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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1871

192 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 10

Arrival of the Mail Steamer, Via San Franoisco

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 876

THE mail steamer City of Adelaide, arrived in Port Jackson, on Thursday, after a run of 29 days from San Francisco, which port she left on the 8th August…

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The Wreck of the Queen of the Thames

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 873

ON the 15th June an inquiry, ordered by the Board of Trade, was opened at Greenwich Police Court, before Mr. Maude, the magistrate, and Captain Harm and Job. Toynbee, Nautical Assessors,…

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By Steamer to Fiji, and Back

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 September 1871 · page 5

Now that the mail line between Sydney and San Francisco, via Levuka and Honolulu, may be considered as fairly established, a trip to Fiji is an easy matter. It may be accomplished in less than six…

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By Steamer to Fiji, and Back

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1871 · page 919

Now that the mail line between Sydney and San Fransico, via Levuka and Honolulu, may be considered as fairly established, a trip to Fiji is an easy matter. It may be accomplished in less than six…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer, Via San Francisco

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1871 · page 938

THE mail steamer Nebraska, Captain Harding, entered Port Jackson at 6 p.m. on Monday, the date fixed for her arrival. She left Honolulu on the 26th August, and brings American and…

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Particulars of the Wreck of the Megaera

Evening News · Monday 2 October 1871 · page 2

THE Malacca, with the officers and crew of H.M. ship Megaera, wrecked at St. Paul's Island, arrived in Sydney Harbour this morning at half-past 10 o'clock From the officers of the Megaera, and the captain of…

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Particulars of the Wreck of the Mag[?]era

Empire · Tuesday 3 October 1871 · page 3

THE Malacca, with the officers and crew of H.M. ship Meg[?]ra, wrecked at St. Paul's Island, arrived in Sydney Harbour yesterday morning at half-past 10. From the officers of the Meg[?]ra, and the captain of…

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Wreck of the Catherine at Newcastle. [By Electric Telegraph.] [From Our Correspondent.] Tuesday, 11 A.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1871 · page 5

A LARGE barque has just run ashore at Redhead. The signal for the lifeboat has been fired and the crew are now manning her, and will, proceed to the scene of disaster at once. A heavy sea is on, and…

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Total Wreck of the Barque Gatherine, Off Redhead. (From the Newcastle Pilot.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 October 1871 · page 5

SHORTLY after 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning the firing of guns from the Signal Hill conveyed to the citizens the unwelcome intelligence that a vessel was in distress off the coast, and a few minutes afterwards it became known that…

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The Sydney Monthly Overland Mail. Per Mail Steamer Rangoon. Political

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 October 1871 · page 5

IN our last Summary it was stated that the Premier (Sir James Martin) and two of his colleagues (Messrs. Lord and Docker) had gone to Melbourne to attend an Intercolonial…

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Commercial Circulars. [Per Mail Steamer Rangoon.] Stock and Share Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 October 1871 · page 3

BARTON AND MELHADO.—The activity in the share market, noticed by us in our two last circulara, has continued, and prices hare advanced very considerably in some stocks, particularly Bank and Insurance. Daring the last few days, however,…

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The Steamer City of Adelaide. [From a Correspondent.] Melbourne, October 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 October 1871 · page 5

ON Saturday, Captain Trouton, the manager of the A.S.N. Company, entertained a select party of notables on the fine steamship the City of Adelaide, which steamed some fifteen miles down the bay, returning to Sandridge Pier…

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Wreck of the Catherine at Newcastle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 October 1871 · page 3

A telegram to the Herald of Wednesday states a large barque has just ran ashore at Redhead. The signal for the lifeboat has been fired, and the crew are now manning…

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Total Wreck of the Barque Catherine, Off Redhead

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1871 · page 1007

SHORTLY after 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning the tiring of guns from the Signal Hill conveyed to the citizens the unwelcome intelligence that a vessel was in distress off the coast, and a few minutes afterwards it became known that…

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The Wreck of the Megaera

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 October 1871 · page 17

THE Malacca, with the officers and crew of H. M. ship Megaera, wrecked at St. Paul's Island, arrived in Sydney Harbour on Monday morning at half-past 10. From the officers of the Megaera, and the captain of…

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The Newcastle Lifeboat's Crew

Empire · Monday 9 October 1871 · page 4

THE wreek of the barque Catherine, near Newcastle, on Tuesday morning last, was attended by circumstances which deserve especial record and remembrance. The…

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Sinking of the Barque A. H. Badger by the Steamer Nevada

Evening News · Tuesday 24 October 1871 · page 2

THE mystery attending the fate of the barque which the mail steamer Nevada reported having been in collision with, was cleared up this morning by the arrival of the Alice Cameron with the crew of the…

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Sinking of the Barque A. H. Badger by the Steamer Nevada

Empire · Wednesday 25 October 1871 · page 2

THE mystery attending the fate of the barque which the mail steamer Nevada reported having been in collision with, was cleared up yesterday morning by the arrival of the Alice Cameron with the crew of the…

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Telegrams, This Day, MELBOURNE. Friday, 3 p.m. Wreck of the Loch Levin

Evening News · Friday 27 October 1871 · page 2

The Helen arrived at the Heads, and brings news of the total wreck of the snip Loch Levin, from London to Melbourne, on King's Island, in Ba[?]'s Straits. The captain has been killed. The mate…

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Sinking of the Barque A. H. Badger by the Steamer Nevada

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 October 1871 · page 27

THE mystery attending the fate of the barque which the mail steamer Nevada reported having, been in collision with, was cleared up on Tuesday morning by the arrival of the Alice Cameron with the crew of the…

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