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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1868

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Launch of a New Steamer

Empire · Friday 7 February 1868 · page 2

There was launched from the grounds or Mr. John E. Manning, in Neutral Bay, yesterday morning, at 6 o'clock, a very fine teamer of some 300 tons carrying capacity. This vessel, which was christened the…

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Summary of English News by the Mail Steamer [?]Panama

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 6

THE P. N. Z., A. R. M. Co's steamer Rushine, Captain Beal, arrived in Port Jackson on the 31st January, at 7 o'clock. Her dates are—Europe, December 1[?]; America, December 16; Panama, December 26; and Wellington,…

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Blowing Up of a Greek War Steamer. Supposed Loss of Fifty Lives

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 6

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…

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The Late Shipwreck at the Auckland Islands

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 7

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…

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Wrecks and Disasters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1868 · page 4

FOUNDERING OF THE SCHOONER TERRARA.—This vessel, the property of Messrs. W. Hezlett and Rice, left Sydney for the Macleay River on Tuesday, the 4th instant, and at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, when off Port Stephens, the crew pumped her dry…

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Wreck of the Steamship Telegraph. Commission of Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1868 · page 2

THE Commission appointed by his Excellency the Governor on the 3rd December, 1867, to make inquiry into the cause of the loss of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company's steamship Telegraph, wrecked…

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Blowing Up of a Greek War Steamer

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 February 1868 · page 4

A most disastrous explosion occured in the Mersey on the 29th November, at about twenty minutes past six o'clock, a.m. It appears that the Greek was steamer Bubulina (formerly the…

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Wreck of the Barque Chelydra. One Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1868 · page 4

THE barque Chelydra, 300 tons, Captain Lowe, from Melbourne, bound to Newcastle to load for coal, was lost near Port Stephens on Sunday. The following particulars from our Newcastle correspondent were furnished to him by the chief officer of the…

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Total Wreck of the Brig Esperanza, at Bird Island. Loss of Ten Lives, Including the Captain, and His Wife and Child. [From Our Newcastle Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1868 · page 4

ONE of the most distressing and painful wrecks that has taken place on our coast for some time occurred on Sunday last. The well-known brig Esperanza, Baker, master, coal laden, bound for Melbourne, was wrecked at Bird Island, nearly half-way between…

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Capture of the Schooner Marion Renny and Murder of All Her Crew

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 22 February 1868 · page 12

THE schooner Chance, from the South Sea Islands, brought news of this horrible event, which has been since confirmed by the arrival of the Marion Renny in charge of part of the Chance's crew. The Marion Renny was on a trading voyage, with a crew of nine all told, but one being ill was left behind at an…

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Summary of English News by the Mail Steamer Via Suez. December 24Th, 1867

Sydney Mail · Saturday 22 February 1868 · page 5

IF I were to write, and if you were to print, upon black-bordered sheets, we should but fairly represent the gravity of the news which it is my painful duty to communicate at this…

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Wrecks on the Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1868 · page 4

TOTAL LOSS OF THE SCH[?] C[?]TAH, A[?]T, AND RAVEN. —The records of the deva[?]tion caused by the late gale are being painfully made manifest, the li[?]t of casualties having been unfortunately in[?]ased by the report that has reached us of…

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New Zealand. (From Saturday's Newcastle Chrun[?]le) Great Floods and Disastrous Wrecks

Empire · Monday 24 February 1868 · page 3

By the barques Camille, and Ann[?], which arrived in port yesterday, from New Zealand, the former from Auckland, the latter from Bluff Harbour, we are put possession of papers containing the most startling…

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Flood and Wrecks at Canterbury, New Zealand. (From the Newcastle Chronicle, February 22.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

BY the barques Camille, and Anne, which arrived in port yesterday, from New Zealand, the former from Auckland, the latter from Bluff Harbour, we are put in possession of papers containing the most startling intelligence…

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New Zealand. Great Storm, Shipwrecks, and Loss of Life

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1868 · page 6

BY way of Melbourne, we have received further particulars of the severe storms, attended by loss of property, which have been experienced in both the North and the Middle Island…

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Wrecks on the Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 8

TOTAL LOSS OF THE SCHOONERS CHEETAR, A[?]EY, AND RAVEN. —The records of the dev[?]station caused by the late gale are being painfully made manifest, the list of casualties having been unforturattly increased by the report that has reached us of…

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Wreck of the Barque Chelydra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 8

THE barque Chelydura, 300 tons, Captain Lowo, from Melbourne, bound to Newcastle to load for coal, was lost near Port Stephens on 16th instant. The following [?]culars from our Newcastle correspondent were furnished to him by the chief officer of the…

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Total Wreck of the Brig Esperanza, at Biro Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 8

ONE of the most distressing and painful wrecks that has taken place on our coast for some time occurred on sunday last. The well-known brig Esperanza, Baker, master, coal [?]. bound for Melbourne, was wrecked at Bird Island, nearly half-way between…

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Flood and Wrecks at Canterbury, New Zealand

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 9

BY the barques Camille, and Anne, which arrived in port yesterday, from New Zealand, the former from Auckland, the latter from Bluff Harbour, we are put in possession of papers containing the most startling intelligence…

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New Zealand. Great Storm, Shipwrecks, and Loss of Life

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 13

BY way of Melbourne, we have received further particulars of the severe storms, attended by loss of property, which have been experienced in both the North and the Middle Island…

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