Frightful Shipwreck of Coolies. 260 Lives Lost
Empire · Thursday 4 January 1866 · page 3
The subjected narrative of the wreek of a Liverpool ship, the Eagle Speed, is extracted from the Friend of India, of August 31. The Indian Journals comment with great indignation upon the conduct of the crew,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1866 · page 4
THE s. s. Maid of the Yarra, from Dunedin to Grey, south about, put into Hokitika to obtain supplies of coal, and to discharge a few tons of cargo which she bad for that port. She arrived off Hokitika about daybreak on the morning of the 13th, and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1866 · page 4
THE Duncan Dunbar sailed from Gravesend for Sydney of the 27th August, and was lost off Las Rocas, north of Pernambuco on the 7th of October. Her passengers and crew were all saved and conveyed by the Brazil mail steamer Oncida to Southampton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Monthly Overland Mail. by the Mail Steamer Madras. From the 20Th December to 19Th January. From 20th to 22nd December
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1866 · page 5
THE examination of the children wanning we Wesleyan Day-school, at Newtown, usually held prior to the Christmas holidays, took place on Wednesday last. There was a numerous attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Duncan Dunbar. [From Our City Correspondent.]
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1866 · page 5
THE wreek of this faverite vessel will be heard of with deep regret in Sydney. She was the last ship built for a very old favourite in the Australian trade, Captain Neatby, and since his death has been commanded by another old…
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Empire · Monday 22 January 1866 · page 5
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning, November 4. The passengers and crew of the Duncan Dunbar have reached this port on board the brazil mail steamer Oneida, which arrived here at midnight. The…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 January 1866 · page 5
THE Wreck of this favorite vessel will be hear of with deep regret in Sydney. She was the last ship built fore very old favourite in the Australian trade, Captain Nearby; and since his death has been commanded by another old…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1866 · page 69
The boiler of the steamer St. John, plying between Albany and New York, exploded on Sunday morning, causing death to eleven passengers and severe injuries to over fifteen. The…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1866 · page 82
Intelligence reached Guernsey on Friday afternoon by the steamer Queen of the Isles, Captain Scott, that a most distressing calamity, has occurred off the little island of Alderney…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1866 · page 7
THE following correspondence has passed in reference to the loss of the above vessel:— "Board of Trade, Whitehall, December 21. "Sir,—With reference to your report on the wreck of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sydney Monthly Overland Mail. by the Mail Steamer Bombay. From the 19th January to 17Th February. Friday, 10th to 26th January
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1866 · page 5
MR. MORT, the owner of the Waterview Dry Dock, has entered into partnership with Mr. M'Arthur, well known as Superintending Engineer in the Australasian Steam Navigation Company's Works. These…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Official Inquiries Into the Wreck of the Duncan Dunbar. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, December 4.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1866 · page 6
THE investigation respecting the loss of the ship Duncan Dunbar, Swanson, from London for Sydney, on Las Rocas, off the coast of Brazil, was resumed and concluded on Saturday, at the Greenwich Police…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 February 1866 · page 12
"Anything but history," said Sir Robert Walpole, "for that we know must be false;" and certainly, when we are able to inquire into the manner in which history is made for us, we see much more reason than…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 February 1866 · page 5
THE following correspondence has passed in reference to the loss of the above vessel:—"Board of Trade, Whitehall, December 21. "Sir,—With reference to your report on the wreck of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Later English News. Per Queensland Government Mail Steamer Souchays. [Via Torres Straits.] (From Our Brisbane Correspondent.) Monday, 9 p.m
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1866 · page 5
THE mail steamer Souchays, Captain Blick, arrived at the bar at 5:30 p.m. from Batavia, bringing English news to January 16. She made the passage hence to Koepang in 21 days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Later English News. [Via Torres Straits.] Per Queensland Government Mail Steamer Soucilays. Brisbane, Monday, 9 p.m
Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 9
The mail steamer Souchays, Captain Blick, arrived at the bar at 5.30 p.m. from Batavia, bringing English news to January 16. She made the passage hence to Koepang in 21 days…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Arrival of the Branch Steamer Alexandra at Adelaide, with the English Mail Per Madras. News to February 13. Foundering of the Steamship London, with Loss of Two Hundred and Twenty Lives. Adelaide, 15th March
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1866 · page 5
THE branch steamer Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived at Glenelg at 6 a.m. on the 15th instant. The passage to the Sound occupied ninety-six hours, the return voyage eighty-four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. Foundering of the Steamship London. 220 Lives Lost. The steamer Alexandra, with the English mails by the Madras, arrived at Glenelg early yesterday morning. Passengers Per Madras
Empire · Friday 16 March 1866 · page 5
FOR SYDNEY.—Mr. and Mrs. Keele, Mr. and mrs. Walthen, Mr. and Mrs. Hoborrow, Messrs. Johnson, W. W. Johnson, Buckoldby, Ecord, John and James Struth, Miss Struth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the Branch Steamer Alexandra at Adelaide, with the English Mail Per Madras. News to February 13. Foundering of the Steamship London, with Loss of Two Hundred and Twenty Lives. Adelaide, 15th March
Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 March 1866 · page 9
THE branch steamer Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived at Glenelg at 6 a.m. on the 15th instant. The passage to the Sound occupied ninety-six hours, the return voyage eighty-four…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Arrival of the Branch Steamer Alexandra at Adelaide, with the English Mail, Per Madras News to February 13. Foundering of the Steamship London, with Loss of Two Hundred and Twenty Lives. Adelaide, 15th March
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1866 · page 167
The branch steamer Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived at Glenelg at 6 a.m. on the 15th instant. The London left Gravesend on the 30th December, put into St. Helens Roads…
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