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188 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 10
William Archer, settler at Limeburner's Bay, deposed; I heard on Friday last there was a steamer wricked; I came down on Friday; I have been for the last four days night and day; I took several bodies out of the water, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TUESDAY.—A brighter and yet a gloomier day than this never dawned upon the city of Newcastle. The shops were closed, business was suspended, and all combined to do honour to the memory of the dead. The feeling of pain was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE accounts of the fearful disasters during the late gale at Newcastle and elsewhere are truly heartrending. We have often, indeed, been horrified by tales of storm and…
Continued on Trove, page 456 →WRECK OF THE SCHOONER MARY AND ROSE: Five Lives Lost.—The schooner Mary Anne, from. Port Stephens, arrived in Newcastle on Tuesday, and Captain Lane reports the total loss…
Continued on Trove, page 450 →AN inquest on the bodies of Thomas Burrowes, late second mate; Thomas Cary, late a seaman belonging to the steamer Cawarra; and man unknown, was held on Thursday, July 19th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Archer, settler at Limeburner's Bay, deposed: I heard on Friday last there was a steamer wracked; I came down on Friday; I have been for the last four days night and day; I took several bodies out of the water, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JOHN Stevens, mate of the Wallaroo, on oath deposeth: I was one of the volunteer crew of the lifeboat; I was on board the ship when I saw the signal for the lifeboat and the steamer was coming in ; I ran to Nobby's and offered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS communication will indeed convey heartrending intelligence that will bring sorrow to many a home. I forwarded you the particulars by telegram, and now send you a somewhat fuller account of the sad and awful…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—We have in this city a largo number of talented musicinns, both vocal and instrumental, and I am rather surprised to see that up to the present time no effort has been individually put forth by them for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following telegram was received from Grafton, dated 20th July, from J. R. Myhill, Grafton, to Captain F. Hixson, Sydney:— Casualties of shipwreck on the coast, between Port…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE Pastoral Times remarks that with about 7000 acres of land in the colony planted with vines, and with an annual production of more than 1,000,000 gallons of wine, it is time that the Legislature should…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT is many years since that portion of the East Coast of Australia lying betwoen Twofold Bay on the South and the Clarence River on the North was visited with a gale so terrific and prolonged as that which set in from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ARTMUR, KETCH,—Foundered off Nobby's, Newcastle, on the 12th instant. BUNGAREE (s.)—Went on shore at Nobby's, on the 13th instant, while towing a vessel into port; insured for £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →His our painful duty to record in this month's summary, some of the most frightul disasters that have ever occurred in the Australian colonies, and which have spread a gloom over New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INTERMENT OF THE BODIES.—Directly it was arranged that the numerous bodies lying at the Hospital should have a public funeral, no time was lost in giving the matter publicity. The morning of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After the termination of the late storm the Government despatched Captain Myhill, the harbour-master, in the Grafton, steamer, to examine the coast to the northwward in search of wrecks, and to render…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This schooner, commanded by Captain Powell, from one of the northern ports of Queensland, has been beached in Trial Bay. The crew in this instance have been all saved, and the last news we have states they were dismantling her previous to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report was received on Saturday, by telegram, of observations taken along the coast by Mr. Myhill, Harbour Master, from the steamer Grafton, and we regret to say several other dissters are reported, and most lamentable loss of life. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following report of the wreek of the abevenamed vessal, is given by Captain Williams—"The Mary and Rose left Circular head on the 3th instant, with a cargo of petatoes hound to Brisbane. She carried strong westerly wind to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LOSS OF THE SCHOONER SARAH BARR.—The schooner Sarah Barr, under the command of Captain Walter Powell, late Chief Officer of the steamer Telegraph, was beached in Trial Bay, and, fortunately, without loss of life. She is,…
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