Wreck of the Steamer London, and Loss of 270 Lives
The month of January, 1866, will be long remembered as one of disaster and sorrow. During the past three weeks nearly every day has brought tidings of wreck and loss of…
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The Foundering of the Australian Steamer London. (From the London Daily Telegraph, January 18.)
THE telegram which yesterday spread far and wide through the land brief but terrible news of how the London had gone down with 220 lives at sea, while the hurricane raged on Thursday last, necessarily gave few details of the awful…
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LOSS OF THE PIONEER.âA telegram was received on 13th instant, reporting the wreek of the above named schooner on Mercede Island, opposite Curtis Island. She is insured in the Sydney Marine office for £600…
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THE Amalia (s.s.), which left the Mersey on the 6th of January for Alexandria, was abandoned on the 12th, in the Bay of Biscay, and shortly afterwards foundered. Her captain (Pirnic) reports: —At 3.30 p.m. on Sunday discharged pilot; at 9.50 p.m. passed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Steaner London. Further Particulars. Narrative of the Survors
The following narrative has been collected from the statements of Messrs. Munro and Main, two of the surviors who are now in London. Messrs. Munro and Main were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the London. [To the Eidtor of the Daily Post.]
Sir,—Amidst tha multitude of letters which have appeared in the newspapers endeavouring to account for the foundering of the London, one only seems to me to point to the real cause of the catastrophe—the…
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THE telegram which yesterday spread far and Wide through the land brief but terrible news of how the London has gone down with 220 lives at sea, while the hurricane raged on Thursday last, necessarily gave few details of the awful…
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SIR.—Your comments in Saturday's publication on the melancholy ca[?]trophe in the Bay of Biseay of this ship, crew, and passengers, are not less true than justly severe. Stil, you have not reached the grand cause of this disaster and numerous others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Duncan Dunbar. (To the Ediror of the Times.)
SIR,—I was very much surprised at the correspondence relative to the wreek of the Duncan Dunbar which appoared in your impression of this day, and, as the writers have dene me the honour to bring my name prominently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robbery of One Thousand Ounces of Gold Aboard the Steamer Barwon
The Barwon, steamer, which arrived here on Monday from Dunedin, brought amongst other freight, twentytwo boxes of gold dust, each containing 1000 ounces. This gold was not placed in an iron sale, nor in the…
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THE following remarks appeared amongst the leters to the Editor, in the S. A. Register of 30th ultimo:— am induced to address a few lines to you in conscquence of reading in important communication on the subject of…
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ON the 16th ult. the brig Victor, of and for Melbourne from Newcastle, with coals, was becalmed off the latter port, and slowly drifted ashore until the captain, not liking the vessel's position, attempted, unsuccessfully, to wear her, and immediately…
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What is the use of the Board of Trade? We do not ask the question with any notion of implying that it admits of no answer, because we believe that the Board of Trade is…
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THE Excelsior was wrecked off the island of Juist on Sunday, the 4th instant. In a letter from Captain Newton, he states that about half an hour after striking all the boats were washed away, leaving those on board no alternative but to take to the…
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On the evening of Feb. 4 a violent, thunderstorm passed over Birmingham. During the day the Wind had been blowing a heavy gale, and there were slight soudding showers. About 6 o'clock in the ovening the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Monthly Overland Mail. by the Mail Steamer Madras. From the 20Th March to the 20Th April. From 20th to 30th March
IT is stated that an Order in Council is ready for her Majesty's signature, declaring the Sydney sovereign to be a legal tender. A deputation from the Working Men's Institute at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Story-Teller. the Beeach of Limerick. a Tale of the Wars of King William. Chapter X. in Which Aaron Snaffles Throws His Conscience Overboard, and Endeavours to Set Sail for the Port of Matrimony. in Which Also He Is Wrecked, and His Intended Consort Piloted Into Limerick by
Two courses remained to Aaron with regard to the concealment of Sarah Gordon. One was to introduce her secretly into her own house, and keep her there in durance until affairs had…
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LOSS OF THE BRITONS' QUEEN.—We are indebted to Mr. W. Newell, a passenger by the Britons' Queen, for the following particulars of the loss of that vessel;—The Britons' Queen, schooner, sailed from Port Denison for Sydney, via Brisbane…
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A DEPUTUTION from the Council of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science waited on the President of the Board of Trade, on Saturday last, on the subject of the present condition of our…
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At 5 o'clock this morning a boat arrived at Grafton with tidings that the steamer Urara, on entering the Clarence River, yesterday, at 3 p.m., and whilst rounding the buoy, took the ground aft. The tide…
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