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The steamer Fire King has trough to this port from Port Stephens, the master and three hands of the wrecked schooner Secret, which was run ashore during the gale on Sunday morning last in Providence Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the arrival of the s.s. Fire King, the total loss of the schooner Secret is confirmed. Captain M. Ki[?]non, her commander, and three of her crew arrived by the Fire King, and reports as follows:—Left Newcastle, coal laden. for Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—The report in the Herald of 10th instant, of the weather, states that during Friday and Saturday a heavy gale raged from E.S.E. to S. and S.W., "blowing with hurricane violence, principally from the former quartor."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following fuller particulars of this melancholy occurrence appear in Tuesday's Maitland Mercury :— The vessel hugged the land at the lighthouse very closely, probably with the intention of getting through the broken water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A SOUTH-EAST gale commenced about 8 o'clock on Saturday evening, blowing with great fury during the whole of Saturday night and Sunday morning. The howling of the wind. is it came in fierce gusts against the windows,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy gales occurred on March 19 and 20, which were attended with [?] results on some parts of the English [?]. At Hayle, in Cornwall, the National Institution lifeboat, after two [?] struggle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BARTON AND MELHADO.—The murket for securities him been only moderately active during the month The small difference between buyer and seller precludes all speculation, and shares are held for permanent investment in the absence of other or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT midnight, at Grenfell, between the 15th and 16th instant, an Aurora Australis was visible very distinctly in the southern part of the horizon, illuminating it for nearly twenty-five minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A R[?]TARY gale of more thun ordinary violence set in on the 7th instant, causing more serious loss, both in life and shipping, than we have had to record for some time. One-third of our coasters, trading between Sydney und Newcastle, have been wrecked, or are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LOSS OF THE ELLE[?]MERE.—The following more detailed account respecting the loss of the above named ship is extracted from the log, with which we have been favoured:—"March 14th, a.m., steady light casterly wind, hauling to S.E.; at 4 a.m. fine…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The following weeks took place during the gale:- The brig Burnett was bound to Sydney, and was returning to port, when she founded in Nowcastle bight on Sunday. The vessel was 137 tons register, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have to chronicle the loss by flood and wreck of upwards of fifty lives. Friday and Saturday, the 7th and 8th instant, were days to conjure up thoughts of those in danger by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE schooner Yarra, one of the missing vessels arrived inside Sydney Heads at 1 p.m. on Monday last in a most deplorable condition, and the men if possible worse…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →H.M.S. ROSARIO returned yesterday from a cruise among the various groups of Islands in the South Pacific, and by Captain Palmer, the commander, we have been courteously supplied with the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H.M.S. ROSARIO returned yesterday from a cruise among the various groups of Islands in the South Pacific, and by Captain Palmer, the commander, we have been courteously supplied with the following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FROM the journals to hand (principally the Home News), we collate the following intelligence:—THE COURT. The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace on March…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON Saturday last his Excellency the Governor received the report of Captain Palmer, of H. M. S. [?] detailing the circumstances under which that officer seized and detained the schooner Dapune, at Lavuka…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday last his Excellency the Governor received the report of Captain Palmer, of H. M. S. Rosario, detailing the circumstances under which that officer seized and detained the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RELIABLE information has been received respecting the total loss of the above-named schooner. Her owner, Captain Campbell, received a letter yesterday from the Manning River, stating that one of the quarters and a portion of the stern-frame, attached to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—A few months ago I read in the Scotsman newspaper an account of the performance of a new road traction steamer, dragging heavy loads over a country well-known to me; impressed with the idea that it…
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