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113 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 6
IT is stated that a Government Commission is about to be appointed, to inquire into the adequacy, or otherwise, of the present water supply to the city of Sydney, in terms of the resolution adopted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TELEGRAPH (s.).—This splendid ship, belonging to the A. S. N. Co., perhaps the fastest vessel ever in these waters, was totally wrecked by striking a rock off Perpendicular Point on the 9th instant, at 9.30 a.m. The Telegraph left Sydney at 5 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →EOLUS.—This vessel left Jervis Bay for Sydney on the 23rd ultimo, with S.W. wind; put back and brought up in Darling Roads at 6 a.m. the same day. The wind during the afternoon blew in heavy squalls from the W.N.W. to W.S.W., and at 3 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →September and October were unusually mild and pleasant. November came and still the fall storms held off. "We shall get our pay for this," paid the old…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE action lately tried before Mr. Justice Smith, at Liverpool, is one of the most remarkable shipping cases on record, involving, as the issue does, enormous liabilities, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following interesting extracts from a letter written by one of the passengers on board the Surat gives a graphic sketch of the wreck of this fine steamer:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Friday morning last, at Chippendale, a young married woman, named Sarah O'Brien, died from the effects of severe burns, her clothes having caught fire on the 24th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following Commission of Inquiry into the loss of the above steamer, which belonged to the A. S. N. Co., has been issued by the Government:— COMMISSION…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This was a suit at the instance of Lawrence Tulloch, master of the schooner Sarah Barr, in a cause of subtraction of wages. Mr. M. H. Stephen appeared as counsel for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON the 5th instant, near Albury, James M'Gloughlin was thrown from a horse and killed, whilst riding after ho[?]es in the bush. A meeting of the General Committee of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CRISHNA.—Captain Clinch reports that the barque Crishna, struct at 3 p.m. on the 27th November, on a reef on the south side of Twofold Bay, and on the following morning sent a boats crew from the barque to the harbour master for assistance, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →We find, on examining this carefully compiled register, that the number of wrecks and casualties, from all causes on the coast of the United Kingdom and in the surrounding seas, reported in 1866 was 1860. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some farther details of the wreck, of the Karl of Cheater, off the coast of Anglehey, have been supplied by our correspondent, from, which it would appes that the calamity was of an awfully sudden character to all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CRISHNA.—Captain Clinch reports that the barque Crishna struck at 3 p.m. on the 27th November, on a reef on the south side of Twofold Bay, and on the following morning seat a boat's crew from the barque the harbour master for assistance, the…
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