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123 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 7
The Kaikoura left Panama, on the 28th November (29th Sydney time), at noon, was detained there by the nor arrival of the Royal Mail Company's steamship Tyne, with mails and passengers from Southampton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] tornade passed over St. Thomas on the 29th October, nearly destroying the town, and causing the [?]oss of five hundred lives. The damage done to shipping was immense. The steamer Rhone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Royal Mail steamship, Solent arrived at A[?]wall [?] the 12th November, at 8.15 a.m., bringing mails and passengers from Southam pton. She brings also Intilligence of a fearful hurricans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FEARFUL tornado passed over St. Thomas on the 29th October, nearly destroying the town, and causing the loss of five hundred lives. The damage done to shipping was immense. The steamer Rhone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly appointed on the 3rd September last, "to inquire into and report upon shipwrecks and loss of life on the coast—with power to send for persons and papers "—have agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The health of the Princess Royal, now Crown Princess of Prussia, has become such as to prevent her intended visit to England in her present interesting state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 3rd September last, "to inquire into and report upon sh[?] stocks and loss of life on the coast—with power to send for personal and papers"—have agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The schooner Chance, Captain M'Gregor, arrived in the harbour at a late hour last night; and by her [?] learn of the brutal murder of the crew, excepting one, of the schooner Marian Renny, of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Tararua, from New Zealand, reports the arrival from the Bluff of the whaling brig Amherst, with ten survivors of the ship General Grant, which left Melbourne for London on the 3rd May, 1866. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ONE of those casualties which fortunately have not been of frequent occurrence lately near Port Phillip Heads—namely, the total loss of a large ship, almost within sight of her destination, after a voyage of some 16,000 miles—took place at an early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One more sad story of disastrous shipwreck and loss of life at the Auckland Islands has been placed on record. Early yesterday morning a telegram was received announcing the arrival at the Bluff of the whaling brig Amherst, Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Tararua, from New Zealand, reports the arrival from the Bluff of the whaling brig Amherst, with ten survivors of the ship General Grant, which left Melbourne for London on the 3rd May, 1866. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE more sad story of disastrous shipwreck and loss of life at the Auckland Islands has been planed on record. Early yesterday morning a telegram was received announcing the arrival at die Bluff of the whaling brig Amherst, Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A COMPLIMENTARY picnic was given to the Victorian Volunteers on the 20th instant, which took place at Middle Harbour, and was a very great success. On Sunday, the 22nd instant, a large and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One more sad story of disastrous shipwreck and loss of life at the Auckland Islands has to be placed on record. Early yesterday morning a telegram was received announcing the arrival at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A MOST instructive narrative, describing an awful catastrophe, and displaying the qualities of British seamen in a most favourable light, is contained in the account of the shipwreck of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A MOST disastrous explosion occurred in the Mersey on the 29th November, at about twenty minutes past 6 o'clock a.m. It appears that the Greek war steamer Bubulina (formerly the famous Confederate blockade-runner Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following sensible suggestions (says the Argus) for the benefit of shipwrecked people on the Auckland Islands are from Mr. J. P. Meadows, of the whaling brig Amherst, who writes to us from Bluff Harbour:—" I would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fearful catastrophe occurred yesterday morning in the Morsey, and one that has thrown the town into a state of much excitement. A large steamer blew up with a tremendous report; and as she was lying off…
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