and Three Sailing Vessels—loss of Ten Lives

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 16 June 1864 · page 6

THE steamer Rainbow, Capt, Petley, belonging to the Clarence and Richmond River Company, left the Clarence River, bound for Sydney; but after in vain endeavouring to make headway against the increasing gale on the 2nd instant, bore up, and…

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Wreck of the Ship All-serene, on Her Passage to Sydney. (From the Narrative of a Survivor.)

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 16 June 1864 · page 4

THE All-Serene, Captain M. Meyers, left Vitoria, Vancouver's Island, on Sunday, the 29th of November, 1863, for Sydney byway of Honolulu, with a cargo of pine lumber, and a heavy deck load of very large logs of timber that stood about seven feet…

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